SPDA Tonight!

There will be a meeting of the Schodack Planning & Development Association (SPDA) on Thursday, September 20 at 6:30PM at Nassau Public Library on Rte. 20 in the Village of Nassau.  The public is welcome to attend and discuss recent developments in the town of Schodack.   

Sincerely, Barb Spink

www.schodackplanning.com

Solar Farming...Schodack Takes the Lead

Pheasant Hollow Solar Farm SPB #2017-35 Town of Schodack Planning Board
Lead Agency: Town of Schodack Planning Board 265 Schuurman Road Castleton, NY 12033

Read the Planning Board Minutes here.

Read more about Solar Farms here.

wnyt.com

Soak up the sun: Solar farms poised to proliferate in New York state

The concept known as community-distributed generation, or community solar for short, was introduced in New York in late 2015.

Until that point, each of the thousands of solar projects in New York state was operated for the benefit of one specific customer — the party who owned or leased the panels. This was equally true of residential rooftop arrays and large farms built for universities, municipalities and corporations.

Community solar was designed to make photovoltaic electricity available more widely, not just to those residential and business customers who had the ability to install panels on their own property.

Developers bought into the idea.

"We see lots of potential here. We have a ton under development now," said Meaghann Schulte, spokeswoman for GreenSpark Solar.

“What happens when people get worked up is they talk among themselves and they imagine only the worst,” he said. “It’s very hard to shake them. It’s normal. It doesn’t really matter what it is — certain people … just don’t like change.”

Solar farms are the Albany area's new cash crop from the Albany Business Review.

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Since 1974, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Inc. (RMHC) has been working to improve the health and well being of children – touching nearly 5.7 million children worldwide every year.

AMAZON

A fulfillment center on 116 acres between Interstate 90 and Route 9. 

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Town officials announced that an Amazon Fulfillment Center could fill this proposed million square foot building just off of Route 9.

Murray's admission of representing Amazon as the tenant for the distribution center was met with applause from the crowd that packed Schodack Town Hall.

But it did little alleviate the concerns nearby residents have.

What do you think about AMAZON coming to Schodack?  Leave a comment!

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Which Way Will the Wind Blow?

Please attend a public forum about fracked gas, health problems and environmental racism from the proposed Sheridan Hollow power plant. The event will be at the First United Methodist Church, 1 Gilligan Road, East Greenbush on Monday, June 25 at 6:30 pm.

Featured speakers include Merton Simpson, Albany County Legislator of Sheridan Hollow and Co-Chair of the Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy (SHARE) who will talk about the proposed project and SHARE’s work to build renewable energy alternatives for the region; and Dr. David Carpenter, Director of the Institute for Health & Environment at the University of Albany. Dr. Carpenter has done extensive research on the health effects of fracking.

Lyme Disease

Since it’s Lyme Disease Awareness Month I want to share an article about the effects of Lyme and the specific nightmare of an invisible illness – those who have it only truly understand how hard each day really is, and why.

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