April 2012
CAP-PY DUCK DERBY
The Annual Duck Derby is back and bigger than ever with an opportunity to win $100,000.
Adopt your duck at http://cap-21.org/support-our-work/cap-py-duck-adoption .
Old Forge Farmer’s Market
Our 5th Market Season starts Friday June 29 behind Old Forge Hardware. Every Friday from 2:00 – 6:00 pm through October 5, 2012. Come on and enjoy the bounty that local agriculture has to offer.
Town of Webb Waterfront Revitalization Project
The Town of Webb has signed an agreement with Elan Planning & Design of Saratoga Springs, NY to develop a concept for a “Master Plan” for the municipal waterfront park. This design plan is intended to provide ideas and an approach to looking at the most effective approaches to preserve and enjoy this major asset. CAP-21 has developed a project advisory team that includes the town and many of the businesses that border or depend upon the waterfront for much of their economy. Concept designs will be presented at public meetings to be scheduled in late winter or early spring of 2012. If you have thoughts or ideas for what the Old Forge waterfront should look like and what amenities it should offer please forward to info@cap-21.org . We appreciate any and all relevant comment on this topic. This project is being supported by the NYS Department of State.
CAP-21 Announces Blueway Trail Projects
CAP-21, in collaboration with the Town of Webb, will be distributing project funds as part of the 90 Miler Blueway Trail Strategy. The intent of the Blueway Trail initiative is for those communities located along the waterway route of the Adirondack Canoe Classic (known as the 90 Miler) to cooperatively develop a regional strategy for community revitalization, sustainable economic development and enhanced public access to waterways in the corridor between Old Forge and Saranac Lake. These projects follow an extensive process of working with the townships, community groups and paddle-sport based businesses to identify priority waterway linked priorities. The Blueway Trail projects are being funded through the NYS Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources, with funds provided under Title 11 of the Environmental Protection Fund, and is being coordinated through CAP-21.
Priority project allocations include the following:
- Town of Webb – $24,000 for development of a master plan and design for the municipal waterfront;
- Town of Inlet – $24,000 for carry and launch site improvements at Fifth and Sixth Lake landings;
- Town of Indian Lake (Blue Mt. Lake Association) – assistance in constructing a public pavilion at the Blue Mt. Lake public beach
- Town of Long Lake – $18,000 for development of the Long Lake Nature Trail and waterfront improvements;
- Town/Village of Tupper Lake – $24,000 for establishing/enhancing connections between the Wild Center and the Raquette River, including interpretive signage and dockage improvements; and
- Town of Harrietstown/Village of Saranac Lake – $20,000 for improvements on launch areas at Baldwin and Beaver Parks.
CAP-21 also hopes to work with the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) on marketing and promotion of the Blueway as a regional recreational destination. Other community groups involved in developing this Blueway Strategy were the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, the Adirondack Watershed Alliance, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and the Adirondack Park Invasive Species Program. Altogether more than $1.3 million in economic revitalization projects were identified for the region. The Blueway Trail Strategy will provide a foundation and basis for potential future project funding through a number of funding sources including: NYS Department of State, the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation, the Adirondack Smart Growth grant program and the Governor’s Regional Economic Development Councils.
Healthy Kids & Community: Learning & Recreation
CAP-21 has partnered with the Town of Webb School District and the West Adirondacks Recreational Development Association (WARDA) to receive and implement a Creating Healthy Places grant in the amount of $5,350 from the Herkimer County HealthNet Wellness Committee. The school district will implement a Healthy Kids & Community: Education & Recreation project that seeks to combine learning experiences with physical activity. This project will make improvements to the WARDA McCauley Mt. Trail that will include physical activity stations along the trail which will be combined with environmental and historical signage. Webb students will work with their teachers to develop signage on the fauna and flora found on the trail, as well as to develop historical information bites on important industry, events and occurrences pertaining to the Town of Webb. Historical fact checking and signage content assistance will be provided by the Town of Webb Historical Association.
The intent of the project is to create a fun way to learn and recreate at the same time, making both more enjoyable. All grant resources will be used for trail improvements, materials, equipment and signage. When completed, the McCauley Healthy Kids & Community Trail will provide the school district learning opportunities for physical education, local and NYS history, science and ecology, as well as subject matter for art classes or other curriculum and learning. The McCauley Trail improvements will also be available for use by residents and visitors, and creating another asset for our community.
The TOW School District and WARDA will be looking for volunteers to help work on the trail improvements and installation of equipment and signage. For more information contact Nick Rose at CAP-21 or Page Hannah at the Town of Webb School.
Tip of the CAP Awards -
CAP-21 conducted its annual meeting on October 20 and presented community recognition awards in three categories:
- Business Leaders – what businesses really gave back to our communities
- Community Organizations – what organizations make this a better place to live;
- Good Neighbors – who are your neighbors that continually “pay it forward”.
For a list of the award winners and and those recognized for their work click on: Awardee list
Woods Inn Dockage
Congressman Bill Owens formally announced that the Town of Inlet has received a Rural Business Enterprise Grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to rebuild the historic dockage at the Woods Inn. This grant will assist the Town’s largest seasonal employer and create new water-based tourism opportunities for the town. Construction has started with the second phase to be completed in the spring of 2012. CAP-21 wrote the grant for Inlet using design plans that were based on old photographs of the century old dock.
Check out the Adirondack Futures Project which looks at possible scenarios for the Park and what strategies and events would have to be in place for these outcomes to occur.
http://www.adkfutures.org/
The Futures workshop conducted in January at VIEW in Old Forge can be located at:
http://www.adkfutures.org/Timeline-Status/ADK_workshop_3_reportout_Final.pdf
Check out the new cycling website from the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA)
www.bikethebyways.org