The Philipstown Garden Club blazed a new trail last spring by sponsoring a public forum about the transport of crude oil in New York State’s Hudson Valley. Among the 70 people in attendance were members of Ulster County GC, Millbrook GC, GC of Orange and Dutchess Counties, and the GC of Irvington-on-Hudson. We learned about the dangers of moving shale-imbedded Bakken oil from North Da- kota, Montana, and Canadathrough the Hudson Valleyvia barge, rail, and pipeline to refineries in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Month: October 2016
The ‘Skills Are Alive
September 29, 2016 | A Blog on Country Life by Dana DiPrima
The hills and meadows of the Catskills are enough to make you want to twirl around and sing at the top of your lungs like Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music.
In 2006, no strangers to this sensation, Mark Izeman, a lawyer with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Ramsay Adams, then a greenhorn public relations executive with roots in the valley, put their heads together to battle the potential invasion of five casinos in the Catskills. Read more
Take Action to Expand Film Tax Credit and Boost Catskills’ Economy
The wait is over! The bill expanding the Empire State Film Production Tax Credit to the Catskills and Hudson Valley has been delivered to Governor Cuomo for his signature. Now is the time to call Governor Cuomo at 518-474-8390 and ask him to approve the expansion of the bill
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