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Board accepts $2.525 million charitable grant, approves festival and town purchases
Summary
The Hillsdale Town Board unanimously accepted a $2,525,100 charitable grant, approved the Old Town Music Festival and several HECDC-funded purchases (a $1,800 flagpole and a state-contract band shell), and renewed the farmers-market license.
The board voted unanimously to accept a $2,525,100 grant from the Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation; the chair noted there is no timeline for spending the funds but urged committees to use allocated funds and to follow up on disbursements.
The board also unanimously approved the Old Town Music Festival as a town event after hearing from Jim Wright, executive director of Old Town (a local nonprofit), who offered to answer operational questions. Using HECDC funds, the board approved purchasing a flagpole for town-hall placement at a cost of $1,800 and later approved buying a cedar band-shell kit through a state contract (approximately $54,000) for Hamlet Park; members noted the band shell and site work are intended to be funded with grants rather than taxpayer dollars. The board also approved a three-year renewal of the Hillsdale Farmers Market license with a modest annual increase.
