Schodack Planning Board

Planning
11 Jan 12: Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency at 10:00 a.m. at the Schodack Town Hall in connection with an application by Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc. that the Agency consider undertaking a project (the "Project") for the benefit of the Company. You can read details of Dollar Tree's application, here

New Year's Eve Ice Skating

The Empire State Plaza ice rink is reopening on New Year’s Eve at 11 a.m. Figure skating demonstrations will take place on opening day and skaters can rent skates for free. 

Free hot chocolate will also be provided.

http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/morning_call/2011/12/empire-state-plaza-ice-rink-reopening.html

A note from the Superintendent ~

I am looking forward to catching up with everyone at the January 11^th CBAT meeting as we begin to develop our 2012 -2013 budget. 

http://www.schodack.k12.ny.us/scs/budget/

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A letter to the Schodack Board

Date: Thursday, December 29, 2011, 5:55 PM
 Dear Schodack Board Members,
    
    I hope you all had a quiet,  peaceful, safe and enjoyable holiday  season.   I wish that I could say that I did,  however with the proposed plan of Dollar Tree building a  storage facility in my backyard (albeit the size of Yankee  Stadium), I've been a bit stressed.

Dollar Tree competition is one some residents don't want to win

SCHODACK--The land near the intersection of Columbia Turnpike and Route 50 (WNYT meant Route 150) doesn't look like much now but it could soon be home to Dollar Tree's 80 acre Northeast distribution center.

EG BLOTTER

East Greenbush Blotter
12/14-12/23

Stop the Dollar Tree?

Petition to stop the Dollar Tree in Schodack
https://www.facebook.com/events/181008978664083/

Conclusion: As our elected officials it is our hope that you will act in our best interest to protect our community where we live and pay taxes, and that your decisions will be independent of other influences or pressure from Rensselaer County and/or the State of NY. 

Are you for or against this project?  Why?
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Dollar Tree - we want you, but....

By Catherine Sager
SCHODACK
December 20, 2011

More than 100 people packed the meeting room at the Town Hall for the Schodack Planning Board meeting about the 718,000 square foot Dollar Tree Distribution Center that is proposed for Schodack off of Exit 11. The plan includes an additional 294,000 square feet to be constructed at a later date with a completed warehouse of approximately 1,000,000 square feet.

Plans include breaking ground as early as March 2012. At a previous meeting it was considered that the role of lead agency may be taken over by the County. At the meeting on Monday, the Town Planning Board declared Schodack the lead agency for the proposed project. In attendance were: Denise Mayrer, Chairman , Wayne Johnson, G. Jeffrey Haber, Paul Puccio, John LaVoie, Andrew Timmis, Jim Church, Attorney: Robert Linville, Esq.

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