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Historic Red Hook: Looking Ahead, 2022

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Press release from Historic Red Hook:

January 25, 2022

  • Expanding community engagement both physically and virtually. Examples include:

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  • Work towards making the Elmendorph Green a shared community space by adding features such as a community charging station, benches, lighting, and trash and recycling receptacles,

  • Strengthen our connections with other local organizations, and

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  • Create programming that appeals to a broad range of people.

  • Being an accessible and recognized resource for meeting community needs such as

    • Continue publishing blog entries highlighting diverse aspects of Red Hook’s past,

    • Expand the number of research resources available,

  • Create accessible histories of Red Hook’s iconic historic sites and personalities, and

  • Provide educational material to the local schools.

  • Continuing to develop as a self-sustaining organization as we

    • Recruit new board trustees and committee members,

    • Expand our overall number of members, and

  • Achieve increased recognition in the town and regional community as the home for Red Hook’s history.

  • Increasing the robustness of our financial position when we

    • Identify and pursue grant opportunities to support programming and other projects,

    • Develop our relationships with local businesses that interface with Red Hook’s past and present, and

    • Broaden our income base.

  • Continuing in our mission to preserve and promote Red Hook history as we

    • Launch new oral history program to capture the memories of local residents,

    • Continue accepting donations of historically-significant local material, and

    • Move the collections to a more accessible space with better climate control.

  • Enjoying ourselves and taking pride in our organization when we

    • Continue popular programming including the summer concert series and October Cemetery Crawl,

    • Introduce new ways to engage with local history in a fun fashion, and

    • Promote Red Hook to the region and beyond.

    This press release was produced by Historic Red Hook. The views expressed here are the author’s own.

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