Is there a Hudson Valley regional agenda?
Panelists will discuss that very question at a conference scheduled for June 15 at SUNY New Paltz. The event, which is sponsored by the New Paltz Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) in collaboration with The Advocacy Coalition of the Hudson Valley, will be held in the student union building from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Speakers and participants include Marcus Molinaro, Dutchess County executive; Elizabeth Lynam, vice president and director of state studies at the Citizen”™s Budget Commission; David Church, commissioner of the Orange County Department of Planning; Mike Oates, president of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation; Garrett Dyal, Adam”™s Fairacre Farms;Â Kevin O”™Connor, executive director of the Rural Ulster Preservation Company (RUPCO);Â and Michael Migloire of Whitecliff Winery.
Topics will include the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council, efforts to brand the Hudson Valley region and efforts to rally the individual counties together as a coalition.
