UPDATE
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Please raise your glass to seasonally toast collaborators and neighbors who helped make 2023 a stand out year of accomplishments for continued revitalization in the village by serving on a Working Group or Program Committee.
Seven major projects advanced this year - what a great way to finish a year! Please contact us if you would like to join one of the PBI working groups or project committees listed below.
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Best wishes for Happy Holidays,
Sally Baker
Executive Director
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PBI End-of-Year Appeal - 2023
Please consider making an end-of-year contribution towards supporting our work in 2024. Please select Philmont Rising from the drop-down menu so we know you are supporting continued revitalization!
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Philmont Rising - BOA Committee
Barbara Sagal, Chair of the LWRP watershed planning
Bob Macfarlane, Chair of Philmont Planning Board
Brian Johnson, Mayor of Philmont
David Bolevice, Philmont resident
Karen Schoemer, Philmont resident
Mark Rowntree, lead BOA Subarea 1 Working Group
Doug Cropper, Village Trustee
Skip Speed, Village Trustee
Jessica Thomas, Clerk of Philmont
Chrissy Speed, Deputy Clerk of Philmont
Rice+Lipka Architects and Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects selected to advance designs for two strategic sites - Community Center and Canal St area.
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Philmont Historic District
Heritage Working Group
Arthur King, Philmont resident
Cara Brownell, Philmont resident
David Bolevice, Philmont resident
Jeane Laporta, Historian, Claverack
Jake Lewis, Philmont resident
Jennifer Thibeault, Business owner
Karen Davala, Davala Real Estate
Mark Katz, Philmont resident
Paul Naprstek, Philmont resident
Robert Hoyt, Philmont resident
Sarah Barton-King, Philmont resident
Shawn Jennings, Philmont resident
Tobi Farley, Director, Philmont Library
Philmont Historic District approved on 12/4/23 for listing on the State Registry of Historic Places includes 444 properties, sites, and artifacts.
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Summit Lake Protection & Vision Plan
Carolyn Stern, PBI Co-founder, Philmont resident
Eileen Ordu, Philmont resident
Jane Wright, Philmont resident
John Gourlay, President, PBI
Joseph Redwing Miranda, Philmont resident
Julia Sedlock, Philmont resident
Karen Schoemer, Philmont resident
Kate Martino, PBI Co-founder, Philmont resident
Mark Fielding, Philmont resident
Peter & Lucy Feniello, farmers, Philmont residents
Sophie Wedd, Philmont business owner, resident
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Agawamuck Creek Watershed Advisory Committee
Barbara Sagal, Chair of WAC
Brian Johnson, Mayor of Philmont
Bob Macfarlane, Chair of Philmont Planning Board
Kippy Weigelt, Supervisor Town of Claverack
Craig Simmons, Supervisor Town of Ghent
Greg Vogler, Deputy Supervisor Town of Austerlitz
David Lewis Esq., Chair of Conservation Council Town of Hillsdale
Gretchen Stevens, member of Conservation Council Town of Hillsdale
Cathy Zises, farm owner, lands in Philmont, Claverack and Ghent
Emily Vail, Hudson River Watershed Alliance
Patrick Knapp, Columbia Land Conservancy, (Public Lands & Stewardship Coordinator)
Julia Sedlock, community lead of BOA Subarea 4 Working Group, Philmont
LaBella Associates hired for the watershed management planning.
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Main Street Program Working Group
Arthur King, Philmont resident
Carolyn Stern, Co-founder PBI
Diana Toyas, Philmont resident
John Thibeault, Business owner
Paul Naprstek, Philmont resident
Tom Ferguson, Philmont Resident
PBI was awarded a $215,194 New York Main Street grant to assist with restoring 3 key buildings on the Main Street with facade renovations in 2024.
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Restoration of the Harder Mansion - in progress
Andres Garzon, Philmont resident, owner
Megan McGoldrick, Philmont resident, owner
A conservation between masons -October 2023 (article in progress)
Jay Perez construction
Tim Smith, Philmont resident
Laura Smith, Philmont resident
Karen Schoemer, Philmont resident
Steve Benson, Philmont resident - photographer
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Annabel's Victory Garden - PBI Local Food program
Taylor Kurtz, Lead gardener
Philmont Library, program partner
Program harvests to the Philmont Library veg cooler every week May-October providing fee vegetables to Philmont residents. See flyer
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Philmont Beautification Inc is recognized for our transparency with a Platinum Seal on our GuideStar Nonprofit Profile More
PBI is supported by people like you and institutions who share our values and vision dedicated to revitalization in the Village of Philmont through a bottom-up collaborative process. Please consider making a donation to support our work.
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