Parks and Trails Funding 2013 New York Regional Economic Development Council Awards Compiled by Parks & Trails New York Western NY County Applicant Project Description Agency Award The Gowanda Area Redevelopment Corporation (GARC) plans to initiate park construction at the Peter Cooper Superfund Site. Gowanda The result of the project, which will include parking lot Area Gowanda Zoar construction, installation of asphalt walkway and perimeter cable Cattaraugus Redevelopme Valley Gateway Parks PA $500,000 fencing, and purchase and planting of landscape elements, will nt Park Phase 3 be a recreational park positioned on Cattaraugus Creek that will Corp serve as the gateway to the Stateowned Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area and conservation site.

The City of Dunkirk will work to reconstruct the Lakefront Boulevard Seawall and redevelop Lakefront Boulevard. The existing road and seawall are important for recreational uses, Dunkirk Seawall and Chautauqua City of Dunkirk the support of city water and sewer lines, and for access to the Parks PA $449,620 Lake Front Boulevard main entrance to the city’s Waste Water Treatment Plant, but they have become severely deteriorated. Their reconstruction will allow increased lakefront recreational opportunities. The multi-phase Greater Jamestown Riverwalk Trail Jamestown Parks construction and continuation project is designed to create Improvements at City of connectivity in the city with the development of new concrete Chautauqua Panzarella Park, Parks PA $499,955 Jamestown sidewalk paths, branded signage trail markers, scenic vistas of Scenic Vista and the Chadakoin River with a picnic grove, playground equipment, McCrea Point and informational kiosks. The Lake Effect Trailbreakers Snowmobile Club of Chautauqua Lake Effect Chatauqua Groomer Grant County will purchase a trail groomer to effectively maintain their Parks RTP $192,000 Trailbreakers snowmobile trail system. Local Waterfront City of Revitalization Includes a handicapped-accessible fishing pier with a concrete Erie DOS $235,596 Tonawanda Program Update and walkway along the mouth of Ellicott Creek and the Erie Canal. Implementation The Village of Celoron will update its zoning code to attract Improvements to appropriate waterfront development and design public access Village of Chatauqua Lucille Ball Memorial and recreation improvements to Lucille Ball Memorial Park on DOS LWRP $82,845 Celoron Park Chautauqua Lake, including a new waterfront trail and kayak/canoe launch. Chautauqua Lake Snowmobile Club is located in Chautauqua Chatauqua County, a county widely visited for snowmobiling with 400+ Lake miles of state funded trails. With grant funds, the club will Chatauqua New Groomer Project Parks RTP $139,600 Snowmobile purchase a new groomer to help double the hours for available Club, Inc. grooming and improve trail maintenance for smoother and safer trails. The Newstead Recreational Trails Expansion Project will add 7,500 feet of new accessible paved pathway to Newstead's popular recreational trails system. The proposed trail expansion Newstead Town of will be constructed along a segment of the abandoned Erie Recreational Trail Parks RTP $200,000 Newstead Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad and will connect Expansion Project existing trails with the town park and expansive Akron Falls Park, allowing the region to enjoy a more comprehensive, cohesive system that unites area resources.

Through the Erie Canal Bike Path Extension project, the City of North Tonawanda will design and construct a pedestrian/bicycle path along the historic Erie Canal in the City of North Tonawanda. The new path – which will connect Mayor’s Park, a City of North Erie Canal Bike Path Niagara municipal waterfront park, with the terminus of the existing path Canals $144,707 Tonawanda Extension at the intersection of Payne Avenue and Sweeney Street – will add approximately 1.1 miles of publicly accessible waterfront path and will give the city the opportunity to continue the path in future stages to other city amenities

