Meetings and Events in the Week Ahead

This week we will likely learn the difference between the first day of spring and the first spring day. Some may feel we've already had our first spring day, but Tuesday, which is the first day of spring, is expected to be mostly cloudy with a high temperature of 44 degrees. Meanwhile, here are some other things that are happening.

• On Monday, March 18, at 4:00 p.m., Center for the Living City presents "A City Cannot Be a Work of Art: Learning Economics and Social Theory from Jane Jacobs." The event is a conversation between Sanford Ikeda and Roberta Brandes Gratz. To register for the virtual event, go to centerforthelivingcity.org.

• At 6:00, p.m. on Monday, March 18, another reinstated Common Council committee, the Finance Committee, meets for the first time. The committee is made up of five councilmembers: Lola Roberts (Third Ward), Vicky Daskaloudi (Fifth Ward), Shershah Mizan (Third Ward), Margaret Morris (First Ward), and Rich Volo (Fourth Ward). The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street, and on Microsoft Teams. Click here to find the link to join the meeting remotely.
• Also on Monday, March 18, at 6:00 p.m., the Hudson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners holds its monthly meeting. As always with this meeting, there is the chance more information will be revealed about HHA's development plans. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person in the Community Room at Bliss Towers, 41 North Second Street, and on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting remotely.

• On Tuesday, March 19, the Common Council holds its regular monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. New on the agenda for the meeting is a resolution authorizing the submission of a Home Rule request to raise the lodging tax in Hudson from 4 percent to 5 percent. Council president Tom DePietro has twice mentioned in public meetings the intention to increase the lodging tax by 1 percent, proposing that the revenue from that 1 percent increase be dedicated to the Housing Trust Fund. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street, and on Microsoft Teams. Click here to find the link to join the meeting remotely.  
• On Wednesday, March 20, the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) meets at 6:00 p.m. The agenda for the meeting indicates there are two projects before the ZBA, both requiring area variances. The first is a proposal to build a two-story residential structure behind 456 Union Street; the second is the proposal to construct two attached houses at 309 and 311 State Street. The meeting takes place in person only at the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street.

• On Thursday, March 21, The Olana Partnership holds its monthly free Third Thursday event from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Olana State Historic Site. This month's event includes, at 11:00 a.m., a free Lunch & Learn talk entitled "Women of Olana," exploring the untold histories of Olana's female residents, their social circles, and their artistic contributions. Beginning at 1:00 p.m., there is a free drop-in printmaking workshop that allows participants to experiment with technologies used in the late 19th century: letter press, engraving, woodcut, and lithography. For more information, visit olana.org/ThirdThursdays/.    

• On Friday, March 22, the Historic Preservation Commission holds its second meeting of the month at 10:00 a.m. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street, and on Microsoft Teams. Click here to find the link to join the meeting remotely.

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