ARCC prepares to host regional summit

The public is invited to a special summit for our region's elected officials on regional water and sewer options on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at 7:00 p.m., in the Multi-purpose Room, in Building D, at the BOCES Education Center, on Dix Avenue, in Hudson Falls.

The ARCC’s Board of Directors recently voted to authorize the Chamber to convene and facilitate such a meeting. The ARCC recognizes that providing a safe, abundant, expandable, redundant and affordable water and sewer system is an absolute necessity to preserve our region’s quality of life and to expand economic opportunity. We’re eager to host this summit simply to begin a dialogue among the region’s elected officials, business leaders and the community at large as to whether this goal can best be accomplished regionally and how we might proceed most effectively.

We sent a memo inviting elected officials in Warren County, Washington County, South Glens Falls, Moreau, Fort Ann, Kingsbury, Hudson Falls, Queensbury, and Glens Falls to this summit. We have also invited Congresswoman Gillibrand, Senator Little, Assemblywoman Sayward, Assemblyman McDonald, the DEC, and area business leaders. We will make a very brief presentation relative to some recent research that we’ve done on this subject and then will be seeking the advice and counsel of participating elected officials on what they believe might be possible to meet our common goals.

We'd like for this meeting to be as inclusive as possible. Therefore, the meeting is open to the public and anyone interested in this subject from the region is invited to attend. During the meeting, we may give preference to elected officials to speak first but there may also be time for comments from the general public.