The City of North Tonawanda will design and construct improvements to the central and southern marina basins at City of North Gratwick Marina Gratwick Park Marina along the Niagara River. Improvements Niagara DOS LWRP $208,125 Tonawanda Redevelopment will include removal of dilapidated existing docks, repair of failing bulkhead, dredging, new docks and utilities, boardwalk, lighting, landscaping, paving, and signage. Western NY Region Total: $2,652,448 Finger Lakes Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, PTNY will undertake a multi-faceted, targeted marketing Ontario, Parks & Trails Erie Canalway Trail campaign to attract national and international cyclists and Orleans, ESD MNY $80,000 New York Shuttle Pilot adventure travelers to the 365- mile Erie Canalway Trail Seneca, extending across 14 New York State counties. Wayne, Wyoming, Yates The Friends of Letchworth State Park will repair and repoint two Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)-built stone chimneys in the Friends of Park and install thematic signage to provide historic Livingston, Letchworth Park Improvements interpretation and directions to artifacts. The project is part of a Parks HPA $16,200 Wyoming State Park larger on-going effort to preserve the CCC legacy and to increase public awareness and understanding of the great contributions the Corps made to New York State Parks. The City of Rochester will construct a public promenade along the Genesee River with a pedestrian ramp to connect to the City of Promenade at Erie Court Street Bridge, renovate the Johnson Seymour Mill Race Monroe DOS LWRP $1,200,000 Rochester Harbor Construction and River Wall and install educational signage. The promenade will establish a connection to the larger Genesee Gateway Trail System. The Town of Perinton proposes construction of a multi-use trail that will connect Spring Lake Park to the existing Irondequoit Creek Trail, which currently extends 6.2 miles from Irondequoit Town of Town of Perinton Monroe Creek through Channing Philbrick Park. The trail will be Parks RTP $169,940 Perinton Spring Lake Trail approximately 2,100 linear feet, will be usable by pedestrians, bicyclists, cross-country skiiers and snow-shoers, and will include access areas for fishing. The Friends of Ganondagan will construct a Seneca Art and Culture Center at Ganondagan (SACCG), located within a short walk from the state historic site’s reconstructed 17th-century Friends of Seneca Art and Seneca Bark Longhouse. The $17,000 center will make use of Ontario Ganondagan Culture Center at natural insulating properties and utilize a geothermal Parks PA $350,000 Inc. Ganondagan heating/cooling system. The finished product will be a tourism destination and visitors center and will provide space for exhibits, educational programs, lectures, performances, and events.

Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion is embarking on a capital project for the adaptive reuse of the Peacock House, the sole remaining building of the mansion’s previously extensive aviary Sonnenberg complex, which was developed between 1902 and 1923 and Ontario Gardens and Restoration Project Parks HPA $30,000 housed over 200 different species of birds. The restoration Mansion SHP project will include interior and exterior restoration and the renovation of ADA access points to develop a building appropriate for event-use.

The Village of Holley in Orleans County will use this funding in order to undertake the Holley Canal Park Improvement Project. Project activities include improvements to the existing gazebo, pavilions, and stone paths. New elements of the park will include new tree planting, installation of grills and picnic tables, Village of Holley Canal Park Orleans fire pits, and the purchase of new equipment to maintain the Canals $65,776 Holley Improvement Project park. These amenities will enhance the experience of the thousands of boaters and bicyclists who come to – and travel through – the Holley Canal Park each season and add to the tremendous economic impact the Canal system brings to the Village of Holley. The Village of Macedon will design enhancements to the underutilized Macedon Canal Park including an ADA compliant Village of Macedon Canal Park Wayne fishing/boat access platform and kayak launch, comfort station, DOS LWRP $21,225 Macedon Enhancements picnic pavilion improvements, wayfinding signage kiosks, walkways, and lighting. Letchworth State Park, a spectacular landscape of waterfalls, gorges, and forests along 17 miles of the Genesee River, is renowned as the “Grand Canyon of the East.” Currently, there is Open Space Lechworth Nature no dedicated facility to host environmental programs for the Wyoming Parks PA $288,000 Institute Center 750,000+ visitors the park attracts annually. The Nature Center will provide a year-round, ADA-compliant facility to present exhibits, programs, and tools to stimulate deeper understanding and exploration of the park’s unique resources.

The Finger Lakes Land Trust intends to develop recently acquired land, a cove beach with 390 feet of shoreline, into part Shoreline to Summit of the proposed Canandaigua Lake Water Trail. Development of Finger Lakes Enhancing Public the new preserve will involve demolition of two small structures Yates Parks PA $171,585 Land Trust Access on near the shore, work to clear invasive species, and creation of a Canandaigua Lake hiking trail to open the property to the public. The new site will be a rarity on Canandaigua Lake, where most property is privately owned and heavily developed. Finger Lakes Region Total: $2,392,726

Southern Tier The restoration of Canifield Park, which dates back to the early 20th Century, will include grading and drainage improvements, restoration of the network of paths, installation of benches, and Steuben City of Corning Canfield Park Project landscaping. While caring for the existing infrastructure and Parks PA $114,302 demonstrating environmental improvements, the project is expected to help revitalize the adjacent commercial and residential area by bringing residents and visitors to the park.

