County backs Schatz Brownfield Opportunity Area nomination for Poughkeepsie site
Nov 6, 2025
County planning staff presented a three-year nomination study for the Schatz Brownfield Opportunity Area and the legislature voted to submit the study to the New York State Department of State; the draft plan envisions roughly 282 housing units, about 250 of them affordable, adaptive reuse of two main factory buildings and limited new construction.
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Kimberly Baptiste, the lead consultant from Colliers Engineering and Design, told the Environment Committee the Schatz Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) nomination study was designed to spur redevelopment of three compact, contiguous sites formerly associated with the Schatz Bearing Company.
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