The Tools: A 4-Pronged Approach

•Education;

•Preservation;

•Economic Development;

•Best Practices

The Tools: A 4-Pronged Approach

Education:• Architectural heritage;• Historic markers program; • Museums;• Environmental education:

• Water quality;

• Nature preserves;

• Local schools;

• Trails.

The Tools: A 4-Pronged Approach

Preservation:• Viewshed protection

through purchase of development rights:• Maintain land on tax rolls;

• Owners control access;

• Capital for investment in farm operation;

• Estate planning tool.

The Tools: A 4-Pronged Approach

Preservation:• Acquisition of especially

significant lands:• Eggleston Glen

• Curtiss Glen;

• Wagener Glen;

• Old hydro plant & upland areas.

The Tools: A 4-Pronged Approach

Preservation:• Recognize importance of

the villages and hamlets:• Historic value;

• Commercial nodes;

• Can absorb future; residential development;

• Can facilitate public sewer investments.

The Tools: A 4-Pronged Approach

Preservation:• Water quality:

• Invasive species;

• Nutrient loading;

• Soil erosion & sedimentation

The Tools: A 4-Pronged Approach

Economic Development:• Agri-tourism:• Wineries, cideries,

breweries;

• On-farm recreational activities;

• Bed & Breakfasts.

The Tools: A 4-Pronged Approach

Economic Development:• Conventional tourism:

• Scenic landscape & natural areas;

• Water-based recreation;

• Hiking & camping;

The Tools: A 4-Pronged Approach

Economic Development:• Growing local -

agricultural economic development:• Expand local markets;

• Expand local processing;

• Value added products;

The Tools: A 4-Pronged Approach

Best Practices:• View from windshield:

• Signs;

• Parking lot design;

• Landscaping;

• Scenic highways:• Byway designation

• R/W landscape;

• Vegetation management.

The Tools: A 4-Pronged Approach

Best Practices:• Steep slope development;

• Avoid where practical;

• Minimize environmental impacts;

• Minimize visual impacts.

• Preserving lakeshore character:• Sensitive scale;

• Use the trees on the site.

The Tools: A 4-Pronged Approach

Best Practices:• Siting to protect

viewsheds & enhance the view:• Creative subdivision;

• Siting the individual home;

• View from the lake, opposite shore.

• Nightscape:• Minimize light pollution.

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