GIGP funds will support the installation of pervious pavement as part of a complete renovation of the Taughannock Falls State Park overlook, one of the most visited locations in the region. Taughannock Green Infrastructure Tompkins The project will incorporate green infrastructure in a prominent EFC GIGP $320,000 Falls Park Retrofit setting that showcases an important scenic geologic resource, the 215-foot-high Taughannock Falls, of one of the highest waterfalls in the Northeast. Southern Tier Region Total: $434,302 Central NY Cayuga County will design and build improvements to Emerson Park on Owasco Lake in the City of Auburn, including Cayuga Emerson Park Cayuga renovation of the boat launch, docking facilities, a seawall DOS LWRP $102,876 County Improvements supporting a boat tie-up area, roads, and the existing lakeshore boardwalk. The City of Cortland is home to Wickwire Pool, located in Suggett Park. The pool celebrated its 65th anniversary two years ago in very poor condition, which threatens the city’s City of Cortland Wickwire Pool ability to keep it open. The pool will be refurbished, more energy Parks PA $500,000 Cortland efficient, accessible, and remain an important community asset, enabling people of all ages and abilities an enjoyable and safe place to swim. Livingston, This is a partnership between NYS parks and the Finger Lakes Steuben, Finger Lakes Finger Lakes Trail and Trail Conference to cross promote and market NYS’s longest Cattaraugus, Trail NYS Parks Marketing ESD MNY $82,710 footpath and the state parks along or adjacent to the 958 miles Wyoming, Conference Project of the trail system. Madison A vision and master plan will be developed for Lakeland Park and the historic Carpenter’s Barn to address opportunities for Lakeland Park greater connectivity. The plan, created with input from the Village of Madison Planning and community, will include suggestions for rehabilitation to enhance Parks PA $22,000 Cazenovia Development public use of the barn, ways to improve pedestrian circulation and access to recreation areas, including kayak and canoe launching, and the creation of a tree planting plan.

The Onondaga Historical Association’s Ska nonh Planning Project will repurpose an under-utilized facility and grounds in Onondaga Liverpool, NY into a Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) heritage Onondaga Historical Ska nonh Planning Arts CHPG $50,000 museum and recreational trails. It will provide opportunities for Association Native American artists, crafters, performers, and entrepreneurs to have access to a broader audience and customers. In 2010, Carrier Corporation donated the Willis Carrier Recreation Center to the Town of DeWitt with an agreement Town of Willis Carrier that the park forever remain a public recreational facility. The Onondaga ESD MNY $247,500 DeWitt Recreation Center goal of this project is to build a one-of-a-kind, all-inclusive outdoor multi-sports complex to be enjoyed by all residents and visitors of Central New York.

Kasoag Trailblazers, Inc., a non-profit, all volunteer member snowmobile club in northeastern Oswego County, grooms and Kasoag maintains approximately 48 miles of New York State Oswego Trailblazers, 2013 Groomer Grant snowmobile trail. The club will use grant funding to purchase a Parks RTP $127,200 Inc. new groomer, allowing them to provide safe snowmobile trails for over 310 club members and the estimated 40,000 sleds per week that visit the area.

Grant funds will be used towards the acquisition of a privately- owned property for public parkland, site work to prepare the parcel, and installation of picnic accommodations and park Village of Oswego Lacona Park Project equipment for children of all abilities. The project will greatly Parks PA $48,979 Lacona enhance the recreational opportunities available to residents in the Village of Lacona and provide a safe place for children to socialize, exercise and interact with their peers. Central NY Region Total: $1,181,265

Mohawk Valley A detailed site plan has been prepared for the development of a park in the Town of Broadalbin, which currently does not have Shelter any parks or recreation facilities. The 29-acre site will be Town of Broadalbin Fulton Planning developed to provide a wide range of recreational facilities Parks PA $500,000 Park Development Development including baseball, softball and soccer fields, and a basketball court. Other facilities will include a pavilion and playground area, access roads and parking. The Town of German Flatt’s Town Park project includes the development of an ADA-accessible trail that connects to the Fort Herkimer Church Canalway Trail, a community center to enhance canalway Town of German Flatts Town infrastructure and to support park programming, a parking area Herkimer Parks PA $171,792 German Flatts Park Development with lighting, a renovated historic 1840’s schoolhouse for use as Project a visitor’s center, avian habitat, an ADA-accessible dock and canoe/kayak launch facility, overlooks, seating, interpretive signage and gardens. The Exeter Trailblazers, Inc. Snowmobile Club, located in the Exeter Town of Exeter in Otsego County, plans to purchase a Class A Snowmobile Groomer Otsego Trailblazers, Tracked Groomer and a Multi-Blade Planer Grooming Drag to Parks RTP $200,000 Equipment Purchase Inc. maintain trails and improve safety for increased travel with adjoining trail systems. Mohawk Valley Region Total: $871,792

North Country To improve the accessibility to historic Heyworth/Mason Park and Sullivan Sports Park, the hamlet of Peru proposes the construction of a 1.5-mile, paved, non-motorized trail. The trail’s Connecting Town Clinton Town of Peru completion Parks RTP $200,000 Parks will also link residential, commercial and natural areas and provide safe, off-road recreational opportunities for all ages and abilities in the community. To improve the accessibility to historic Heyworth/Mason Park and Sullivan Sports Park, the hamlet of Peru proposes the Trail Connecting construction of a 1.5-mile, paved, non-motorized trail. The trail’s Clinton Town of Peru Heyworth/Mason Park Parks PA $58,000 completion will also link residential, commercial and natural to Sullivan Park areas and provide safe, off-road recreational opportunities for all ages and abilities in the community.

