We Need Your Help


Dear Fellow Democrats,

Since January of 2004, Democrats have held the majority on the Gardiner Town Board. The result has been an unprecedented series of accomplishments for our town. Among them:

  1. A renovated Town Hall.
  2. Purchase of the Rail Trail with grant money.
  3. A Comprehensive Master Plan with new Ridge and Townwide zoning legislation reflecting that plan.
  4. Renovation and expansion of the environmentally sound Reed Bed Sewer System.
  5. A new Gardiner Town Library.
  6. An Open Space Plan which helps preserve our beautiful rural and agricultural environment in partnership with willing property owners.
  7. The procurement of a Transportation Enhancement Grant funding the installation of sidewalks, crosswalks, and accessible parking in our hamlet.
  8. Other grants that have been sought and awarded include those from the NYS Council for the Arts, the NYS Hudson Valley Greenway, the NYS Hudson River Estuary, and a NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Grant.

In order to preserve these progressive gains, we must continue to elect Democrats to our Town Board. Candidates for Town Board will be nominated at the Democratic caucus on June 23rd.

We need your help! Republicans are more determined than ever to "take back our town" and undo the hard won gains of the last five years. Everything that has been achieved is in jeopardy.

What can you do? Your contribution counts! Whatever your time and financial limitations, there are many ways to help ensure that our town continues to develop and improve in ways that reflect the Democratic values that have driven our progress since January of 2004. We can all volunteer, support fundraising efforts, network, stay informed. Every campaign requires funding. Volunteers are essential to post signs, distribute literature, help with advertising and staff phone banks. And, of course, volunteers are needed to help, in whatever way possible, raise funds.

Please send whatever you can. We face a formidable challenge and a check for any amount will help preserve the initiatives that Democrats have worked so hard to achieve. Every dollar counts!!! Every dollar helps!!! Please use the enclosed envelope and make your check out to the Gardiner Democratic Committee (P.O. Box 25, New Paltz, N.Y. 12561).

Together we can keep Gardiner moving forward by encouraging smart, environmentally sound growth and business development, maintaining fiscal responsibility, supporting local farming, and promoting open, ethical, and inclusive government.

Thank you for your support.

Very truly yours,
Members of the Gardiner Democratic Committee