As you can see in these compare and contrast aerial photos - the first taken in 1958 and the second taken in 1978, that the 850 Route 28 site was severely damaged from open rock quarrying and mining.  This site will greatly benefit from the plans for 850 by capturing all storm water runoff capture into two large filtration ponds, and improvising overall water quality from the site's runoff.  And the site will be put back on the tax rolls for something needed locally - infrastructure for local roads and bridges.

  Please, let the Town of Kingston Planning Board know you support this proposed project with its good paying local jobs, added tax revenue, reclamation of an abandoned mine, and   new economic vitality for the Town of Kingston.     To attend the online PUBLIC HEARING June 21 st  at 7pm: 850 ROUTE 28 PUBLIC HEARING  PLANNING BOARD WEBEX MEETING INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: To join the conference by phone/cell: 1. Call: 1-408-418-9388 2. Listen to the prompts, when it asks for the access code enter: 132 981 8139 3. When it asks for the password enter: 5678 4. This should get you into the call, if you have difficulty please hang up and try again. 5. If the issue persists, applicants and members please email the  knaughton@bmglawyers.com   immediately. 6. Throughout the meeting if you are thrown off the line, you will be able to re-enter by following steps 1-3. To join the meeting by computer: 7. You may also sign in via webex.com. Members of the public will be re

When 850 Route 28 is built, a significant portion of its estimated $363,000 per year tax revenue contribution will go towards the Kingston school district. This will help to educate and care for our children, and offset the need to raise local taxes. Learn more about the 850 Route 28 opportunity:  https://850route28.com/opportunity-kingston #850route28 #ulstercountyjobs #build850route28

We have heard this claim before - 'why don't you build in a more appropriate area?' However, the reality is that NIMBY is everywhere - there are currently no sites in Ulster that wouldn't attract some opposition. There is now too much financial gain for these organizations to resist calls to 'shut down' private businesses. They use controversy to 'gin up outrage and call for donations for their organizations' - its a clear pattern. There are no development sites in Ulster that environmental groups like CMK/WLC/OSI will commit ahead of time to not oppose for development. There is no pre-planning with county or local governments to ensure investor/developers won't get blindsided by environmentalist attacks. So at any time these and other groups will attack anything proposed at any time - there is no attempt to preclude senseless lawsuits, oppositions and delays. The 850 Route 28 project is a perfect example of this predicament - its an abandoned open

(first published August 2020) In the middle of a depression, it is sad to see some folks still all too eager to deny others getting decent jobs. Anti jobs, anti local community, anti essential services (whose jobs are significantly paid with tax revenue from local businesses). And should the coalition of Catskill Mountainkeeper, Woodstock Land Conservancy, and Open Space Institute prevail in stopping the planned 850 Route 28 project, they will 'gleefully' 'own' their reputation as job-and-revenue killers, and be even more emboldened to continue their business-hostile campaign unabated.   These groups have promised that 'only-a-green-passive-recreation' approach to business in the 4 county Catskill region is 'permissible' in their view. But they haven't produced nearly the jobs promised over the last 10 years - a meager 2,000 PART TIME/SEASONAL, and some full time, jobs in the Catskills exist that are remotely related to recreation/hospitality, as per

Take a look at the current site where 850 Route 28 plans to build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmmLIXhPCNM The 850 Route 28 proposed project will create pre-cast concrete infrastructure for use in local aging roads and bridges. It will be situated within a formerly abandoned open rock quarry in the Town of Kingston. The existing forest cover and surrounding hills will conceal the site from view on Route 28 and adjacent properties. It will create many new opportunities for local residents and surrounding areas, add significant new local tax revenue, and remediate an unproductive mine with watershed and other improvements. The development will use innovative 'green' materials and techniques in construction and operation, and plans to seek LEED 'green' certification. For more information visit: http://850route28.com ​ #850route28 ​ #townofkingstonny ​ #HudsonValleyinfrastructure ​ #route28ulster ​ #ulsterforbusiness ​