The Town of Plattsburgh will prepare the Lake Champlain/Saranac River Waterfront Plan to explore hamlet Lake redevelopment strategies, improve waterfront access and Town of Clinton Champlain/Saranac connect the hamlets to Lake Champlain through a greenway DOS LWRP $25,000 Plattsburgh River Waterfront Plan trail system. Additionally, conceptual designs will be developed for improvements to connect the hamlets to the Saranac River and Lake Champlain waterfronts. Jay Park was completely destroyed by Hurricane Irene. This Grove Rd Park project will rebuild the park with the purpose of resuming Essex Town of Jay Parks PA $54,460 Improvement Project organized recreational activities with a new softball field, soccer field and baseball field. The Town of Ticonderoga will use GIGP funds to incorporate stream daylighting, bioretention, and a constructed wetland Town of adjacent to Bicentennial Park. This project will help reduce Essex Stream Daylighting EFC GIGP $539,103 Ticonderoga combined sewer overflows by directing stormwater into more natural drainage features and out of the combined sewer system. Dedicated Residents to Area Grooming (DRAG) of Speculator, NY will purchase a reconditioned Class A snow grooming D.R.A.G. of DRAG Trail Groomer machine and drag, and replace a set of tracks on one of the Hamliton Speculator, Parks RTP $80,000 Purchase club’s existing grooming machines, to assist with maintaining an Inc. increased number of safe and enjoyable snowmobile trails over the winter season. Pleasant Rider Snowmobilers, Inc. plans to purchase a new Pleasant Rider Hamliton Groomer Grant Class II groomer to provide the necessary trail maintenance for Parks RTP $56,600 Snowmobilers Class II trails.

Central The Inlet Barnstormers Snowmobile Club maintains 40 miles of Purchase of Trail Adirondack trails and has assumed primary trail maintenance Hamliton, Grooming Partnership for responsibilities for the new 13-mile 7th Lake Mountain Trail in Parks RTP $59,000 Herkimer Maintenance the 21st the Adirondack Park. Grant funds will be used to purchase and Equipment Century replace essential trail maintenance equipment.

Winona Forest Recreation Association (WFRA) is a four season multiuser group association that maintains recreational trails Winona Forest and is dedicated to providing safe, quality trails and promoting Recreation Jefferson, Oswego Equipment Purchase healthy recreational activities for the community and tourists. Parks RTP $143,560 Association, WFRA will replace an existing groomer and drag with new wider Inc. ones to allow non-motorized and motorized winter, woodland trails in the Winona State Forest to be groomed with one pass.

Turin Ridge Turin Ridge Riders, Inc. Snowmobile Club will use grant funds Lewis Groomer Grant Parks RTP $159,840 Riders, Inc to purchase a new tractor for trail grooming and maintenance. The Valley Snow Travelers of Lewis County, Inc. currently use a Valley of Snow leased groomer and three outdated drags to maintain Travelers of Valley's Trail Groomer snowmobile trails in the Lewis County portion of the Tug Hill Lewis Parks RTP $151,600 Lewis County, Purchase 2013 region. With grant funds, the club will purchase a new groomer Inc. and drag for use for improved trail maintenance on their high snowmobile traffic area. Fort La Presentation Association plans to revitalize the City of Ogdensburg’s historic Lighthouse Point by developing a waterfront park and trail system to be used for events, historic The Chazen Fort La Presentation reenactments, and recreation. The project will include design St. Lawrence Parks PA $352,650 Companies Interpretive Trail and construction of a trail network, a visitor and educational meeting space, interpretive signage, site restoration work, landscaping, development of a porous surface parking area, and links to the City of Ogdensburg’s Maple City Trail system. Grasse River Corridor The Town of Canton will partner with Towns along the Grasse Town of Blueway Trail River to develop a Blueway Trail Plan, promote the river St. Lawrence DOS LWRP $85,000 Canton Planning and corridor, create a boat launch in the Hamlet of Pyrites, and Implementation develop a land-based trail master plan. The Towns of Clifton and Fine will advance projects identified in their 2007 Revitalization Strategy including planning to mitigate risks of invasive species in local waterways, a regional recreational tourism marketing plan and a wilderness recreation Clifton-Fine Tourism branding strategy. The Towns will also continue development of St. Lawrence Town of Fine and Recreation DOS LWRP $67,500 waterfront access sites, develop a master trail guide for the Development Clifton Fine area, and update the local waterfront revitalization strategy to identify new tourism infrastructure and wilderness recreation projects that promote sustainable economic development in the Adirondack Park.

