Raymond Pignone reports in Columbia-Greene Media that the Columbia County Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 9 to buy the former strip mall at 11 Warren St. in Hudson for $3.35 million. The county bought 18,622 square feet of a one-story 1985 building, with room for 30 parked cars. Columbia County Board of Supervisors Chair Matt Murell said, “It was built as a strip mall, and it was built for retail, but I don’t believe it was ever used for retail.... Most recently, Galvan moved its offices in there. And Bard College and Coarc were there, but they moved out some time ago.” While they are paying the Columbia Economic Development Corporation $3.35 million for the property, taxpayers will eventually pay $8,715,500 in total to also fix up the space. Instead of using a building with Warren St. frontage for a busy public space, the county will use it for storage. Murell implied in the story that after other moves, storage needs won't be as great and the county can sell the building to someone else. Read more about this story in the HudsonValley360.com.