Earth Day

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It did not go over well. https://peekskillherald.com/39235/environment/proposal-to-float-solar-panels-on- peekskills-camp-field-water-reservoir-gets-chilly-reception/ - Heat Pumps / Electrification The 2026 State budget offers $15M for “Innovation …

They were recycled and donated to charity organizations through Helpsy, www.helpsy.com. We congratulated Cheryl on her success and initiative, and thanked Dave for his Earth Day pics and for handling and installing our banner. Food Scrap Recycling…

In other business recorded in the minutes: Cheryl Wong reported that 1,386 pounds of textiles were collected at Croton's May 2 Earth Day, 8 percent more than last year's haul, and were recycled and donated to charity through Helpsy. Simon attended …

Storage for Earth Day supplies has been secured at the Municipal Building, with Amy MacNamara holding the location details. About 26 signs and promotional materials are stored by John Bouchard for the Senasqua location. ## Kaplan Pond Spillway Promp…

EARTH DAY DEBRIEF ● Halle is to be added to the Everyone message tag that the CCAC uses, as she had been accidentally excluded from the email chains for this month's meeting. ● A pair of letters received by the committees about the Ear…

Event Followup ● In the leadup to next year’s Earth Day, Emails will be sent out to those who picked up trees and a blurb will be sent out in the village announcements asking for photos of the trees to use in future publicity, and als…

And, speaking of Eva Thaddeus and her great work, the Garden Club, did a planting around it. So that, I appreciate all of those. It's great that so many of the committees that I'm a liaison to did such great work that we're gonna celebrate this week.…

Thank you. So thank you to everyone. Everyone's really said a lot that I was about to say, but I will just do a quick quick shout out to the CAC and Eva Thaddeus. The Earth Day celebration was wonderful. You know, great partnership between the DPW, m…

Thank you, Len. And thank you to everyone that spoke this evening. And as many people have, I I wanna extend our thanks to Eva Thaddeus and her capacity at CAC and for her, tenure on the planning board. A quick note with regards to the status of Eart…

Workshops: Anthony and Valerie went to Maple Commons, and they are ready to have the space used. Anthony will do still life workshop in June, Ken will do photographing art, Tom has someone who can do children’s fiber/fabric/felt arts, Knit night…

Two of its members solidified May 31, from 2 to 4 p.m., as the date of the Goldee Concert. On a possible youth concert, the audio person from Earth Day, Benjamin from the School of Rock in Briarcliff, is happy to bring equipment to Vassallo Park as l…

Failing to do so would instead require finishing the project by 6/30/27. The July 4th deadline may be an issue, but 6/30/27 should not be a problem. - Heat Pumps / Electrification See “Funding and Budgeting Issues” below re: status of CLCPA and CE…

## Food Scrap Recycling Grows The food scrap recycling program expanded to all Croton residents on March 19 and has reached 220 participants as of April 20, up from about 45 when the program launched in 2022. Wong will run a textile recycling collec…

Hi. Dave from Farrington. Dave Lowell from Farrington Road. I'm happy to be here today, April 22, Earth Day. Happy Earth Day. Mhmm. I'd just like to read for you read to you from your own website, if I may, Croton on Hudson, why Croton banned gas pow…

It's still a security, it's a safety as far as I'm concerned. It's a safety situation here, as well as an inconvenience. So, but I think that letting people know what that update is is important. So I don't know how we move that forward if we need to…

Alright. Great. Thank you. As is often the case, my colleagues have been very thorough in their, notices about upcoming events as well as their recollections of recent events. So I'll just briefly wish again everyone a happy Earth Day. I want to exte…

David Lowell of the group Quiet Clean Croton introduced his organization's mission to ban gasoline-powered leaf blowers in the village and expressed hope for future cooperation with the council. Lowell has appeared before the Board of Trustees multip…

●​ Halle is to make pamphlets to recruit for ongoing volunteer efforts. ●​ The CCAC has signs in village storage and so has requested that they be found and brought out to the event by the village. ●​ Eva will ask Amy to schedule the CCAC for 3…

This showing was also on the 19th, and was attended by around 25 people. CLEAN ●​ CLEAN engaged in a Clean up spanning 2 miles along Nine A, a stretch on Batten road & the area behind Sav-More drugstore. During this they collected 750 Pounds o…

Student Trustee Ex-Officio Filomena DeMarco reported on the following topics: Take Back the Night The Fantasticks Coding Competition Annual Earth Day Events Senior Annual Hike CHOOSE starts May 18 Science Research Symposium Spring Concert NH…

2) Earth Day Planning (7:35-8:00pm) May 2 ● Volunteers ● Matt to post sign-up sheet online ● Dan and Matt – Set-up (11-1) ● Barry: 1:00 - 3:00 ● Materials – SDC yard signs, stickers and magnets ● Action: check with Len - will Shared Mob…

The committee approved the minutes of its March meeting. For Earth Day on May 2, Arnold was to post a volunteer sign-up sheet online, and volunteer shifts were listed, with Scheer covering 1 to 3 p.m. Materials were to include SDC yard signs, sticke…

So, again, my colleagues have done a very, great job of summarizing all the important news and the work of our various committees. I'll note that I was at the Conservation Advisory Council meeting last week, speaking for women's history month, one of…

