Current Town Projects

We are always trying to enrich the lives of New Lebanon’s residents. Here are some of our current projects. These are often handled by short-term ad-hoc committees.

Pilot Program for Housing & Conservation

Discussion with Housing Developers in November 2025

The Room Enough for Both committee had a really interesting and thoughtful discussion with three housing developers last week. Each of them was very different – nonprofit and for-profit, different scales, difference experiences. They provided us with some great insight into policies, zoning, land-use review processes, and other factors affect buildability in communities.

The team will summarize their input for the final report.

A video of the meeting can be found here: https://youtu.be/iwYVQoQnt7k?si=KqP1a9JiWvSEpNYO

Public Input Session December 2025

Video from the meeting: Link

Public Input Session May 22, 2025

On May 22, 2025, the Hudson Valley Alliance for Housing & Conservation hosted a community conversation in the Town of New Lebanon for a special pilot project to help the town integrate its planning for housing and conservation. The project is called “Room Enough for Both: Planning for Affordable Housing and Conservation Together.” Residents of New Lebanon participated in small group discussions about places they love and want to preserve in their town, their housing needs, and opportunities for both housing and conservation. The conversation was led by planning experts from Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, the Pace University Land Use Law Center, and the Hudson River Estuary Program.

Slide show: NL HVAHC Public Meeting 1 5 22 25

Video from the meeting: Video of the meeting

Recap of the meeting: pdf

About

A consortium of four organizations: Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, the Pace Law Center, Hudson River Estuary Program, and the Hudson Valley Alliance for Housing and Conservation, aimed to combine the needs of Affordable Housing and Conservation.

Committee Members

Tistrya Houghtling
Craig Skerkis
Ted Salem
Elizabeth Brutsch
Peg Munves
Adelia Moore
Josh Young
Lenny Brown
Joanna Gallup Phillips

Walkable Downtown

About / Background

The Town is considering a project to slow down the traffic on 20/22 and make our downtown more friendly to safe walking and biking. There will be a special election on January 21, 2025, to determine whether or not the Town carries out this project and has the option of issuing a bond. Constructions would start in 2027.

A Public Information session was held on January 11, 2025, at the New Lebanon Community Center. You can see it at: https://townhallstreams.com/stream.php?location_id=138&id=65010

A Public Information session was held on December 30, 2024 at Town Hall. You can see it livestreamed at:
https://www.townhallstreams.com/stream.php?location_id=138&id=64570

Some History:
We had a great first public input session on March 20, 2023. A huge thank you to Creighton Manning for leading the session and to all who took the time to attend or to watch online. If you could not make or watch the meeting live, please feel free to watch the meeting recording here: https://townhallstreams.com/stream.php?location_id=138&id=51416 There was a survey to be completed for public input. The survey was available online, in person and at many locations throughout town.

Please see here for the Power Point on the survey results of the public input session on a Walkable Downtown.

There was a second public input session held on June 5, 2023 at the New Lebanon Jr/Sr High school. There were about 70 residents who attended to voice their opinions and preferences for the Walkable Downtown options presented by Creighton Manning. If you could not attend the meeting live, please feel free to watch the meeting recording here: https://townhallstreams.com/stream.php?location_id=138&id=53399

You can also see the slideshow that was presented here.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email supervisor@townofnewlebanon.com. Thank you!

Committee Members

Tistrya Houghtling - supervisor@townoflebanon.com
Steve Powers - spowers@townoflebanon.com
Ingrid Benson
Corey Stall
Joshua Young
Candice Horton
Britt Buckenroth
Chris Jansson
Michael Deegan
Tony Murad
Don Adams - engineer
Michael Amabile - engineer

FAQs

Updated fact sheet: pdf
Power Point as pdf for Informational Meeting: pdf

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. Can details of the $2.5 million estimate be provided?

YES! See attached budget summary worksheet - pdf

2. Consider a connection from the High School to Shatford memorial Park?

This connection will be considered - a direct connection parallel to NYS Route 22 is approximately 1000 feet, and would cost approximately $400,000

3. Maintenance costs have been revised to include anticipated inflation on future costs. What are those?

Snow removal budget: $7k per year, path maintenance budget: $12.4k per year

4, Can I see a State DOT owned right of way map?

YES - see attached pdf

5. Can I see the cost estimates comparing stonedust ro asphalt and concrete?

YES - see attached pdf

Main Street Redesign

Background and Guide

A New York Main Street Technical Assistance grant was awarded to New Lebanon to develop a downtown design guidelines. This document was created to outline best practices for creating attractive, thriving commercial spaces within the downtown of New Lebanon. To better illustrate the ideas and concepts within the Downtown Design Guide, several properties were selected to be studied as examples of the many principles and concepts within the document.

New Lebanon Downtown Design Guide