It was good to see familiar faces as well as some new ones at our first in person meeting since last summer.This month we will again be hosted by our friends at the Good Work Institute in their beautiful (and now very colorful) building at 65 St James Street. Everyone is welcome at 9-10am on Thursday 14th April. Come and share what you are doing, what you would like to see in our community, and hear about what else is happening.

Jenny has been part of Kingston Transition since its inception and has for some time become increasingly affected by the climate crisis. She describes her need to share her grief around climate with others who are grieving, citing Jem Betell's book Deep Adaptation and the results of talking openly about what is happening to our planet. Click here to listen to Jenny's conversation with Micah on Radio Kingston's Good Work Hour. We will pass on more information on the upcoming Climate Grief group as it develops.

"Form-based codes let you emulate the places you admire and prohibit the ones you don't"

In February Dover Kohl consultants returned to Kingston to engage residents in thinking about Hurley and Albany Avenues and the Rondout Waterfront. There were walking tours, presentations, and surveys as the consultants took on board residents’ preferences. Early responses showed in the Rondout that paramount was public access to the waterfront, neighborhood walkability and bikeability and that the area be protected from and resilient to sea level rise. Albany Avenue (north of Flatbush) and Hurley Avenue residents wanted convenient neighborhood retail or services to be allowed, with an emphasis on pedestrian needs and open spaces. Albany Avenue, south of Flatbush Avenue, felt historic preservation was most important as well as public spaces.
Dover Kohl is working on a first draft of the code. An SEQR is needed to identify any potentially significant adverse impacts associated with the adoption of the new zoning so a virtual Common Council (which is acting as the lead agency) public hearing on the SEQR scoping process will be held on April 21. To register, please click here. Public comments will also be accepted from April 5 to May 2, 2022.
Please go to Kingston Forward for more information on the rezoning process.