Community Garden Planning Meeting rescheduled
Due to snow, the meeting scheduled for February 24th has been re-scheduled to Monday, March 1 at 7:00 pm. We will be meeting at Village Hall.
Google Fiber for Communities
Yesterday the Village submitted an application to participate in the Google Fiber for Communities program. Google will be selecting one or more communities in the United States "to test ultra-high speed broadband networks (that) will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today, over 1 gigabit per second".
While being selected will be a long-shot, community members can submit supporting applications here.
Resolution on Economic Development
WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees of the Village of Greenwich recognizes that the future economic health of our community is dependent upon new businesses moving here. The village can no longer sit back and wait to see who shows up.
THEREFORE;BE IT RESOLVED, that the Village Board, of the Village of Greenwich identifies the following three industries as being central to our future growth; hotels, craft breweries and software developers and directs the Mayor to seek responsible companies in these fields to locate here.
The Village of Greenwich Board of Trustees voted as follows:
Mary Brown: aye
Timothy Taylor: aye
David Doonan: aye
Dorothea Casey: aye
Lyle Hayes: aye
Said Resolution was duly adopted on February 8, 2010.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Village of Greenwich, Washington County, New York.
Diane S. Kelley
Clerk
Dated: 2/9/2010
Rt 372 Bridge Project
A preliminary design of the bridge project over the Batten Kill can be viewed here.
The DOT anticipates putting the project out to bid in the fall, and begin initial construction in the spring of 2010. The DOT is also considering doing work on the railroad bridge at the same time.
New York Main Street Revitalization Grant
A second New York Main Street Revitalization grant was awarded to the Chamber of Commerce and the Village at the end of August. This $200,000 grant can be used for interior and exterior renovations of existing commercial structures in the designated area, a map of which can be viewed here.
It's expected that the money will become available during the spring of 2010. The program will be administered by Marvin & Company, which is located at 160 Broad Street in Schuylerville.
Downtown Revitalization Presentation by Norman Mintz
September 24th, 2009
Sponsored by the Greater Greenwich Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, September 24 at One One One
5:30 to 7:30
Norman Mintz is an industrial and urban designer who specializes in providing solutions on matters of design, marketing and managment of downtowns, while encouraging community participation in all aspects of the downtown revitalization process. He has worked with over 100 communities around the country, from small village Main Street's to the urban neighborhood shopping strips. Among the New York communities Mr Mintz has worked with are Corning, Manhattan, Hudson and Catskill.
Norman Mintz from Village of Greenwich, NY on Vimeo.
New York HOME Grant
The Village was recently awarded a $400,000 grant from the New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal. It's expected that the contract from the State will arrive in late fall with funds becoming available in the Spring of 2010.
The program will be administered by Marvin & Company, which is located at 160 Broad Street in Schuylerville.
Applications can be downloaded here.
Program details can be found on the DHCR web site.
As additional information becomes available, it will be posted here.
Gannon Park
On Saturday, August 8th, the Village Park where the skating rink and Little Fenway are located, was renamed to Gannon Park, in honor of long-time residents Kim & Norma Gannon. At the same time, a new playground for young children was opened for use
New sites
Village Facebook Group
Greenwich Easton Community Cares Facebook Group
Greenwich Easton Community Cares web site
Greenwich Easton Community Cares email list
Welcome to Greenwich
The Village of Greenwich is a separate governmental entity from the Town of Greenwich. It is located along the banks of the Batten Kill, and is located within the towns of Greenwich and Easton. The Village maintains it's own Police, Fire, Water & Sewer Departments.
Village Board meetings, unless otherwise noted, are on the second Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
Village of Greenwich
6 Academy Street
Greenwich, New York 12834
518.692.2755