Middleburgh housing project draws scrutiny from state Department of Environmental Conservation | The Daily Gazette
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The state Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating a housing development project in Middleburgh after town Planning Board members approved substantial changes to the project without appropriate review or additional public input.
Amid the ongoing DEC investigation, Middleburgh Planning Board members and village residents clashed over the Middleburgh Meadows project at the Planning Board’s monthly meeting last week.
A major focus of the debate was the waiver the Planning Board issued for Carver Companies, the project’s developer, to skip village approval for changes to its development plan.
Housing development in Middleburgh changes to suit big city exodus | The Daily Gazette
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MIDDLEBURGH – What was once a plan to build 16 multi-unit townhouses is now a project with 64 single-family condominium homes on the same 12-acre site in the village.
The Middleburgh Meadows project, introduced in 2015 after the community lost its only grocery store and a number of other buildings following Hurricane Irene in 2011, has evolved into a different project from what was originally planned – in part because many big-city residents are looking for smaller communities following the pandemic.
The development by Altamont-based construction firm Carver Companies includes the now-completed Valley Market grocery store, as well as 64 condominiums or single-family homes, all located between River Street and Middle Fort Road. The store, owned by the Carver Companies, opened in 2018 and is operated by Geanine and Jim Eisel, who also run the Great American groc