Task Forces Work to Stimulate Conversation on the Future of the Hudson Valley

 

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The Task Force on "Mechanics for Action: How We Work Together" met recently at the FDR Visitors Center in Hyde Park to discuss ways that regional leadership can best be structured in the future.

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HUDSON VALLEY, New York --- Over the last few months, regional citizen Task Forces have been discussing six major themes related to the future of the Hudson Valley. The work of these groups, led by experts in each subject area, will be published soon on www.OurHudson.org, a recently re-launched interactive website.

• Agriculture and Food: How We Eat, chaired by Judith LaBelle, President, Glynwood Center;

• Land Use: How We Shape the Valley, co-chaired by Ned Sullivan, Executive Director of Scenic Hudson, and Alex Matthiessen, Executive Director of Riverkeeper;

• Transportation: How We Get Around, co-chaired by Richard Maitino, Vice President, Parsons Corporation, and Anthony E. Shorris, Director of the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management, New York University;

• Culture and Education: How We Live and Learn, co-chaired by John Haworth, Director, George Gustav Heye Center, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, and Dr. William H. Schlesinger, President, Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies;

• Economic Development: How We Earn Our Living, co-chaired by Mary Kay Vrba, Director of Dutchess County Tourism and President of Hudson Valley Tourism, Inc., and Allan Shope, Listening Rock Farm, Architect;

• Mechanisms for Action: How We Organize Ourselves, co-chaired by Robert W. Elliott, Board Member, Hudson River Greenway Communities Council, and Jeffrey Rumpf, Executive Director, Clearwater.