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Bear Mountain .. Fort Montgomery .. Highland Falls .. West Point

Town of Highlands
Home of West Point
Bear Mountain Bridge

PATRIOT GARDEN DEDICATED

Vision and the Town of Highlands sponsored the dedication of the Patriot Garden, a living memorial for the loss and devastation of

September 11, 2001

Visit the Patriot Garden
at Garrison Pond, Fort Montgomery, NY
(Click for more information)

TOWN OF HIGHLANDS / WEST POINT

Farmers’ Market

SUNDAYS
9:00 - 2:30
SPONSORED BY
VISION- Town of Highlands

JUNE THROUGH OCTOBER
At the Highland Falls Municipal Parking Lot
Across from the
West Point Visitors Center

For more info call 845-446-2459 or 446-0524

Town of Highlands
Directory

Fire-Police-Ambulance 446-4911

Places to Dine	Places to Stay	Places to Shop
Gov't and Schools	Organizations	Places of Worship
General Services	Health Care	Miscellaneous

Important Bill Payment Dates
and Waste Pick-up Table

About us

Our organization, Vision, is a community initiative, made up of concerned citizens, that worked with the Glynwood Center to sponsor a Countryside Exchange in the Town of Highlands in October 1999. Our goal was to seek ways to improve the quality of life in the communities of Bear Mountain, Fort Montgomery, Highland Falls, and West Point. At no cost to the community, the team of seven international professionals in the fields of historic preservation, economic revitalization, and tourism met with local residents, officials, organizations, and toured the Town of Highlands. In December of 1999 the Town of Highlands received a thirty-nine-page report from the Glynwood Center presenting the team's observations and recommendations.
Our desire, our vision, is to improve our community in certain ways that our focus committees have defined. With your help, we will implement the plan in our community. Get involved, and join one of our action committees.

Our Mission

Vision is a community initiative to revitalize, enhance and improve the overall quality of life for the residents of the Town of Highlands. Vision strives to create a better understanding, appreciation and use of the community's natural, cultural and historic resources.

THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON YOUR
INVOLVEMENT

ATTRACTIONS

	Eagle Watch For four years Vision members have hosted Eagle Watches that have taken place in January. Free of charge, all are welcome to come along on the all day adventure throughout the region to site majestic eagles in our own back yards.
	Town of Highland /West Point Farmers Market Hundreds flock to this yearly event sponsored by Vision. Vision members have group local vendors from throughout the region to sell the “fruits” and crafts of the Hudson Valley. The market is open every Sunday, July through October, and features a Vision booth with information regarding Vision and our local community.
	Pre R- Day Reception Vision annually hosts a Pre R-Day reception, welcoming the incoming plebe Class of West Point cadets and their families to the community. While enjoying refreshments on the front lawn of a village church, Vision volunteers are able to socialize and welcome the new members of the West Point community.
	Winterfest The Vision Winterfest Celebration invites all families and local organizations to join in celebrating the holiday season. Members from every community in the Town of Highlands – Bear Mountain, Fort Montgomery, Highland Falls and West Point – at this annual event, refreshments participate. Everyone enjoys refreshments and take part in the unifying activities of a parade, community songfest and general socialization.

FUNDRAISERS

	Book Sale Community members were asked to donate their used books to be offered for donations at the Farmers Market each Sunday.
	Daffodils-on-Hudson For the third year in a row, Vision members donated their time, effort and space to celebrate Spring along the banks of the beautiful Hudson with a Champagne luncheon held at the former J.P. Morgan Estate, with its acres of daffodils.
	Wine and Roses-on-Hudson Vision members donated their time, effort and space to celebrate Autumn along the banks of the beautiful Hudson, and enjoyed local wines and hors d’oeuvres representing local Hudson Valley products.

PROJECTS

	LadyCliff Park Vision has allocated funds to beautify Ladycliff Park in the Village of Highland Falls.
	Benches - Allocated funding enabled Vision members to purchase benches and trash receptacles for the Village to beautify the streetscape.
	Gardens and Planters Allocated funding enabled Vision members to purchase and plant gardens throughout out Village and Town adding color and beauty to our communities many thoroughfares.
	Daffodil Planting Guests raised money as they purchased tickets to enjoy a day of sipping champagne, eating and socializing at the third annual Daffodil-on-Hudson fundraiser. The money raised is used each year to purchase daffodils that Vision volunteers plant throughout the Town and Village. To date over 8,000 bulbs have been planted that beautify the entire community.
	The Brooks Pond Nature Trail in Fort Montgomery While working together with local parks and recreation management, members of Vision worked to create a nature trail in Fort Montgomery. It is Vision's hope that all community members will enjoy the beauty in their own backyards and walk the trail around Brooks Pond.

PARTNERSHIPS

	Benjamin Moore Paint Vision members contacted Benjamin Moore Paint Company and was successful in having them donate paint and suggest color complimentary color schemes for Village Hall, Town Hall and the Masonic Hall. Benjamin Moore also gave the village guidelines for color schemes to compliment other Main Street facades. Vision is working with the Village, Town governments and the Masons on this restoration project.
	Patriot Garden As a means to create a living memorial for the loss and devastation of September 11^th Vision presented the Town board with a state funded matching grant which enabled the creation of a Patriot Garden near Garrison Pond in Fort Montgomery. All designs and research where overseen by Vision. Ground breaking was September 2002, and phase 1 completed and dedicated June 2004.
	DUSA -Daughters of the United States Army - Allocated funds will enable Vision to purchase receptacles and benches for the Village and projected Patriot Garden in Fort Montgomery.
	River sweep Vision members participated in The Great River Sweep, a regional plan created by Scenic Hudson to Clean the Hudson river Corridor. Vision members manually cleaned up garbage left along the River’s edge.
	Rotary Allocated funds will enable Vision to purchase receptacles and benches for the Village and projected Patriot Garden in Fort Montgomery, and the restoration and improvement to the “Welcome” sign in the Village.
	St. Mark’s Baptist Church Restoration Members of Vision answered the call of St. Mark’s parishioners when they wanted to renovated the appearance our their old church. Seeking ways to apply for grants, Vision assisted the church by getting the church building successfully named to State and National Historic Registers. Grants received will be used to restore the façade of this historical building.
	Greenway As the result of a grant from Greenway, the Brooks Pond Nature Trail is being constructed.

	What would our main street look like without the overhead wires, and parking meters???
	Bicentennial of the Founding of The United States Military Academy at West Point During 2002, the Bicentennial of the founding of the Academy will be observed at West Point and at other designated places throughout the world.
	Vision Projects and Accomplishments Take a moment to review where we came from and where we are going to with our community.
	Eisenhower Hall Theatre West Point, NY Join us for an exciting season of great entertainment at Eisenhower Hall Theatre, the Hudson Valley's premier home for the performing arts.