Planning our alternative

I am hopeful that rising interest rates will put the squeeze on developers who slow down on iffy projects. This has happened before. But the cycle will turn again and the developers will move back in. That gives a window for the community to come up with a real alternative and not just react to external initiatives. The community has expressed a great desire for a greenbelt. As that could connect Rhinecliff and Rhinebeck with walking/biking/skiing trails, it would valuable for the wider community even if it was critical only to us Hamlet folks.

I do not understand these processes, but it seems to me that some combination of land trust (tax incentives) plus maybe cash from a wealthy donor plus some contribution from Hamlet residents to prove we are serious might do the trick.