NORTHERN DUTCHESS ALLIANCE TO ADDRESS PRESSING REGIONAL ISSUES
NDA To Host Quarterly Public Forums
As a centerpiece of its work in 2010, Northern Dutchess Alliance will present a series of four public forums on the most pressing challenges facing area towns: economic development compatible with agriculture; protecting unique historic sites; protecting and managing water as an essential resource; and finding ways to share services across communities to reduce costs and improve delivery. Read more
THINK REGIONAL & BUY LOCAL FOR A STRONGER NORTHERN DUTCHESS ECONOMY
This project will foster a regional vision and approach to economic development across
the Northern Dutchess communities, promoting a local economy that raises the well-being of
all Northern Dutchess residents where to the greatest extent possible:
Buy Local: Local needs are met by local suppliers
Keep $ Local: Dollars spent locally are circulated throughout the community, decreasing dollars spent outside the community
Develop Local Business: New local products and industries are developed which complement the community’s character, and
Protect Northern Dutchess: The community’s unique qualities are preserved and enhanced.
Northern Dutchess Alliance aims to create a broad-based and inclusive institutional structure for regional cooperation and economic development throughout Northern Dutchess County with a public process that will lead to the implementation of the goals, ideas and policies established by the members of Northern Dutchess Alliance.
WHO IS THE NORTHERN DUTCHESS ALLIANCE?
The success of the Northern Dutchess Alliance counts upon support from people and organizations
working throughout the northern region of Dutchess County, and is open to townships as well as environmental
and business organizations.
Current members include many of the Towns, Villages, School Districts, Chambers of Commerce and other business associations of Clinton, Hyde Park, Milan, Pleasant Valley, Red Hook/Tivoli, Rhinebeck, Stanford, as well as organizations such as Bard College, Dutchess Land Conservancy, Omega Institute, Scenic Hudson, and Winnakee Land Trust.