Preserving Bronxville's Maltby Field

Bronxville Mayor Mary Marvin has been working on giving the Village's Maltby Field a makeover. Here is what Marvin is saying about the new effort:

In keeping with a Trustee goal to refurbish and preserve our few and treasured Village open spaces, work was recently begun at the Maltby Field adjacent to the Village paddle courts.

As a point of Village history, Maltby Field was named for former Village Mayor Roger Maltby who was a President of the St. Regis Paper Company and the first owner of the Bowman house at 31 Masterton Road.   Mr. Maltby served as Mayor from 1942 until his death while in office in 1952.

Maltby Field was also the former home of the Girl Scout Cabin which accidentally burned down on Christmas Eve of 2006.  The adjacent open field was used every winter to deposit Village snow.  The resulting destroyed lawn was then re-seeded every spring necessitating a small but wasteful recurring expenses.

The Village Cabin/Maltby Field Committee appointed by the Board of Trustees immediately following the Cabin fire was instructed to determine the best use of the property going forward.    The Committee surveyed the Village residents and found little support for rebuilding the cabin with taxpayer dollars but at the same time, residents desired to keep the land as open space.

To keep the property usable and pristine, the Cabin Committee recommended that the Village pursue other locations for winter snow deposit including the purchase of a snow melting machine to expedite the process.