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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Thank you to the volunteers from the KLT, KaN Landscape Design and Hudson Valley Bee Habitat who came out to spread woodchips, seed pollinator mix (donated by Hudson Valley Seed Library) and advise on the design of our land on Gross Street last weekend!For all the Spanish-speakers and Spanish-learners out there, we'll see you THIS MONDAY at Mi Casita Restaurant for DELICIOUS FOOD with LOCAL PRODUCE and exciting CONVERSATION. Learn how to be a member of a new store of healthy, local, and affordable food that is coming to the middle of Kingston:(@kingstonfoodcoop) -- Nos vemos ESTE LUNES en Mi Casita Restaurante para COMIDA RICA con PRODUCTOS LOCALES y CONVERSACIÓN emocionante. Aprende cómo ser miembro de una tienda de comida saludable y local a buen precio que viene al centro de Kingston.We are thrilled to welcome the new youth design team for the Pine Street African Burial Ground! Join Harambee, the Kingston YMCA Farm Project, and the Kingston Land Trust tomorrow 6-7:30pm at the Restorative Justice Center as we launch the youth led community design process for the Pine Street African Burial Ground! @tywilson131 @yfarmkingston @kan_landscape_design @growingfilms @scenichudsonCome out on land at Academy Green to hear the voices of youth! We are here until 4pm, and we are giving out free mugs!Our Board Chair Sarah held down the KLT table at last night’s awesome HV Tech Meetup! Interested in learning more about our programs and initiatives? Check out kingstonlandtrust.org today!Come out to Academy Green 1-4pm this Saturday to see Kingston's youth share their creativity with the community. This event is hosted by Cyph Culture in collaboration with Harambee, Center for Creative Education, and the Kingston Land Trust and will highlight the Pine Street African Burial Ground. We're excited to support the youth building connections on the land in Kingston!Check out this upcoming free community event we are supporting with @cyphculturest @cce4me_kingston and Harambee! This youth talent showcase will highlight the Pine St African Burial Ground through the theme of “Awakening Paths”. See you there!The Youth Employment Application deadline for the Pine Street Burial Ground Youth Design Project has been extended to TUESDAY10/22! -- Do you know a young person aged 14-18 who might be interested in getting paid to work on a community project? The Kingston YMCA Farm Project is taking job applications for a new Youth Design Project Team focused on the Pine St African Burial Ground, which was just awarded funding through the City of Kingston participatory budgeting survey! This program will be working with landscape architects, historians, and the community to research and design a memorial site for a sacred space in Kingston. We’ll be working on Tuesdays from November to March, 2:30-5:30pm (with some additional special workshop and meeting dates). Contact us or the YMCA of Kingston & Ulster County for a job description, info & applications. Completed applications should be dropped off at the YMCA.This Sunday there will be a fall gathering at the @southpinestreetfarm ! With support from the Kingston Land Trust and other volunteers, farmers Joel and Trish will finish some light winter prep work and host a community lunch around noon. (Bring a dish if you'd like!) The South Pine Street Farm is a small urban farm on land owned by Binnewater Ice Company and matched with local farmers through the Land Matching Portal of the Kingston Land Trust. You can learn more about the Land Matching Portal at https://kingstonlandtrust.org/initiatives/land-matchingWe have SO many people to thank for the Block Party! So first up, our partners! They came with space, information, activities, smiles and fun! Give them a follow because they sure do deserve it! @livewellkingston @bikefriendlykingston @ymca_of_kingston_and_ulster_co @wallkillvalleylandtrust @wallkillvalleyrailtrail @woodstock_land_conservancy @hvbees @kingstonfoodcoop @broadway_arts @theideagarden @kingstongreenline @bank_rondout @bennys_tropical_iceKingston Land Trust with our friends from @radiokingstonny and the @yfarmkingston at Kingston’s Global Climate Strike demonstration! Land for all, all for land!Another 9/21 activity tent/partner at our Block Party is @theideagarden! Located on Broadway they are incredible space offering an open environment for art, community discussions and meetings! And, at our event they will help you craft something fun!The 9/21 Block Party is going to have a bunch of fun activities! Our friends at @hvbees (Hudson Valley Bee Habitat) will beee helping us in that fun... you will be able to help build a bee 🐝 habitat! Join us 9/21 on the @kingstongreenline! Details via link in bio!We did it! Along with the City of Kingston and countless other partners the KPRT Phase 1 of the @kingstongreenline is open! Take a quick walk to lunch, a bike across town or a longer walk from midtown to Kingston Point! We’re excited to see all the ways that you access the trail and the opportunity it provides to the community. Tag us on your adventures!Thank you to our new thought partners, Quiser, B9, and Brandon who have been sharing their ideas and feedback with the KLT on Greenline and recreational space improvements, public art, and the future interpretive center at the Pine St. African Burial Ground! They performed in their hip hop group, Cyph Culture, at Harambee’s African-African American Festival of which we were a proud sponsor.Congratulations to Harambee for founding the first African-American Festival in our city! It was an incredibly powerful, joyous and monumental event. We were proud to participate by representing our joint project, the Pine Street African Burial Ground, along with our collaborator, @scenichudson . Vote and/or donate to restore the burial ground here: https://kingstonlandtrust.org/initiatives/pine-st-african-burial-groundTHIS SUNDAY 8/25! Join us for Kingston's 1st Annual African-American Festival and Parade. As proud sponsors of this event, we'll be marching in the parade starting at Kingston High School at noon and ending at the Strand in the Rondout. Then we will be tabling at the festival to celebrate Kingston's rich African-American history and the successful protection of the Pine Street African Burial Ground!Gross Street Volunteer Work Day is underway! You can join us all day! Event details in profile. #volunteersrockJoin us tomorrow for the Gross Street property work day! We are meeting in the JFK elementary parking lot at 10am. Work day is 10am - 5pm, but join in when you can! (Link in profile with more information!)Our friends @woodstock_land_conservancy are the next to commit to be a table at our 9/21 Block Party! We share so many great projects that will connect to theirs and we appreciate their continued support! Give them a follow!