Final Plan Available

The Downtown and Waterfront Revitalization Strategy is now available.

Downtown and Waterfront Revitalization Strategy

Draft Plan Available

The draft Downtown and Waterfront Revitalization Strategy is now available. This plan will be presented to the Village Board on February 28, 2011 at 7 pm at the Knights of Columbus hall on Main Street.

DRAFT Downtown and Waterfront Revitalization Strategy

DRAFT Maps 1-8
DRAFT Maps 9-16

Public Presentation of Draft Plan Available

Thanks to everyone who attended last night’s presentation of the draft Downtown and Waterfront Revitalization Strategy. As always, we appreciate your questions and comments.

For those unable to attend, a copy of the presentation is available on the link below. In addition, copies of the presentation boards will be made available for review at the Library and Village Hall in the coming weeks.

Public Presentation 09.16.10

Please feel free to provide your thoughts on the presentation in the comment box below.

Public Information Session Announcement

The Village of Wappingers Falls is pleased to announce it will be hosting a Public Information Session for the project on Thursday, September 16 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Knights of Columbus hall in downtown Wappingers Falls.

Elan Planning, Design, and Landscape Architecture will give a presentation of the draft Vision, Goals, Recommendations and Design Concepts for the Downtown and Waterfront areas. A question-and-answer period will follow.

We invite you to participate!

Wappinger Falls Studies Waterfront Revitalization

Most recently an article about the Village of Wappinger Falls waterfront revitalization plan was published.  Click here to view the full article.

The Poughkeepsie Journal featured an article regarding the Village of Wappinger Falls’ revitalization study. 

Click here to view the full article.

Public Visioning Summary

The summary of the February 18th Public Visioning Workshop has been prepared and is available here. This summarizes the input gathered for the three topic areas studied by Elan Planning and Design, which include the Bain Parcel/Transfer Station, Downtown/Waterfront, and Temple Fields/Highway Garage.

In addition, Dutchess County collected input concerning the Route 9 Corridor and Downtown Gateway. A summary of that input will be available soon.

Although the visioning session has been completed, we are still soliciting ideas and input for the different areas of the project. Please feel free to leave a comment below with any ideas or concerns you have about the project area.

Public Visioning Workshop

The project Committee, consultants, and Dutchess County Planning Department would like to thank everyone who attended the Public Visioning Workshop held on February 18, 2010. We had a fantastic turnout and many great ideas were discussed.

If you were unable to attend the meeting, you can still leave comments on the Public Input page.

We look forward to seeing everyone in a few months to review the Draft Waterfront Revitalization Strategy! Please check this page often for project updates and meeting announcements.

Committee Meeting Minutes – December

The Waterfront Revitalization Action Team met in December to review the draft inventory and analysis materials prepared by Elan Planning, Design, and Landscape Architecture. In addition, the committee discussed upcoming the public input workshop. Detailed meeting minutes are available here:  Committee Meeting 12/10/2009

Project Kick-Off Meeting Minutes

The Village of Wappingers Falls is pleased to announce that the Waterfront Revitalization Action Team (the Committee) held a kick-off meeting on Wednesday, November 28, 2009. At this meeting, the Committee met with the planning consultants chosen for the project, including staff from Elan Planning, Design, and Landscape Architecture as well as the Pouder Design Group.

The Committee reviewed the scope of work and schedule for the project. Detailed meeting minutes are available here: Kick-off Minutes