Our Mission:
To Preserve the Rural Nature of the Helderberg Hilltowns and surrounding areas.
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To Protect and Preserve the Hilltowns
Our Objectives:
What drives our Mission, underlying each of our objectives, is the greater goal of maintaining and bettering the quality of life in the Helderbergs for our Elders, for our Selves and for our Children. We believe that the following objectives will accomplish that goal.
1. Encouraging & Enhancing our Sense of Community [link to Community]- Supporting Local Agriculture
- Supporting Local Business
- Supporting Local Craftsmen
- Nurturing tourism
- Nurturing awareness of Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage
- Promoting Civic engagement
2. Encouraging & Ensuring Responsible Land Use [link to description of resp. land use]
- Promoting Green, Energy-efficient housing
- Minimizing/eliminating clear-cutting
- Minimizing/eliminating new-road construction
- Minimizing/eliminating destruction of usable Agricultural Land
- Preventing Sprawling development
3. Preserving Open Space [link to openspace]
- Protecting our Natural Resources
- Protecting our Wildlife & Plantlife
- Protecting our Water Supply
- Connecting Greenspace
4. Facilitating Communication between various existing organizations [link to other orgs]
- Town governments
- Local Interest groups
- Historical societies
- Fire departments
- Schools
- Churches