Contact the Kingston Land Trust

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Office:
15 Railroad Ave, Suite 102
Kingston, NY 12401

Office open weekdays, generally 10am - 5pm.

Staff can be reached outside of these hours by email.

Mailing:
PO Box 2701
Kingston, NY 12402

Office phone 845/877-LAND (5263)

General inquiries(voicemails forward to this address): office@kingstonlandtrust.org

Staff:

Julia Farr, Executive Director: julia@kingstonlandtrust.org

Ted Griese, Operations Manager: ted@kingstonlandtrust.org

Greg Shaheen, Conservation Coordinator: greg@kingstonlandtrust.org

Shaniqua Bowden, Outreach Coordinator: shaniqua@kingstonlandtrust.org

 

Board Chairperson:

Sarah Brainard: sarah@kingstonlandtrust.org

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Calling all food trucks! Want to participate in our 9/21 event? Email Sarah at sarah@kingstonlandtrust.org or private message us here!Join us tonight for our monthly trail monitoring walk on the Kingston Greenline. Trail Rangers walk different sections of the system to observe and record trail conditions and management needs. It's a great chance to get outside and learn more about the @kingstongreenline ! Trail Rangers will meet up at We Got The Juice at 5:30pm. Check out the Facebook event for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/639580753181602/?ti=iclCheck out this great opportunity to learn about ticks and Lyme disease with our friends and neighbors at @villagecoffeeandgoods! contact them on Instagram or Facebook to RSVP. Awareness around this issue is especially important to us as we work with volunteers to manage our properties and activate open spaces in Kingston and surrounding areas. #lymeprevention #tickseason #communityworkshop #landtrust @woodstock_land_conservancy @wallkillvalleylandtrust @kingstongreenline @wallkillvalleyrailtrailKLT staff (Julia and Greg) are taking a class through @wildearthny at Hortus Arboretum & Botanical Gardens on growing unusual fruit trees to help us care for what we have planted on our land in the Town of Ulster, and so that we can develop a public orchard system and program for Kingston!After a successful first cleanup at one of the KLT's newest properties, we are asking the community's help with another cleanup to continue to pick up trash and clear brush. Join us today at 81 Gross St (just past JFK Elementary School) between 5:30 and 7:30! Gloves will be provided. Please wear sturdy shoes and long pants. Be a part of this inspiring transformation of land for the public good and learn more about how we are working to activate open space in Kingston!Tomorrow at 5:30pm. Join us and our neighbors at the A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center in Kingston's historic Ponckhockie neighborhood as work to clean up one of the KLT's most unique properties. Lend a hand and help start the process of activating this vacant land for the community! Full details here (link also in bio): https://www.facebook.com/144302772253544/posts/2855046954512432?s=1376580148&sfns=moToday, members of the Kingston Land Trust and the @kingstoncitylandbank met with the Albany County Land Bank and the Albany Community Land Trust to learn from their programs and partnership. We are grateful to these two organizations for taking the time to give us a thorough overview and tour! For more information on how Land Banks and Community Land Trusts can work together, check out the Resource drop-down menu here: https://kingstonlandtrust.org/initiatives/affordable-homeownership-protected-landThe KLT and Harambee family met this week to celebrate and discuss next steps for the Pine Street African Burial Ground. Join us at tomorrow morning's Community Gratitude Ceremony, where we will be thanking the community and introducing the public to this sacred site for the first time! Check out the event for more details: https://m.facebook.com/events/445186036279620?ti=iaThis Saturday! Check out One Fair 2019, Kingston's community centered sustainability gathering. Visit the Kingston Land Trust exhibit, where we will be highlighting our programs and initiatives and how they promote sustainability in Kingston. See you there!Join the @kingstonlandtrust and City of Kingston tomorrow for a community clean up of the Kingston Point Rail Trail section between Jansen Ave. and Rondout Gardens. Get a sneak peak at the new trail before it opens later this summer! Volunteers with a Kingston Greenline sticker from the event will get a dollar off drinks at @kingstonstandard tomorrow! Meet at the Jansen Ave. Trail Head (behind Walgreens on Broadway) at 9:30am! Check out the Facebook event for full details: https://www.facebook.com/285433244802058/posts/2464731036872257?s=1376580148&sfns=moWE DID IT! We have succeeded in protecting the Pine Street