Cooperative Tug Hill Council
P.O. Box 12
Redfield, New York 13437-7724
(315)599-7724

For Information about CTHC:
Contact Tug Hill Commission
(315)785-2380

4-Town Comp Plan
Towns of Harrisburg, Martinsburg, Montague & Pinckney
Lewis County, NY

The Spring CTHC Dinner/Meeting held on May 19, 2005 in Constableville, NY, included a presentation by Nan Stolzenberg, founder and principal consultant of Community Planning & Environmental Associates, Berne, New York.

View Nan's presentation HERE (1,393 KB - PDF File).

Ms.Stolzenburg is a Certified Planner, and has professional and personal experience in planning, facilitation, the environment, agriculture, public participation, writing, researching, and management. In addition to consulting, Nan assists her husband in managing their 120-cow Holstein dairy farm, located in Schoharie County. As a member of a small, rural community, Nan understands the particular characteristics and challenges facing communities in the Tug Hill Region. Her work emphasizes that each community's unique character must be recognized and nourished in the face of change and development, as it is one of the most important cultural and economic assets our communities possess.


Community Background Information:
The following files are draft documents containing background information in preparation of comprehensive plans for each community.

Town of Harrisburg (180 KB - PDF File) E-Podunk Community Profile Harrisburg (web link)
Town of Martinsburg (110 KB - PDF File) E-Podunk Community Profile Martinsburg (web link)
Town of Montague (117 KB - PDF File) E-Podunk Community Profile Montague (web link)
Town of Pinckney (95 KB - PDF File) E-Podunk Community Profile Pinckney (web link)


2006 Community Survey:
The following files are documents related to the 2006 Community Survey.

2006 Community Survey - for all four towns (70 KB - PDF file)

Survey Summary for all 4 towns (242 KB - PDF file)
Survey Results
for all 4 towns (254 KB - PDF file)

Survey Results - Town of Harrisburg (260 KB - PDF file)
Comments - Town of Harrisburg (64 KB - PDF file)

Survey Results - Town of Martinsburg (254 KB - PDF file)
Comments - Martinsburg (127 KB - PDF file)

Survey Results - Town of Montague (254 KB - PDF file)
Comments - Montague (94 KB - PDF file)

Survey Results - Town of Pinckney (254 KB - PDF file)
Comments - Pinckney (69 KB - PDF file)


Planning Accord for Tug Hill 1991 - Goals & Objectives (24 KB - PDF file)
Resource Management Plan 1976 - Goals & Objectives
(26 KB - PDF file)
Meetings:
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - Survey Results - AGENDA
Wednesday, February 28th - Comp Plan Process - AGENDA
Monday, March 26th - Community Profile & Maps - AGENDA
Monday, April 30th - Natural Resources & Env- AGENDA - handout
Tuesday, May 29th - Ag - AGENDA - handout - T Lloyd CP on agriculture
Monday, June 25th - Historic Preservation - AGENDA - handout
Monday, July 30th - Transportation - AGENDA - handout
Monday, September 17th - Open Space - AGENDA - handout
Monday, October 22nd - Recreation - AGENDA - handout
Monday, November 26th - Recreation - AGENDA

Monday, January 28th - Economic Development - AGENDA
Monday, February 25th - Goals & Strategies - AGENDA - comunity vision

Related Files:
Plan Topics and Meeting Schedule (146 KB - PDF file)
NYS Statutes on Comprehensive Planning (30 KB - PDF file)
Special Area Guidelines Workbook (139 KB - PDF file)
Lewis County Ag Enhancement Plan - Adopted 2004
(912 KB - PDF file)
Visioning & Goal Setting (2.8 M - PDF file) by Lisa Nagal, Elan Planning & Design
Tug Hill Tommorrow's Presentation to 4-Town Plan Com. (7,153 KB - PDF file)
The Nature Conservancy's Presentation
to 4-Town Plan Com. (2,040 KB - PDF file)


Related Links:
Empire State Development - Lewis County Profile
DEC State Forest by Region

Lewis County, NY: Come Farm With Us
Northern New York Historical Papers
Lewis County NY Genweb
Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust
The Nature Conservancy
New York Natural Heritage Program

Lewis County Trail System Plan
Lewis County Sheriff Department - 2005 ATV Report
Rodman-Barns Corners Cross Country Trails - Town of Pinckney
Tug Hill Wildlife Management Facility - Town of Montague
Whetstone Gulf State Park - Town of Martinsburg
Lewis County Snowmobile Trails Map 2006-07
NYS Snowmobiler's Guide
Lewis County Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
Development Authority of the North Country


Related Resources:
THC Technical Paper: Why Prepare a Comprehensive Plan? (59 KB - PDF file)
DOS Publication: Zoning and the Comprehensive Plan (163 KB - PDF file)
NYMIR Zoning School chapter on Comprehensive Planning
(website link)
Planning and Zoning Techniques for Protecting Quality of Life: Resource Protection Options for Communities
(website link)

Examples of comprehensive plans in NYS:

In Tug Hill Region:
Town of Amboy, Oswego County (website link)
Village of Holland Patent
(website link)
Village of Sylvan Beach, Oneida County (website link)

Others:
Town of Bolton, Waren County (website link) (population 2,117)
Town of Canandaigua, Ontario County (website link) (population 7,649)
Town of Chatham, Columbia County (website link) (population 4,249)
Town of Charlton, Saratoga County
(website link) (population 3,954)
Town of Dryden, Tompkins County
(website link) (population 13,532)
Town of Galway, Saratoga County
(website link) (population 3,589)
Town of Hurley, Ulster County (website link) (population 6,564)
Town of Kinderhook, Ulster County (website link) (population 8,296)
Town of Lloyd, Columia County (website link) (population 9,941)
Town of New Baltimore, Greene County (website link) (population 3,417)
Town and Village of Phelps, Ontario County (website link) (population 8,986)
Town of Porter, Niagara County (website link) (population 6,920)
Town of Queensbury, Warren County (website link) (population 25,441)
Town of Sand Lake, Rensselaer County (website link) (population7,987)
Town of Saratoga, Saratoga County (website link) (population 5,141)
Village of Whitesboro, Onieda County (website link) (population 3,943)

Town of Essex, Essex County (website link) (population 713)
Town of Forestburgh, Sullivan County (website link) (population 833)
Town of Halcott, Greene County (website link) (population 193)
Town of Lake Pleasant, Hamilton County
(website link) (population 876)


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