Meetings and Events in the Week Ahead

As September ends, and October begins, here is what's happening.

• On Monday, September 29, the Finance Committee of the Hudson Community Development and Planning Agency (HCDPA) meets at 5:00 p.m, The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.

Update: This meeting of the HCDPA Finance Committee was canceled.

• At 6:00 p.m, on Monday, September 29, the Common Council holds a public hearing on discontinuing the use of approximately 84.32 feet at the eastern terminus of Long Alley and selling the discontinued portion to Galvan Initiatives Foundation at fair market value. The portion of Long Alley in question runs in front of 724-726 Columbia Street, a portion of the original Gifford-Wood building which is being redeveloped as a performance space called The Foundry. The hearing is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.

• Also on Monday, September 29, the Common Council holds a special meeting at 6:30 p.m, The purpose of the meeting is to vote on the amendment to the zoning code to allow the former John L. Edwards school building to be redeveloped as apartments for seniors. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.

• On Wednesday, October 1, the Hudson Industrial Development Agency (IDA) meets at 9:30 a.m. An agenda for the meeting is not yet available. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at 1 City Centre, Suite 301, and on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting remotely.

Update: The IDA meeting has been canceled.

• At 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 1, the Common Council Legal Committee is scheduled to meet. The agenda for the meeting, along with meeting documents, can be found here. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.
• On Thursday, October 2, the Public Works Board meets at 5:30 p.m. The board is tasked with implementing the Sidewalk Improvement District legislation, but the sorry state of the sidewalks newly installed as part of the City's largest DRI (Downtown Revitalization Initiative) project may be a topic of discussion at the meeting. (The picture below shows the new sidewalk at First and Warren streets.) The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.

• At 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 2, the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History, in collaboration with the Hudson Area Library, presents a talk by Justin Wexler, a local researcher on indigenous peoples, and David William Voorhees, director of the Leisler Institute, on the infrastructure of waterways and land paths used for trade by the indigenous people and the Dutch and English colonists prior to the founding of Hudson. The lecture takes place in the Community Room at the Hudson Area Library, 51 North Fifth Street. For more information, click here.  
• On Friday, October 3, the weekend-long Hudson Jazz Festival, presented by Hudson Hall, kicks off at 1:00 p.m. with Sounds Around Town, free pop-up performances featuring Bard College Jazz musicians and composers and local jazz artists, taking place in various locations around the city. To view the schedule for Sounds Around Town, click here. For the schedule of concerts taking place on the mainstage at Hudson Hall and at other venues, click here.  

Photo: David McIntyre

• On Saturday, October 4, Hudson Oktober Fest, a streetwide party featuring local breweries, food vendors, games, and live music, hosted by Upper Depot Brewing, takes place from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the 700 block of State Street. Click here for more information.

• On Sunday, October 5, the African American Archive of Columbia County, in collaboration with the Hudson Area Library, presents the first of four talks in its "Speaking About History" series. The lecture on Sunday features Michael Douma, author of The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York: A Cultural, Economic and Demographic History, 1700-1827. The event takes place at 2:00 p.m. in person in the Community Room at the Hudson Area Library, 51 North Fifth Street, and on Zoom. Click here for more information and to register to receive the Zoom link.

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