Meetings and Events in the Week Ahead

Warm days with temperatures rising into the 70s are expected in the week ahead. The water will be turned back on at the Hudson Dog Park. And here's what else is happening.

• On Monday, April 13, the Common Council Code and Infrastructure Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. On the agenda for the meeting, in addition to the monthly report from Department of Public Works superintendent Rob Perry, is a proposal from LaBella Associates for "preliminary investigations and concept development" for what is being called "Priority Pedestrian Safety Improvements in the City of Hudson"--pursuing Mayor Joe Ferris's oft-stated goal of improving pedestrian safety and walkability in Hudson. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Teams. Click here to join the meeting remotely.

• On Tuesday, April 14, the Planning Board meets at 6:00 p.m. The agenda for the meeting, which can be found here, includes public hearings on the plans to build an addition to accommodate an elevator and make interior renovations to the building once known as Helsinki Hudson and to adapt the interior of the houses at 14 and 16 North Fourth Street as hotel rooms, to be part of Hudson Public Hotel. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.   

• Wednesday, April 15, is the deadline for filing income tax returns.
• Also on Wednesday, April 15, the Hudson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meets at 6:00 p.m. As always, the meeting offers a chance to learn about HHA's redevelopment plans, and this time we may also learn if Mayor Joe Ferris has appointed someone to replace Sara Black on the HHA board. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person in the Community Room at Bliss Towers and on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting remotely.  

• At the very same time on Wednesday, April 15, the Zoning Board of Appeals holds its monthly meeting. On the agenda for the meeting are the area variances needed to construct a new house and carriage house on the site of the current house and outbuildings at 309-311 Union Street, which are being demolished. The meeting takes place in person only at City Hall.

• On Thursday, April 16, the Common Council Finance Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. This is the meeting at which the Finance Committee will divvy up the $30,000 allocated in the 2026 city budget to support "events, event series, or other tourism-related initiatives." There is still time to submit an application. The committee will be accepting them until 4:00 p.m. on April 16, just an hour and a half before the meeting begins. Click here to submit an application. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Teams. Click here to join the meeting remotely.

• On Saturday, April 18, Return Brewing hosts its 1st Annual Hudson Neighborhood 5K in support of Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood. The event starts at 10:00 a.m. at Return Brewing, 725 State Street. The 5K race goes from Return Brewing to the waterfront and back again, where it finishes in the taproom with celebrating and music. For more information and to register for the race, click here.

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