African Burial Ground! Were able to raise $140,000 thanks to more than 250 contributions from individuals, businesses and organizations, and last week we purchased this significant historic site. We are humbled by the outpouring of support for this initiative, and grateful to our partner Harambee, whose commitment, wisdom and collaborative spirit has helped us inspire a region to join together to bring this piece of history to light. Now that the site is secured, we still need your help to raise the remaining $60,000 of our $200,000 goal so we can restore the building on site in preparation for its future use as an interpretive center. You can donate at donorbox.org/protect-pine-street-african-burial-ground and you contact us to pledge in-kind construction services and materials that we can count toward our fundraising goal! See our recent press release for more information here: kingstonlandtrust.org/news/klt-succeeds-protecting-pine-street-african-burial-ground Photo Credit: Kristopher Johnson¡Esta noche! Cena Y conversación de Comida y tierra. El tema es cómo llegar a ser dueño o dueña de una casa en Kingston. ¡No la pierdan!Curioso sobre propiedades abandonadas en Kingston? Tienes un sueño de verlas renovadas para que tu o un vecino sea dueño? Te gusta tacos y sopes Mexicanos? Hablas español VEN A COMIDA Y TIERRA ESTE MIÉRCOLES 6:00-7:30pm @ La Hacienda Restaurant, 480 Broadway! https://www.facebook.com/events/2449905881706408/ Curious about abandoned properties in Kingston? Have a dream of seeing them renovated so that you or a neighbor can be the owner? Like Mexican tacos and sopes (like flat tacos)? Speak Spanish? COME TO COMIDA Y TIERRA THIS WEDNESDAY 6:00-7:30pm @ La Hacienda Restaurant, 480 BroadwayThe Kingston Land Trust staff participated in 2019 BFK Bike to Work Challenge this week! Thank you to @bikefriendlykingston for holding this challenge and working to make Kingston a more bike-able city.You can support the landscape implementation of the Hasbrouck-Delaware Parklet by going to @villagecoffeeandgoods tomorrow! A portion of their profits will go to the @kingstonlandtrust in support of this project for Hudson Valley Gives Day 2019. To learn more about the Hasbrouck-Delaware Parklet, or to make a donation, visit donorbox.com/donate-to-support-the-landscape-implementation-of-the-hasbrouck-delaware-parklet #kingstongreenline #kingstonny #greenspace #communityspace #landscapedesign #walkability #bikeability #railtrail #publicspaceSaturday (May 11) is shaping up to be a beautiful day. Join us at 81 Gross St. from 4:30 to 6pm for a clean up of our newest property along the @kingstongreenline! Check out the event details for more information on this property: https://www.facebook.com/events/419265415301069/?ti=iclWe are still reflecting on last weekend's Earth Day Celebration in memory of Renno Budziak. It was an honor to dedicate our Buckley St. property on the Esopus Creek to Renno's memory with two weeping cherry trees and a plaque that reads: "For his never-ending love of the environment and all living things that surround us and for the preservation of his passion, respect, and devotion for generations to come." Thank you to all those who spoke, performed, organized and attended to help make this day special!Join us tomorrow as we celebrate Earth Day by honoring the life of one of our long time board members and friends Renno Budziak. At noon we will remember Renno by dedicating KLT-protected land along the Esopus Creek at 48 Buckley St. (Town of Ulster) with two planted trees and a plaque. There will be speakers, including town of Ulster Town Supervisor James Quigley, III, and music. This is open to the public. At 1pm, Earth Day festivities at Seed Song Farm will begin. Check out the event details (link in bio) for a full list of activities and performances. There's something for the whole family! Thank you to Townofulstercitizens.org, @seedsong and the Budziak family for helping to make this special event possible!Join us Thursday evening as we review Kingston's Community Development Block Grant Consolidated Strategy and Plan. As co-sponsors of this event with KingstonCitizens.org and Kingston Tenants Union, we will help will screen the 200 page draft document to assist the public with a page by page look to outline their comments to submit to the City of Kingston's Economic and Community Development office before the May 5th deadline. Check out the event details for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/419351425543388/?ti=iaThe forecast for tomorrow is looking cold and rainy, so our Earth Day Celebration in Remembrance of Renno Budziak has been rescheduled for next Saturday (May 4). See you next weekend! For event details, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/276357599954470/?ti=ia