Cortlandt's New Master Plan Wins Award

Cortlandt has just received notification that its new Master Plan, which was officially adopted by the Town Board on March 15, 2016 has been chosen to receive the prestigious New York State Planning Federation Comprehensive Plan Award for 2016, Town Supervisor Linda Puglisi said.

“We are all very excited and I am looking forward to going to Saratoga Springs on April 18th to receive this excellent award on behalf of the Town of Cortlandt," she said in her announcement. "I want to thank all of our master plan committee members, our Town Board, our staff and our consultant AKRF (we previously received a NYSERDA CFA grant to cover theses costs of $175,000). This new plan covers many categories: economics, sustainability, recreation, infrastructure, special districts for medical services near our hospital and for a transportation area with shops, etc. around our train station, as well as, furthering plans for properties we own along the Hudson River. It is a true comprehensive plan.”

Find the plan on the town's website, here.

In the introduction, the planners wrote, "The Town of Cortlandt’s identity is strongly linked to its historical roots and the Hudson River. The Town wishes to embrace and enhance these strengths while planning for its future as a diverse, vibrant, economically strong, and interconnected community. The 2016 Cortlandt Sustainable Comprehensive Plan, also known as Envision Cortlandt, provides a roadmap towards an economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable future."