No one said no

More than 50 elected officials, business leaders, professional engineers, planners, and residents attended the May 7th Regional Summit at the BOCES. The ARCC convened and facilitated this meeting. The goal was to determine which local community leaders were willing and interested in working regionally to meet our current and future water and sewer needs.

The participants were given every opportunity to share their ideas and concerns as well as to express their opinion as to whether or not a regional solution was a good idea. The audience heard from elected officials in Fort Ann, Queensbury, Kingsbury, Glens Falls, Moreau, South Glens Falls, Fort Edward, Warren and Washington Counties. There were clearly some in attendance who spoke more forcefully than others in support of a regional solution but no one said no to working together. We're pleased with this turnout and this response and pledge to do whatever we can to help facilitate this continued effort. Our goal is to make sure that our region has a water and sewer system that is safe, abundant, expandable, redundant and affordable, and we will not rest until this goal is achieved.