- Other Programs 2 Food Scrap Recycling: Cheryl said that the program was formally opened to all Croton residents on 3/19/26, with announcements via the Village’s newsletters and social media sites, an eblast to present participants, and to the Ga…

Corey’s report will be posted at our village web page, with a suggestion that a “solar generator” (described in the posting) as an alternative that avoidd electrical safety issues. Croton Earth Day: This year it will be on Saturday, May 2, managed …

● Committee vote on use of remaining budget (e.g., more signs, magnets, static decals) ● Consensus seems to be for stickers and/or magnets ● Matt to sync w/ Tom Smith on design and price estimates for printing ● Proposals for next cycle plan 8) …

CLEAN Steve mentioned that Chris Smith has expressed interest in organizing another cleanup in partnership with the committee, potentially in the spring and possibly involving the temple. John will reach out to Chris. John reported a solo cleanup al…

Details to be finalized at the next meeting. Volunteer Hub Concept • Halle proposed a centralized volunteer recruitment table at Earth Day where attendees could learn about volunteer opportunities across CAC committees and other local…

• John has reached out to Rose Cohen regarding kids’ music. Awaiting response. Food • Tapsmith will offer pizza from their shop. Blue Pig will bring a cart. Black Cow may offer an Earth Day special. John will also reach out to Frankie’s deli…

Trustee Nicholson advised that the Recreation programming catalog is out, thanked the Conservation Advisory Council for holding a successful repair café on February 26th, Earth Day will be held on May 2nd, on March 2nd we held a …

Thank you. And I will be brief. I just wanna note that the recreation catalog for recreation programming has come out. Camp sign ups will start next week. It is fantastic to think that summer is almost here. I'd like to thank the con conservation adv…

- Other Programs Food Scrap Recycling: The two new toters (large green collection bins) were delivered to the site 2/19/26. Cheryl has prepped the announcements to notify the community of the program’s opening to all interested Croton residents. T…

Croton Conservation Advisory Council Meeting Minutes February 17, 2026 Meeting called to order at 7:45pm Present: Eva Thaddeus (Chair), Rachel Bernstein, Madalyn Bozinski, Halle Clarke (delayed), Sherry Horowitz (…

4 Accomplishments & activities of the Sustainability Committee during 2025 - promoted use of Renewable Diesel in all municipal diesel trucks - developed and sought a contract for a ~60 kW DPW solar canopy - secured contractor for installation of EV …

● Looking for volunteers ● Action: provide names/contacts to Sherry Horowitz ● AOB: ● Earth Day Ride planning (Vasallo Park, May 2nd - 12-5pm)

The committee will write up a guide for running Earth Day, for the recreation department. h. The committee would still be responsible for things such as bird walk, bike ride, guide hike, etc. The village would handle promotion for the event. 3. Lead…

The committee would give a list of vendors to the village, and the village would take care of the logistics from there. Cc. Still likely to move the event to Vassallo as previously discussed. That would be by guidance from the committee. d. Discussio…

Croton’s Earth Day celebration is getting a logistical makeover. At their January 13 meeting, the Conservation Advisory Council (CAC) agreed to hand off the heavy lifting of running the annual festival to the village’s Recreation Department, a move d…

Mayor Pugh noted that the centralized correspondence approach reflects a trustee preference for consistent information flow and records, and that formal staff support is typically associated with statutory bodies such as the Planning Board and Zoning…

The Council continued its discussion regarding the format, location, and date for the 2026 Earth Day event, noting the need to decide soon in order to preserve venue availability and establish a rain date. Key points included: e Members discussed r…

The event fits neatly into the council’s newly reviewed $4,600 annual budget, which also includes a $260 bonus specifically earmarked for trails. That extra funding comes from surplus money left over after a local Eagle Scout recently completed a pro…

Extended discussion on planning for Earth Day 2026, focused on what we liked and did not like from this and past years. Some key points: i. The event requires a lot of work and prep, but can get cancelled due to weather. That happened a few years ag…

To boost family attendance, members suggested adding a judged poster contest for kids with prizes, as well as pairing the popular tree giveaway with short educational talks. The council firmly rejected the idea of co-locating the event with larger vi…

17 violations were issued in 2025 for off-season leaf blower use c. For next meeting, think about the vision for Earth Day 2026. What is CAC’s goal? What results are we looking for from the event? Meeting adjourned at 8:46pm Respectfully submitted by…

The CAC rounded out the evening by looking ahead, asking members to brainstorm a vision and concrete goals for Earth Day 2026, and planning a rotating seasonal topic calendar for the "Conservation Corner" of the village newsletter.

But Well, I'm also thinking about not just minutes, which, you know, can just be kind of emailed in Yeah. To the village staff and published online, but things that might not be, you know, let's just say for necessarily for immediate consumption, lik…

14. Planning - John suggests we make a clear plan before the end of the year for Earth Day 2026, clarifying our goals and priorities for this event, which is our largest project. 15. PLEASE sign up to take a turn as recording secretary. 16. Next me…

Conclusion: Pending committee approval of this proposal, we will advertise the expansion of the program in the village newsletter, initiate purchase of the additional equipment, and discussion with the Department of Public Works on the additional hou…

We expect to also post flyers at the Croton Library. Lastly, at the 2026 Croton Earth Day event, we expect to advertise the composting program for 2026-2027. About the author: This proposal was authored by Sustainability Committee member, Cheryl Wong…