"Your
hard work and dedication to the county is impressive.
Thank you for taking on this leadership role in
our community." Jeremy Giordano
Two
generations of decentralized growth have drastically
increased the Region’s urban land—by 60% in 30
years despite only a 13% increase in population
while draining people and jobs out of the Region’s
cities. This development pattern threatens both
large areas of open land and critical environmental
resources at the Region’s outer edge as well as
the vitality of our cities and mature suburbs.
- Regional
Plan Association
"...the
number one fiscal tool a municipality could implement
to keep taxes down was to protect open space." -
Robert McKeon, chair of the Red Hook Agriculture
and Open Space Advisory Committee
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