No St. Charles Homeless Shelter

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Columbia County Board of Supervisors Chair Art Baer has again made another proposal affecting the City of Hudson without any input from Hudson's officials, residents and business community.

The proposal to turn the landmarked St. Charles Hotel into a Homeless Shelter/Transitional Housing/Department of Social Services facility is completely against the City of Hudson's zoning, its Comprehensive Plan, and the wishes of its business community and citizens at-large.

The future of Columbia County and Hudson is intrinsically tied to tourism. The county's own Strategic Plan put together by Baldwin, Bell and Green stated that the biggest impediment to increased tourism is the lack of hotel beds in the county. Yet the county is seeking to take the largest hotel in the heart of Hudson's business district and turn it into a homeless shelter, with all of the problems and issues that such a facility will bring. This is unacceptable.

The undersigned demand that Chairman Baer and the entire Board of Supervisors immediately abandon this clear violation of Hudson's zoning, and of Hudson's right to self determination.

We further demand that all future plans to address issues surrounding the Department of Social Services and Transitional Housing/Homeless Housing include Hudson's elected officials along with the opportunity for the public to be heard on these matters prior to plans being formulated.

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  • Victor Mendolia
    • Comments
    • No More Dumping on Hudson!
  • Bruce Babitt
  • Barbara Ponkos-Merola
    • Comments
    • В
  • alana hauptmann
    • Comments
    • give the homeless a home not a hotel room
  • Greg Howell
  • v mulford
    • Comments
    • find another place besides our only hotel please!
  • jim vasilow
    • Comments
    • What are you guys thinking?
  • Peter Westermayer
    • Comments
    • this is not a case of NIMBY - just common sense - why on the central park square of Hudson - there are other buildings in Hudson available
  • Enid Futterman
  • Deborah Shakotko
  • DeWayne A. Powell
    • Comments
    • Mr. Baer, before you turn the historic St. Charles Hotel into a shelter for the homeless, please, please, please seek input from residents and merchants of Hudson and the surrounding towns.
  • Jenna Lamond
  • Lisa Durfee
  • Kurt Smith
    • Comments
    • the merchants & residents of warren street devote their lives to these business' and deserve to be part of the process when considering a plan with an impact such as this.
  • Glenn Tunstull
    • Comments
    • I adamantly opposeplacing the homeless shelter within the bounds of the commercial district of Hudson, as it struggles to sustain a viable economic foothold in a less than affluent community. I believe it will have a deleterious effect on the flow of traffic into the area.
  • eamon furlong
    • Comments
    • В
  • Wendy Wilde
  • David Franck
  • lucy nathanson
    • Comments
    • В
  • Debby Mayer
  • Robert OBrien
    • Comments
    • This is a terrible idea
  • Don Moore
    • Comments
    • Dreadful Plan!
  • nicole vidor
    • Comments
    • This proposal does not help the city or the homeless. Why not house the homeless in the old Charles Willams School and provide not just housing but training and education as well.
  • Nina Sklansky
  • Lora Goldman
  • John Davis
  • jamison teale
  • james chrisley
  • Dennis Soucy
    • Comments
    • В
  • Frank Rosa
  • Joan Castle
  • Mary Vaughn Williams
    • Comments
    • В
  • Mark Heidorn/MarxHome 344 Warren St
  • Martin J. Davidson
    • Comments
    • Another "brilliant" decision from people that probably have very little to do within the city of Hudson and spend very little time here!
  • Theresa Bohn
  • James Godman
  • Stefan Friedemann
    • Comments
    • business owner, property owner, raising a family here in Hudson.
  • Patricia Matheney
  • Lou M. Blasingame
    • Comments
    • You have got to be kidding, just when you think that this county could not do anything else stupid, then you top yourself, with this kind of crap. I think the Board of Supervisor, really have a hate on for this town, maybe he should act responsible for the good of the entire county. Where does he live?, and for that matter the entire board. Where to they live, I'll just bet not in Hudson
  • David Iorio
    • Comments
    • A place for the homeless is needed...but not in the business district!
  • Ken Jacobs
    • Comments
    • Putting a homeless shelter in the middle of the business district doesn't make sense
  • barry judd
  • Cora Hales
  • Hallie Goodman
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    • В
  • Elsa Leviseur
    • Comments
    • This proposed dumping of the homeless in an inappropriate location is the worst undemocratic heist for the City of Hudson and the County of Columbia
  • robin castillo
  • orlando castillo
  • Jennifer Arenskjold
  • Cyndy Hall
    • Comments
    • Another disasterous no plan, hair-brained solution to real issues.
  • Christopher Freeman
    • Comments
    • Not supportive of homeless shelter in any way.