2021 Winnakee-Dutchess Trails Roundtables
WINNAKEE-DUTCHESS TRAILS ROUNDTABLE: Sept 21, 2021
Agenda
Featured programs: The Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail with Amy Kacala, Executive Director of Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail, Inc. & Beacon Hudson River Trail with Thomas Wright, Chair Beacon Greenway Committee
Committee Regional Trail updates:
- Designated Greenway Trails, and Greenway Community Grant Opportunities – Beth Campochiaro, HRVG
- Wallkill Valley Rail Trail – Cara Gentry, Wallkill Valley Land Trust
- Winnakee Sawkill Trail System – Warren Rosenthal, Winnakee Land Trust
- Dutchess County Urban Trail – Emily Dozier, Dutchess County Transp. Council
- Harlem Valley Rail Trail – Dick Hermans, HVRTA
- Hyde Park Trail – Rob Pollard, Hyde Park Recreation
WINNAKEE-DUTCHESS TRAILS ROUNDTABLE: May 25, 2021
“Until 2020, we never fully understood just how critical parks and trails are to the health and wellbeing of our County’s residents. The enormous popularity of our trails during the global pandemic has provided clear proof. Our shared-use community trails are a unique blend of public health and transportation infrastructure: close-to-home places where we can run, roll, stroll, sit in nature, sightsee or even commute. Our trails weave through our communities and unify them. They support businesses, connect us to each other, and they connect us to the natural beauty that surrounds us.”
Agenda:
- Welcome & Meeting Guidelines
- Ulster County 2020 State of the Trails Report – Kevin Smith, Chair Ulster County Trails Alliance; Chair Woodstock Land Conservancy w/ Karl Beard, Trail Planner & Retired NPS, Rivers
- Q&A and Discussion
- Dutchess County Parks & Trails Website App – Dutchess County Healthy Communities Trails Maps – Devin Rigolino, Sr. GIS Project Coordinator, Dutchess County Planning
- Q&A and Discussion
- Regional Trail Updates
- The Urban Trail – Matt Dutcavich, P.E., Assistant Civil Engineer II, Dutchess County Dept. of Public Works – Engineering Division
WINNAKEE-DUTCHESS TRAILS ROUNDTABLE: February 25, 2021
Agenda:
- Welcome and Introductions – Moderator Kathleen Davis, Winnakee
- Empire State Trail Overview in Dutchess & Ulster Counties – Andy Beers, EST Director
- Ulster County 2020 State of the Trails Report – Karl Beard
- Harlem Valley Rail Trail Update – Emily Dozier (DC Transportation Council) and Dick Hermans
- CSX Corridor Urban Trail – Emily Dozier and Zoraida Lopez-Diago (Scenic Hudson)
- New Winnakee Trails – Warren Rosenthal (Winnakee)
