Diane Valden is reporting for The Columbia Paper Copake Hamlet Revitalization Task Force Chair Roberta Roll announced last month the town has been awarded a $40,000 Local Waterfront Revitalization planning grant through the New York Department of State. The grant will fund the creation of a plan for “waterfront and hamlet revitalization to enhance business development, agri-tourism and recreational tourism.” The project goals include job creation, quality of life improvements, natural resource and historic preservation, infrastructure improvement, conservation and sustainability to enhance the town’s revitalization and community stability. The project will include evaluating the creation of the so-called Copake Spur project, a new pedestrian and bicycle trail linking the Harlem Valley Rail Trail and other locations to the hamlet, thereby making Copake “a bicycle destination,” Roll said. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.