Mr.Argenio- I would like to thank you for your professional communication of issues facing our Village Government. What a nice change from the previous years.I am looking forward to more of the same from you as you continue to fulfill your pledge to our community. This is what got you elected- Thank you again. Diane Parodi

Don't live in the Village anymore. Have watched proceedings for the last year or so. The Village is so lucky to have someone like Andrew as Trustee - especially as transparent as he is. Too bad the Mayor and other Trustee can't take the time to express their views in a timely and consistent way - say once a week. Really is so easy with a forum like this. Hope Andrew is appreciated. Godd Luck Andrew!

Why don't we ask town and village business owners to poll their customers over the course of two weeks to find out what road they use to get to and from the town and village.
218 is the road the connects the village with West Point, and although there are alternate routes, 218 is the way that most people prefer to use because it is more direct. When 218 is open, between the hours of 6-9am, 218 is a constant line of cars traveling to West Point. On the weekends, 218 is a constant flow of cars that come from all over the hudson valley to drive the windy road.
I live on 218, quite close to the gate, and although I do prefer the days that the road is closed, because of the road noise, I understand that the road brings people in, which brings in money. Closing a main thoroughfare to town would be like disabling one of our lungs and expecting the other one to pick up the slack.
I think closing 218 on any more days than it is already closed is a really bad idea, if you are considering how critical that road is to the small shops that we are fortunate enough to have here.
It ain't broke, so don't try to fix it.

The road would not be closed on those days, but open to pedestrian traffic - What that would mean? The dozens of people looking to use it for hiking, bike riding and what not would need a place to park - They would also likely be looking for food and beverage before and after their adventures ... How many businesses have been in the spot where the Thai restaurant is now? The 218 traffic has not seemed to help any of those businesses, perhaps if people stop to take time to look around (while they park and are foot traffic) they would frequent businesses like that more - West Point traffic brings little more than litter to the side of 218

I agree with Tom Buttner. In fact, why not simply ask town and village business owners if -they- want 218 closed on summer Sundays?

As for Melissa Vellone's comment, she's right, hikers/bikers will need a place to park...right along the road in front of residences, as close to the Cornwall entry gate as possible. Does she imagine they're going to park in front of the Hudson Street Cafe or the municipal lot, a mile away from their destination, and then schlepp through the Village to the start of their hike/bike? Not likely.

Can we pay more attention to crumbling infrastructure, particularly the water system and the DPW garage, and less to fun and games?

Stephan - Yes, many people already come through on bicycles and pedestrian to go up on that mountain - A lot of people would probably choose to park at the trail head on BayView - Correct me if I am wrong, but they designed that trail head to GET people to park and use the mountain ... People who would have to cross through the Village to get there, and as I said before probably wanting food and beverage, or perhaps stop at Studio 208 ... As far as parking next to the mountain at the turn around, is it private property? And if it is not, why would parking be a bad thing ... I am not afraid of people parking on my lawn, I get random west point traffic that uses it as a turn around and chuck garbage onto it on a semi regular basis - And I have one of the few lawns that can be used for parking.

If you want your lawn to become a parking lot, that's your business. The first car that parks on my lawn is going to be leaving via tow truck. The first person I catch on my property throwing their garbage onto it, is likely going to be picking up more than their garbage when all is said and done. I think the idea of closing 218 for hikers/bikers is a nice one in theory. In reality, it is just a lot of potential problems waiting to happen. Here is a question that hasn't been asked. Who will bear the liability when one of these hikers/bikers falls off the cliffs during this semi-organized unsupervised event?