Sustainable Sleepy Hollow

Reminder:  A public meeting will be held at the Warner Library on Thursday October 19th from 6-8 to present a conceptual design to make Route 9 more walkable and bikeable! There will be a 15 minute presentation by the consultant team.  But you can drop in any time from 6 to 8 to review and…

Saturday October 7th – ENVIRO-DAY AT THE TaSH – co-sponsored by SHEAC and TEAC (Tarrytown Environmental Advisory Council) – Look for our booth/table – flyer to follow Saturday October 14th – SLEEPY HOLLOW STREET FAIR – Look for the SHEAC booth in front of Village Hall Rte9Active_PublicMtg  

SHEAC met on September 11, 2017.  All minutes for 2017 meetings, including September, can now be found in the updated Minutes section of  this blogsite (There was no meeting in July). You may have noticed the new blue recycling bins that have been placed along a section of Beekman Avenue.  These bins were recommended by…

SHEAC will meet at 7PM on Monday August 7th on the 2nd floor of Sleepy Hollow Village Hall.   Our meetings are open to the public and all are welcome to attend. A link to the Agenda for the meeting is attached below. Sheac Agenda 8-7-17

Two upcoming events in June: Saturday June 17th  – “Route 9 Active Transportation Conceptual Design Plan”    1-3pm  at Warner Library -Tarrytown (also 7-9pm in Hastings – see flyer for details) 2.  Thursday June 29th – Carbon Tax Forum  7-9pm at the Warner Library, Tarrytown (click on link for more information) CarbonTaxForum–Tarrytown-v2

In keeping with the Village’s Complete Streets Policy, the Sleepy Hollow Environmental Advisory Committee is planning an Inner VillageWalkability Workshop on SATURDAY JUNE 10TH from 10am to 12:30pm.The workshop will consist of a brief orientation session at VillageHall, to be followed by a walking tour, with stops at key intersectionsalong Valley St, Cortlandt St and Beekman Ave, to come up…

We’ll be continuing a lot of our work from last year, but we’re also excited to announce a few new projects and events. 2017 Priorities: Here are our top three priorities for 2017: Passage of Community Choice Aggregation: Community Choice Aggregation would provide us with the opportunity to have our default electricity source be 100% renewable…

In 2016, we managed to both make progress on initiatives that we’ve been working on since our start as well as work on new issues that came up. Here’s a round-up of what we accomplished this year: Public events/outreach: We had a few different events this year: 3rd annual Riverkeeper Sweep: This year, we had clean-ups at Douglas…

We had a chance to learn about what other towns and villages in Westchester are doing for the environment at “Greening Our Towns,” organized by the Federated Conservationists of Westchester and the Greenburgh Nature Center. Here’s a tiny sample of the projects that came up: Community Choice Aggregation Healthy Yards Greenhouse Gas Emissions Audit Walking…

We’re fortunate to have a fantastic team with a lot of diverse experience, and in our first full year back, we’ve been working on getting officially reestablished, getting to know the community better, and making Sleepy Hollow more sustainable on a variety of fronts: We helped clean up and beautify our village as part of…