David Bruner Kingston, NY Rondout To the Town of Ulster Board meeting Jan 22, 2015 Dear Sirs, I want to speak to the Niagara Bottling issue. In your efforts to keep things as simple as possible – which is always desirable – the Town of Ulster and the Kingston Water Dept were able … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin Since September of 2014, KingstonCitizens.org has been at the center of the proposed Niagara Bottling Project. Because of it, our efforts have helped to ‘shed’ light on a number of issues. As a region, we’ve come to learn the need to be mindful of water – a very limited natural resource. Of … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin The next Town of Ulster Town Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 22nd. The public awaits to learn of the draft scoping document to be delivered by The Chazen Companies regarding the proposed Niagara Bottling Project on this evening, or it may once more be delayed. According to the “Proposed SEQR Schedule” created … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin The Town of Ulster Town Board will meet on Thursday, January 8th at 7:00pm. Although at this time, an agenda has not been posted to their site (we will continue to look for it and update this post when it is up), we expect that the board will have a discussion on … Read more…
KingstonCitizens.org host free movie screening of “Tapped” in the Town of Ulster, NY on Thursday, January 15th at 6:00pm. “Tapped” examines the bottled water industry and its long-term social, economic and ecological effects Kingston, NY – KingstonCitizens.org with the support of the Woodstock Land Conservancy, Riverkeeper and Esopus Creek Conservancy is proud to sponsor a free screening … Read more…
“As John Adams said, we are “a government of laws, and not of men.” This is the ethic we hope to preserve through our work at Kingston Citizens, and we resolve – in this New Year – to continue to ask our leaders to be role models of citizenship.” – KingstonCitizens.org On December 29th, 2014 … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin What a fall into winter it has been. I was nearly out of the game after a decade of community work in Kingston – happily moving back into music making without interruption – when news broke that a national water bottling company was planning to move into our area as early as … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin Recently, it was reported that The Chazen Companies (Niagara Bottling Company’s consultant for the proposed Niagara Water Bottling project) requested an additional 30 days to submit their scoping document (originally due on December 22nd, thirty days from which Lead Agency was determined). At last night’s Town of Ulster Town Board meeting, however … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin The Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) recent denial of significant incentive funding for the proposed Niagara Bottling facility is now well known. Although we do not know at this time how their decision will impact the outcome of Niagara in the Town of Ulster, we continue on in our effort for … Read more…
Thursday, December 11th, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kingston, NY. – A coalition of organizations and communities from Ulster County and New York State submitted a petition on December 5th to the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council. The group requested that the council not award grant funds to the controversial Niagara Bottling Company proposal in this year’s … Read more…
Sunday, December 7th 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A coalition of organizations and communities from Ulster County and New York State petition the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council. The group asks the council not to award grant funds for the controversial Niagara Bottling Company proposal in this year’s round of grant announcements on December 10th. … Read more…
The Kingston Common Council will discuss allocating $25,000 for their own municipal lawyer. On several occasions, the City of Kingston’s Corporation Council – hired to represent the City as a whole – has seemingly worked against the Kingston Common Council. Most recently regarding the Niagara Bottling Company and the City being included as an ‘Involved’ agency … Read more…
VIEW Kingston “Tapped” Facebook Event VIEW Woodstock “Tapped” Facebook Event VIEW Saugerties “Tapped” Facebook Event KingstonCitizens.org hosts free movie screenings of “Tapped” in Kingston, Woodstock & Saugerties. “Tapped” examines the bottled water industry and its long-term social, economic and ecological effects Kingston, NY – KingstonCitizens.org with the support of the Woodstock Land Conservancy, Riverkeeper and Esopus … Read more…
I am pleased that the Town of Ulster has issued a positive declaration in SEQR on the proposed Niagara Bottling Company project. It is the correct, and in fact – the only – thing to do given the liklihood of numerous environmental impacts associated with a project such as this that must be looked at … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin * Because we want to get this information out to the public ASAP, we are still extracting important details from the video and of documents pertaining to SEQR in the proposed Niagara Bottling Project over the next few days. Please check back daily on this post as we do so and thank you. … Read more…