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Community News: Save 900 Columbia Avenue, Hudson
The Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties is planning to demolish this important very early 19th-century house in Hudson, unless they can be persuaded to rethink their plans. 900 Columbia Street near Columbia Memorial Hospital, sits at an important historic crossroads at Prospect Street, Columbia Street and Union Turnpike, leading from Hudson (once called Claverack Landing) to the hamlet of Claverack. An on-line petition has been organized.
While sympathetic to the Association’s need for a new facility, community activists, including Carole Osterink, whose blog, The Gossips of Rivertown is a Hudson must-read, and Ellen Thurston, who writes a popular .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) about goings-on, mostly in Hudson, are urging the Mental Health Association to reconsider and come up with another plan for another site. One need look no further than the dreary methadone clinic that irreparably scars the 100 block of Warren Street to see the long-term consequences of the current plan.
Anyone who cares about historic architecture and recognizes its critical role in Hudson’s revitalization and economic future, will want to read and sign the online petition. The deadline for signing the petition is Thursday, March 10.
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Posted by Marilyn Bethany on 03/07/11 at 02:39 PM • Permalink
