Park Dedication Slated in Overlook Park, Queensbury

ALBANY, NY (09/14/2010)(readMedia)-- The New York State Canal Corporation, Warren County Planning Department & Feeder Canal Alliance are set to announce completion of improvements along Glens Falls Feeder Canal and Towpath Trail.

New York State Canal Corporation Director Carmella R. Mantello will join New York State Senator Elizabeth O'Connor Little, Queensbury Town Supervisor and Warren County Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Dan Stec, Glens Falls Mayor Jack Diamond, and Feeder Canal Alliance President Howard Raymond, along with other state and local officials, to announce completion of connection improvements to the Glens Falls Feeder Canal and Towpath Trail, and officially open the improved waterfront. (Directions are listed below.)

Warren County partnered with the New York State Canal Corporation, City of Glens Falls, Town of Queensbury and the Feeder Canal Alliance, a not-for-profit entity whose mission statement includes the preservation and public use of the Feeder Canal towpath and associated structures. Work has been completed in both the Overlook Park in the Town of Queensbury and Haviland Cove in the City of Glens Falls.

Members of the media, including photographers, are invited to attend.

For more information regarding this event, please call the New York State Canal Corporation at (518) 436-3055.

Directions to Overlook Park in the Town of Queensbury:

From the Northway (I-87), take Exit 18. At the exit stop light, turn right onto County Road 28 (heading East towards Glens Falls). At the next traffic light about one mile distant, turn right onto Richardson Street and take it to the end, where a parking lot is available. The news conference will take place in the Park.

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