Andrew by Maria
June 30, 2024
M: We’re at the farmer’s market in Rosendale and your name is
A: Andrew
M:Andrew, what do you love about Rosendale?
A: I like that there’s a lot of community here between the street fast and the farmers market and Frozendale. I like that. There’s a lot of things going on. I’ve lived in Rosendale for most of
38 years. I moved here when I was two, lived here only spent time living away when I was in college
A: I live in Cottekill. And I really enjoy it.
M: Where do you take people if you have a newbie who’s visiting you? What do you want to show?
A: The trestle. If I have to pick one place to bring people, I think the trestle is the first place I bring them, or Joppenburgh They’re they’re nice easy access and let’s you kind of just get the the feel of downtown.
M: What kind of things would you like to see happening here that are not happening?
A: Sure. Um, I’d like to see more use of Willow Kiln park. I think it gets a fair amount of use. I’d like to see more of it. Iit’s a great little place that I think just could have even more events, more things like that. I’d like to see more use of the water somehow. It’s really pretty to look at but I don’t think we necessarily utilize it as much. I’d like a canal path, that was proposed probably 25 years ago and a lot of the local residents were against it at the time Um, but I think things have really changed with the rail trail, which was certainly not I don’t know if it existed back then, but certainly wasn’t as popular. Now I think a lot of the property owners along the rail trail
view it is benefit and not nearly as bad as it was, but I think from a path along long the canal
even from the 213 bridge, most of the way like to to the little league field you could walk along the canal there, the berm still exists there. And then you can walk from there along the berm into into downtown. It’s private property right now, so it doesn’t really work, but the berm and the path still exists.
M: Wow, I didn’t know that. Yeah, that is cool. Well, you know, I was thinking as I was riding my bike here, wouldn’t it be cool if I didn’t have to ride on 213 on my bike, where there’s no berm where the roads are the curviest. You know that kind of thing and that actually sounds like it could be possible.
A: It definitely could be in that there’s the land and space is there. That’s exactly where the central Hudson Transfer station used to be like that could be like in my mind. I have lots of dreams of like a parking area for it, because that can touch it there, I mean that’s been gone for
How long that’s been gone?
M: Where’s the central Hudson Transfer station?
A: Maybe that’s not the right word, but right kind of by on on 213 near Turco’s, there
across the street on the river side of the street there used to be a little power complex there. I see that’s now been removed. It’s got a nice flat area there
M: What do you see for the community in the future?
A: Um, I see more music, because I help a little bit with the street fest and I think that’s a great thing. And I think that’d be a good thing to bring you will and come park.
M: Is there anything else you’d like to share with with us about Rosendale and your thoughts and dreams?
A: My fear is that the people from Rosendale aren’t going to be able to afford to stay in Rosendale. And that’s just one of my really big fears that we’ve got to find a way to while keeping the character make sure we also allow people who want to live here to live here, and not be priced out, because that’s a real concern of mine, you know, people who I went to school with, you know, they can’t afford to stay and that’s something I worry a lot about.
M:Yeah, for sure. Anything else?
A: No, I think that’s good. It’s just a great place to live.