The City of Ogdensburg, in partnership with the Towns of Oswegatchie, Canton, Dekalb and Fine, the Villages of Heuvelton, Rensselaer Falls and Gouverneur and St. Lawrence City of Oswegatchie River St. Lawrence, Jefferson County, will prepare the Oswegatchie River Blueway Trail DOS LWRP $25,000 Ogdensburg Blueway Trail Development Plan. The Plan will provide an strategy to develop and promote this resource as a regional asset for tourism, recreation and community development. City of Oswegatchie River Planning grant to create Blueway Trail along the 112 mile St. Lawrence, Jefferson ESD SPFS $25,000 Ogdensburg Blueway Trail waterway. North Country Region Total: $2,082,313 Capital Region This project will construct 5.5 miles of a proposed 9.3 mile shared -use path along a former rail bed. The funding will assist in the final design and construction of the path. The expected Albany County Rail outcomes are improved mobility and economic opportunity for Albany Albany County NYSERDA CGC3 $1,003,478 Trail nondrivers, a better option for commuting by walking or bicycling, reduced emissions and vehicle miles travelled, improved economic activity along the trail corridor, and improved health for trail users. The Lakes to Locks Passage Geotourism Marketing Initiative Lakes to Lakes to Locks market the areas along the interconnected waterway from Cliton, Essex, Warren, Washington, Saratoga,Locks Rensse laer, AlbanyPassage Geo ESD MNY $100,000 Albany to Rouses Point to national and international audiences, Passage Inc Marketing promoting authentic experiences and sustainable tourism.

The Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association is seeking funding for the construction of 1.54 miles of Rail Trail in southeastern Harlem Valley Columbia County, from Black Grocery Road in Copake to Harlem Valley Rail Rail Trail Anthony Street in Hillsdale. Construction of this section of the Columbia Trail Constuction from Parks PA $375,584 Association trail will link with the Town of Hillsdale to the Roeliff Jansen Copake to Hillsdale Inc. State Park and Roeliff Jansen Community Library. It will bring the quiet Hamlet of Hillsdale within the Harlem Valley Rail Trail's sphere of economic vitality.

The Olana Partnership (TOP) will create design documents for the stabilization and restoration of the 19th Century Main Barn Design and plans for complex at Olana, the home, studio, farm, and landscape restoration of the Main The Olana designed by Hudson River School artist Frederic Edwin Church, Columbia Barn complex at Parks HPA $195,000 Partnership with the eventual goal of restoring the entire barn structure so Olana State Historic that it can be opened to the public. When completed, the Site restoration of the barn will enable TOP to expand program offerings and increase visitors. Mixed use Downtown Troy project includes renovation of 35-unit Pantera Rensselaer Dockside Loft bldg., construct modern walkway on Hudson, rehab parking and ESD Grants $1,000,000 Development infrastructure. The Town of Prattsville will advance a multi-component project identified in the Town’s Community Reconstruction plan to Community Recovery restore and revitalize the Route 23 (Main Street) streetscape Town of Greene Components: Design which was devastated by the flooding from Hurricane Irene, DOS LWRP $807,000 Prattsville and Construction including Phase II of the streetscape enhancement project; feasibility analysis and preliminary design for a new community center; and design and construction of a new waterfront trail. The Town of Halfmoon will construct a multi-use trail along the Erie Canal Towpath the historic Erie Canal Towpath on the north shore of the Town of Saratoga Community Connector Mohawk River. The trail will encompass approximately 0.75 DOS LWRP $200,000 Halfmoon Construction miles from Clamsteam Road, under the I-87 Twin Bridges and west to the town line. The Riverside Trail Community Linkage Project focuses on implementing critical portions of the trail system that will connect southern Stillwater neighborhoods of Riverside, Stillwater Riverside Trail Town of Junction, and East Saratoga Junction to the area’s resources, Saratoga Community Linkage Canals $150,000 Stillwater destinations and the greater regional trail network. This includes Project the Stillwater Town and Village Halls, Island Park, the future site of Mullah Hill Park, the Zim Smith Trail and the City of Mechanicville’s business district. The Town of Stillwater has embarked on a comprehensive effort to expand trail linkage throughout the community, from the Historic Saratoga Battlefield site to the waterfront and City of Riverside Trail Town of Mechanicville. The 2013 Riverside Trail Community Linkage Saratoga Community Linkage Parks RTP $200,000 Stillwater Project focuses on implementing critical portions of the trail Project system that will connect southern Stillwater neighborhoods to the area’s resources, destinations and the greater regional trail network. Frontier Sno Riders, Inc. will use grant funds to purchase Frontier Sno Riders Frontier Sno grooming equipment for snowmobile trail maintenance. The new Schenectady Trail Grooming Parks RTP $59,200 Riders, Inc and larger equipment will allow the club to efficiently maintain Equipment Purchase high traffic trails and improve trail safety. This proposal concerns Phase II of the Adirondack Park Recreation Web Portal Project. Phase I is currently underway and involves creation of a comprehensive web portal, database, Adirondack The Adirondack Park and app for tourism and recreation-related amenities and Association of Warren, Washington, Hamilton, Essex, Herkimer, Saratoga, Franklin, Clinton, St. Lawrence,Recreation Onedia, Web Lewiactivitiess, Fulton within the Adirondack Park. Phase II will significantly ESD MNY $82,500 Towns and Portal Project enhance the user experience and will additionally look to employ Villages a strategic marketing campaign to raise awareness to the end consumer and promote tourism through use of the website and app. Environmental Park The Village of Lake George will design and construct an Village of Lake Warren Signage and Water interactive water feature and gateway signage at the Charles R. DOS LWRP $200,000 George Feature Wood Lake George Environmental Park. The Town of Bolton will design and construct improvements to Rogers Memorial Park including a visitor/heritage center, an Town of Rogers Memorial Park Warren entry plaza, pedestrian connector, lake overlook, lower walkway, DOS LWRP $350,000 Bolton Improvements hillside erosion repair, water distribution system, rehabilitation of the north public dock, and stormwater management planning.

