The Register-Star reports today that Ron Bogle and Peter Spear have been appointed to the Planning Board: "Hudson Mayor Ferris names two new members to city planning board."
Bogle, who has impressive credentials--founder and CEO of the National Design Alliance, former president of the American Architectural Foundation and a managing partner in the Mayors' Institute of City Design--replaces Theresa Joyner as chair of the Planning Board. Bogle is the author of two opinion pieces published last year during the Planning Board's review of Colarusso's application for a conditional use permit for its dock operations: "The Cost of Getting It Wrong at the Hudson Waterfront" and "A Time to Listen, Not Dismiss."
Peter Spear, former mayoral candidate and founder of Future Hudson, has spoken for years about the "planning gap" that exists in Hudson.
A third vacancy remains on the Planning Board, which, according to the article, Ferris expects to fill before the first Planning Board meeting of 2026, which takes place on Tuesday, January 13.
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ReplyDeleteImpressive! This is what I voted for! A locked in Planning Board will help a lot with the long and expensive lead times we currently have for housing and tax paying businesses to get going.
ReplyDeleteVery good news. Wish those guys had been on the Planning Board over the past 8 years.
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear this.
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