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Quad Commission Engaging the Public on the Future of the Hudson Valley
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Katonah, NY 10536
Phone: 914.232.6583
Fax: 914.232.5227
e: Marketing@TheGoldStandard.com
Quad Commission Engaging the Public on the Future of the Hudson Valley
April 28, 2010
For Immediate Release
For Immediate Release
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HUDSON VALLEY, New York -- The recent announcement by The White House of “America’s Great Outdoors Initiative” was met with enthusiasm by members of the Hudson-Champlain-Fulton Quadricentennial Commission.
“The Obama Administration’s memo outlining A 21st Century Strategy for America’s Great Outdoors is brilliant!” said Commission chair Joan Davidson. “Everything the Quadricentennial did in 2009, as well as the current Quad Legacy planning process for the future of the Hudson River Valley, underscores the importance of gathering ideas and input from the public.”
President Obama’s new program calling for “listening and learning sessions around the country” is similar to what the Quadricentennial group has been doing in the Hudson region since last fall. Public planning workshops, sponsored by the Quadricentennial Commission, have been held in Hudson, Kingston, Manhattan, Newburgh-New Windsor, Troy and Yonkers.
Six major themes concerning the future of the Hudson Valley emerged from the comments of people who attended the workshops, including:
- Land Use: How We Shape the Valley
- Culture and Education: How We Live and Learn
- Economic Development: How We Earn Our Living
- Transportation: How We Get Around
- Food and Agriculture: How We Eat
- Mechanisms for Action: How We Work Together.
Task forces in each of these subject areas, led by experts and made up of knowledgeable volunteers, have been meeting this spring and will soon be presenting the results of this intensive public planning process.
“We look forward to working with members of the Obama Administration, as well as elected officials at regional and local levels, to continue engaging the public in defining the future of the Hudson Valley,” said Davidson. “We feel quite sure that the results of the Quad Legacy listening tours, workshops and task forces will influence the political agenda in the region for many years to come.”
For more information on the work of the Quadricentennial Commission, go to www.OurHudson.org.
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