Warren County working with the Towns of Hadley, Lake Luzerne and Stony Creek and the Sacandaga-Hudson Advisory County will advance four projects to implement the First Wilderness intermunicipal First Wilderness Heritage Corridor Plan. Projects Warren Heritage Corridor Plan Warren, Saratoga include construction of the first phase of a whitewater park on DOS LWRP $553,500 County Implementation the Sacandaga River, upgrading of parking and restroom Projects facilities at the Dean Farm Recreation Area, design of hamlet revitalization components in Stony Creek, and expansion and upgrading of teaching facilities at the Adirondack Folkschool. Capital Region Total: $5,276,262 Mid-Hudson Acquisition of the former Fort Montgomery Marina property is creating the opportunity for public access to the Hudson River in the Town of Highlands for the first time since the late 1800s. The Scenic Scenic Hudson Mine With over 1,000 feet of frontage along the Hudson River, this Orange Hudson Land Parks PA $374,414 Dock Park mostly vacant and readily accessible property has the potential Trust Inc. to be a tremendous asset for residents upon repurposing as a public park. Grant funds will support the Friends of Scenic Hudson Mine Dock Park’s plans for park development.

In the Hamlet of West Nyack, the Town of Clarkstown wetland restoration project will use GIGP funds to naturalize previously channelized streams, reconnect their flow to the adjacent Town of Wetland Restoration Rockland regulated wetlands, and create new wetlands on the site. The EFC GIGP $1,000,000 Clarkstown Project project will feature educational kiosks and a small educational trail to promote better understanding of the importance of wetlands in mitigating flooding and improving water quality.

