A round table discussion titled "Development and Preservation in the Adirondacks: The Tupper Lake Debate," will take place Tuesday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Kirner-Johnson Red Pit at Hamilton College. Panelist include Jim Frenette, Adirondack Park Agency commissioner; Jim Ellis, community assistance specialist for the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA); Dave Gibson, executive director of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks; and Peter Hornbeck, newly-elected chairman of the board of directors of the Resident's Committee to Protect the Adirondacks (RCPA). This event is free and open to the public.
Jim Frenette chaired the Inter-county Legislative Committee, which created the Adirondack Planning Commission. This commission was responsible for implementing the recommendations of Mario Cuomo's Commission on the Adirondacks in the 21st Century. Frenette was later appointed to be a commissioner on the Adirondack Park Agency, the principal state government agency responsible for overseeing state policies in the Park.
Jim Ellis, of ANCA, has provided community and enterprise development planning assistance through direct involvement with new ventures, business projects and marketing since 1996. An example of his work is the recent memorandum of agreement signed between ANCA and the Village of Tupper Lake for ANCA to provide services for community development and downtown revitalization.
Dave Gibson, executive director of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, is charged with maintaining the wild character of the Adirondack Park by addressing issues of vehicle use (ATVs and snowmobiles), introduction of communication towers and the protection of the eastern gray wolf.
Peter Hornbeck chairs RCPA, a privately funded, non-profit organization that focuses on the stewardship and protection of the natural environment and human communities of the Adirondack Park.
The panel discussion will focus on the pros and cons of the current debate about whether or not to permit a developer to build a resort consisting of some 6,000 acres that include more than 700 single-family homes, condominiums, multiple dwelling units and great camps to complement the ski resort that is already in place in Tupper Lake At issue is changing the zoning to permit a Planned Resort District, and the debate has still not been resolved.
Jim Frenette chaired the Inter-county Legislative Committee, which created the Adirondack Planning Commission. This commission was responsible for implementing the recommendations of Mario Cuomo's Commission on the Adirondacks in the 21st Century. Frenette was later appointed to be a commissioner on the Adirondack Park Agency, the principal state government agency responsible for overseeing state policies in the Park.
Jim Ellis, of ANCA, has provided community and enterprise development planning assistance through direct involvement with new ventures, business projects and marketing since 1996. An example of his work is the recent memorandum of agreement signed between ANCA and the Village of Tupper Lake for ANCA to provide services for community development and downtown revitalization.
Dave Gibson, executive director of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, is charged with maintaining the wild character of the Adirondack Park by addressing issues of vehicle use (ATVs and snowmobiles), introduction of communication towers and the protection of the eastern gray wolf.
Peter Hornbeck chairs RCPA, a privately funded, non-profit organization that focuses on the stewardship and protection of the natural environment and human communities of the Adirondack Park.
The panel discussion will focus on the pros and cons of the current debate about whether or not to permit a developer to build a resort consisting of some 6,000 acres that include more than 700 single-family homes, condominiums, multiple dwelling units and great camps to complement the ski resort that is already in place in Tupper Lake At issue is changing the zoning to permit a Planned Resort District, and the debate has still not been resolved.
