BOA Committee & Working Groups

Local Waterfront Revitalization Project (LWRP).

Goal: Work with the municipalities of the Agawamuck Creek Watershed Program to improve the water quality in the Agawamuck Creek watershed.

Watershed Advisory Committee

• Brian Johnson, Mayor of Philmont
• Sally Baker, PBInc., Project Manager
• Barbara Sagal, Chair of WAC
• Bob Macfarlane, Chair of Philmont Planning Board
• Clifford “Kippy” Weigelt, Supervisor Town of Claverack
• Craig Simmons, Supervisor Town of Ghent
• Greg Vogler, Deputy Supervisor Town of Austerlitz
• David Lewis Esq., Conservation Council Chair, Hillsdale
• Gretchen Stevens, Conservation Council Member, Hillsdale
• Cathy Zises, farm owner (Philmont, Claverack and Ghent)
• Emily Vail, Hudson River Watershed Alliance
• Patrick Knapp, Columbia Land Conservancy, Public Lands & Stewardship Coordinator
• Julia Sedlock, community lead of BOA Subarea 4 Working Group, Philmont
• Rob Fitzsimmons, Esq., attorney, Village of Philmont

Heritage Working Group Members

• Sally Baker, Executive Director, Philmont Beautification, Inc. (Facilitator) and resident of Philmont
• Tobi Farley, Director, Philmont Library
• Shawn Jennings, Columbia Opportunities Weatherization
• Arthur King, Business owner and resident of Philmont
• Sarah Barton-King, Designer and resident of Philmont
• Robert Hoyt, Counselor, Greener Pathways and resident of Philmont
• Karen Davala, Business owner, Davala Real Estate
• David Bolevice, resident
• Paul Naprstek, resident, Architect
• Cara Brownell, resident
• George Brehm, resident
• Jake Lewis, resident
• Mark Katz, resident
• Jennifer Thibeault, Business owner
• Jeane Laporta, Local Historian, Town of Claverack

Subarea 1

Summit Lake Waterfront, Playground, Park, & Community Center

Goal: Improve the park and playground to better serve the community and redesign the community center.

Working group:

• Mark Rowntree, Chair, Architect, Resident
• David Bolevice, Resident
• Karen Schoemer, Resident

Subarea 2

Canal Street Mill and Parking Lots

Goal: Redevelop the parking lots, preserve the millpond and watercourse artifacts, construct a new building for this area to support local trades, create a heritage trail, and preserve and restore historic buildings.

Subarea 3

Summit Mill

Goal: Revitalize the Summit Mill working with the current owner.

Subarea 4

Summit Lake Restoration

Goal: Interface with the Agawamuck Creek Watershed Management Plan Advisory Committee.

Working group:

• Julia Sedlock, Chair, Architect and resident of Philmont

Subarea 5

Downtown

Goal: Revitalize selected sites on Main Street.