This project will establish a trail on an historic rail bed and construct multi-modal infrastructure designed to provide safe, universally-accessible alternatives for moving about by bicycle, City of Complete Streets on foot, and other non-motorized means, while smoothing the Ulster NYSERDA CGC3 $1,500,000 Kingston Corridor in Kingston flow of motorized vehicles in Kingston, NY. This project is intended to enhance livability, contribute to environmentally sustainable economic development, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with vehicle-miles traveled. The City of Kingston will design multi-modal connections along Design and its Hudson River and Rondout waterfronts to the core of City of Construction of Kingston in Midtown. The project will provide safe alternatives Ulster DOS LWRP $73,650 Kingston Kingston Point Rail for non-motorized transportation to create a more livable vibrant Trail community through complete streets strategies and establishment of trail systems. The Kingston Connectivity Project will create a more livable, vibrant community with the implementation of a rail trail network that will be designed and constructed to provide safe, City of Kingston Connectivity Ulster universally accessible alternatives for bicyclists, pedestrians and Parks HASA $500,000 Kingston Project other non-motorized means. The project will reduce fossil fuel emissions, encourage physical activity, and reduce traffic congestion. The Kingston Connectivity Project will create a more livable, vibrant community with the implementation of a rail trail network that will be designed and constructed to provide safe, City of Kingston Connectivity Ulster universally accessible alternatives for bicyclists, pedestrians and Parks RTP $200,000 Kingston Project other non-motorized means. The project will reduce fossil fuel emissions, encourage physical activity, and reduce traffic congestion. The Testimonial Gateway Trailhead Project is part of a multi- year initiative to protect ecologically important lands and enhance public recreational use of the Mohonk Preserve. The Mohonk planning and design of a new trailhead will help the Preserve Ulster Foothills Trailhead Parks PA $42,000 Preserve Inc improve visitor safety by mitigating current dangerous traffic and parking patterns. The project will also improve connectivity between the Preserve and the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, facilitating pedestrian access to three local business districts. This project will improve and redevelop the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail between the northern border of New Paltz and the southern border of the City of Kingston. The proposed work Open Space Wallkill Valley Rail includes regrading, ditching and reshaling the surface; widening Ulster Parks RTP $200,000 Institute Trail Improvements the shoulders of the rail trail; bridge repairs; road crossings; signage and kiosks; and parking area improvements. In addition,it seeks to improve access to nature preserves and parks adjacent to the rail trail. The Town of New Paltz will improve a section of the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail within the Town. The project includes upgrading New Paltz Wallkill Town of New trailheads with information kiosks with maps, covered bicycle Ulster River Rail Trail Parks RTP $23,000 Paltz racks, uniform signage and mileage markers, and comfort Program stations with composting toilets. In addition, the project will repair the rail trail bridge over the Wallkill River. Friends of To increase recreational opportunities at Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin State Park in Westchester County, volunteers will rehabilitate Delano and construct a trail in the southeastern portion of the park. The Connecting FDR State Westchester Roosevelt and project includes building two bridges, constructing a section of Parks RTP $11,386 Park to Yorktown Donald J. trail, installing 135 feet of boardwalk, and repairing damaged Trump State areas. The trail will connect the park to Yorktown’s Business Parks District. Groundwork Hudson Valley will undertake a feasibility study for the design and construction of a 2-mile rail-trail that stretches Adriaens Wat The from the Downtown Yonkers Waterfront to the 242nd Street Groundwork Westchester Downtown Yonkers subway station in Riverdale, NYC. The creation of this multi-use Parks PA $160,244 Hudson Valley Trail path is expected to revitalize several distressed neighborhoods in the lower Hudson Valley, help renew downtown Yonkers, and connect workers to transit hubs in Getty Square and NYC.

Quarry Park, adjacent to Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park, is a 5.5-acre site that was Hasting-on-Hudson’s first Villlage of industry, a marble quarry, beginning in 1828. The final design of Quarry Park and Trail Westchester Hastings-on- Quarry Park proposes a natural park setting with walking paths, Parks PA $94,250 Project Hudson shaded seating areas, an open-air venue, and interpretive signage, and the completion of Quarry Trail will provide the final link in the local trail system. Quarry Park, adjacent to Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park, is a 5.5-acre site that was Hasting-on-Hudson’s first Villlage of industry, a marble quarry, beginning in 1828. The final design of Quarry Park and Trail Westchester Hastings-on- Quarry Park proposes a natural park setting with walking paths, Parks RTP $61,750 Project Hudson shaded seating areas, an open-air venue, and interpretive signage, and the completion of Quarry Trail will provide the final link in the local trail system.

Reverend John Sykes Park, located in the inner village of Sleepy Hallow, seeks funding for the design and construction of Village of Rev Sykes Park Westchester a comfort station. The design will focus on creating an ADA- Parks PA $157,500 Sleepy Hollow Improvements compliant facility with a small footprint so as to take as little space away from the recreation area as possible. The Village of Tarrytown will prepare a feasibility study to Tarrytown Pedestrian identify options to restore and reopen the pedestrian pathway Village of Westchester Tunnel Accessway under the Metro North railroad tracks. This pathway will provide DOS LWRP $37,500 Tarrytown Project a link to the waterfront and increase public access to the Hudson River. The Village of Ossining will design an extension of an existing Design and Village of public dock along the Hudson River. The dock’s extension will Westchester Construction of Village DOS LWRP $21,500 Ossining add recreational opportunities along the waterfront and promote Dock Extension tourism in the region. Mid-Hudson Region Total: $4,457,194 New York City The NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, working with the Jamaica Bay Habitat Kings and NYC Department of Environmental Protection, will expand Restoration and Queens New New York City restoration of vital and resilent coastal ecosystems in Jamaica DOS LWRP $395,997 Waterfront York City Bay and plan for public access and utilization of the waterfront Revitalization at Sunset Cove in Broad Channel.

The NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, in partnership with the City Parks Foundation, will continue the Catalyst Reclaiming Our Waterfront Parks program, a collaborative Partnership For Parks public/private initiative between the two agencies. Catalyst is designed to plan and implement revitalization of underserved neighborhoods’ underutilized waterfront parks. Unique programs are developed at such targeted park communities, generating public consensus for the future of their New York, Catalyst Revitalizing waterfront neighborhood through community visioning that King, New York City Waterfront Parks DOS LWRP $350,000 identifies issues, needs and opportunities, identification and Richmond Phase IV mentoring of community leaders and preparation of a plan to implement community and waterfront revitalization. This round of Catalyst will continue work in Kaiser and Calvert Vaux Parks on either side of Coney Island Creek in South Brooklyn, and launch the Catalyst Program at Faber Pool and Park in the Port Richmond area of Staten Island, and East Harlem waterfront parks along the East River from East 96th Street to East 132nd Street.

The Greenbelt Trail Sustainability Initiative will address erosion, poor drainage, and flooding on the Greenbelt’s trails, will New York City enhance passage through the trail corridor with the removal of Department of Greenbelt Trail Richmond invasive plants and weeds, and will include installation of a Parks RTP $192,000 Parks and Sustainability Initiative culvert piping system, causeways, turnpikes, and foot bridges. Recreation The project will result in a safer, more enjoyable experience for hikers, walkers, and outdoor enthusiasts. NYC Region Total: $937,997 Long Island Nassau County proposes to initiate planning and design and begin the first phase of construction for a cost-effective, interconnected set of pathways for residents and tourists to Long Island Park & Nassau walk, bike and ride from the LI Sound to the Great South Bay Nassau Preserve Access Parks RTP $200,000 County and Jones Beach, thus solving the limited options for north- Improvement Project south transportation on Long Island and developing the currently underutilized network of existing bike paths into safe transit corridors. GIGP funds will support the redevelopment of the main parking area at Planting Fields Arboretum and State Historic Site using green infrastructure. The parking area provides an ideal Planting Fields Green Infrastructure Nassau opportunity to showcase bioretention and pervious pavement EFC GIGP $800,000 Arboretum Retrofit and at the same time improve the connectivity of the park. The project will also include constructed wetlands and a series of biofilters. Planting Fields State Historic Park’s Camellia House, constructed in 1917 and still in use today, houses plants that are over 100 years old and has the largest collection of Camellias Planting Fields Camellia House Nassau under glass in the Northeast. This historic preservation project Parks HPA $250,000 Foundation Restoration will restore and rehabilitate the extensive deterioration in the building’s brick masonry and its cast iron, steel and wood construction. The Village of Freeport proposes to replace 1,065 linear feet of bulkheading at Waterfront Park. The chromate copper arsenate (CCA) treated timber bulkhead along the waterfront is Waterfront Park Inc Village of degrading, allowing soil erosion, and is causing unsafe Nassau Bulkhead Parks PA $250,000 Freeport conditions that require the restriction of public access and Replacement recreational fishing at the waterfront section of the park. The replacement of the bulkheading will ensure the Village’s recreational assets can be utilized to their maximum potential. The Meadows at Yaphank is a mixed-use development The Meadows at Suffolk Breslin Realty comprised of residential, retail, office, hospitality, parks, and ESD Grants $1,500,000 Yaphank open space in a Traditional Neighborhood Design. The Town of Babylon will install an Ice Rink within the Town of Intermodal Plaza adjacent to the train station within the Suffolk Wyandanch Rising ESD Grants $1,000,000 Babylon Opportunity Agenda Area. The project also involves the construction of two pedestrian bridges at nearby Geiger Park. The proposed project will produce construction plans and bid documents for the development of Good Ground Park, a 36.2- Town of Planning for Good acre town-owned parcel in the Hampton Bays’ central business Suffolk Parks PA $128,519 Southampton Ground Park district. The park will include a concert venue, village green, children’s play area, trails, bocce courts and a parking area, and is the key element in an ongoing downtown revitalization effort. Long Island Region Total: $4,128,519

Statewide Total for parks and trails: $24,414,818.00

LEGEND Acronym Program Agency Culture & Heritage New York State Council on the Arts Arts CHPG Project Grant NYS Canal NYS Canal Corporation Canals Corporation DOS Grants Department of State Local Waterfront Revitalization Department of State DOS LWRP Program Green Innovation Environmental Facilities Corporation EFC GIGP Grant Program ESD Grants Grant funds Empire State Development ESD MNY Market New York Empire State Development ESD SPFS Grants Empire State Development Cleaner, Greener Communities Phase New York State Energy Research and Development II Implementaiton Authority Grants NYSERDA CGC3 Heritage Area Systems and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Acquisition (EPF Preservation Parks HASA Municipal Grants) Historic Presrvation and Acquisition New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic (EPF Municipal Preservation Parks HPA Grants) Planning and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Acquisition (EPF Preservation Parks PA Municipal Grants) Recreational Trail New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Parks RTP Federal Grants Preservation