היינט איז ארויסגעקומען דער נייער סענסוס אפשאצונג, וואס זאגט אז קרית יואל איז געוואקסן מיט 34% בלי עין הרע .
נאר אויף שמחות.
תוקן על ידי - געווינער - 30/06/2005 13:33:53
נאר אויף שמחות.
Time for a wake- up call
Rural towns in rapid growth spurt, according to new census estimates
By Brendan Scott
Times Herald-Record
bscott@th-record.com
With rising home prices, building bans and restrictive zoning making the area's traditional suburban hot spots less accessible, more people are venturing deep into the mid-Hudson's most rural enclaves in search of a place to live.
That's the story behind the latest population estimates released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau, which place once-sleepy locales, such as Minisink, Gardiner and Dingman Township, Pa., among the region's fastest growing between 2000 and 2004.
While not unexpected, it's a trend worrisome to planners. It means growth continues to push into places that offer the least centralized services and have the least incentives for diverse development.
"We're sprawling," Orange County Planning Commissioner David Church said. "The rural towns have been found and are in play."
In Orange County, Minisink, Hamptonburgh and Crawford were at the head of the pack, growing at 17 percent, 17 percent and 14.5 percent, respectively.
Still, that growth could not outpace the Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel, which grew at a whopping 34 percent. That amounts to 4,513 new people – or more than 1,100 each year – since 2000.
"Mazel tov," Village Administrator Gedalye Szegedin joked. "A lot of new babies, a lot of boys, a lot of girls."
Szegedin, however, disputes the census estimates. An analysis of birth certificates places the village's growth closer to 600 a year, he said.
Things are also booming in Pike County, Pa., which is going through one of the most intense growth spurts in the Northeast. Locally, the most dramatic changes were in the three townships that border New Jersey and offer the shortest commutes to New York City: Delaware (22 percent), Dingman (19 percent) and Lehman (19 percent).
Until now, that growth has had relatively little impact, since much of it occurred in areas that were once seasonal, Pike County Planner Michael Mrozinski said. But those places are rapidly filling up as the county finishes its master plan and plans its first open-space strategy.
"Throughout the '90s, we didn't see any large tracts of land developed," Mrozinski said. "What I'm concerned about is these old homesteads and hunting clubs being turned into housing."
Other areas of strong growth between 2000 and 2004 included a handful of Sullivan County towns that sit on the bank of the Delaware River and those communities that make up Ulster's southern tier.
As growth spreads away from the major highway interchanges, several towns are going back to the drawing board with their blueprints for growth.
Minisink, for example, just extended its 6-month-old building moratorium by another three months while it updates its master plan. In Wawarsing, which grew by nearly 8 percent since 2000, the town is also revising its master plan, though it has not enacted a building ban.
"People want to get away from the cost of living in the counties closer to the city," Wawarsing Supervisor James Dolaway said. "They're coming over the mountain."
One anomaly in this batch of census estimates: the Village of Maybrook, which charted a growth rate to rival Kiryas Joel – 32 percent. But Mayor Joseph Dineen said the only major development in the village was a 224-bed senior housing complex, which is one-third complete.
"I'd like to see that we had that kind of growth," Dineen said. But, he said, "I'm not totally sure it's the right number."
Town or city Village Census 2000 2004 Estimates Growth Change
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/06/30/census30.htm
Rural towns in rapid growth spurt, according to new census estimates
By Brendan Scott
Times Herald-Record
bscott@th-record.com
With rising home prices, building bans and restrictive zoning making the area's traditional suburban hot spots less accessible, more people are venturing deep into the mid-Hudson's most rural enclaves in search of a place to live.
That's the story behind the latest population estimates released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau, which place once-sleepy locales, such as Minisink, Gardiner and Dingman Township, Pa., among the region's fastest growing between 2000 and 2004.
While not unexpected, it's a trend worrisome to planners. It means growth continues to push into places that offer the least centralized services and have the least incentives for diverse development.
"We're sprawling," Orange County Planning Commissioner David Church said. "The rural towns have been found and are in play."
In Orange County, Minisink, Hamptonburgh and Crawford were at the head of the pack, growing at 17 percent, 17 percent and 14.5 percent, respectively.
Still, that growth could not outpace the Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel, which grew at a whopping 34 percent. That amounts to 4,513 new people – or more than 1,100 each year – since 2000.
"Mazel tov," Village Administrator Gedalye Szegedin joked. "A lot of new babies, a lot of boys, a lot of girls."
Szegedin, however, disputes the census estimates. An analysis of birth certificates places the village's growth closer to 600 a year, he said.
Things are also booming in Pike County, Pa., which is going through one of the most intense growth spurts in the Northeast. Locally, the most dramatic changes were in the three townships that border New Jersey and offer the shortest commutes to New York City: Delaware (22 percent), Dingman (19 percent) and Lehman (19 percent).
Until now, that growth has had relatively little impact, since much of it occurred in areas that were once seasonal, Pike County Planner Michael Mrozinski said. But those places are rapidly filling up as the county finishes its master plan and plans its first open-space strategy.
"Throughout the '90s, we didn't see any large tracts of land developed," Mrozinski said. "What I'm concerned about is these old homesteads and hunting clubs being turned into housing."
Other areas of strong growth between 2000 and 2004 included a handful of Sullivan County towns that sit on the bank of the Delaware River and those communities that make up Ulster's southern tier.
As growth spreads away from the major highway interchanges, several towns are going back to the drawing board with their blueprints for growth.
Minisink, for example, just extended its 6-month-old building moratorium by another three months while it updates its master plan. In Wawarsing, which grew by nearly 8 percent since 2000, the town is also revising its master plan, though it has not enacted a building ban.
"People want to get away from the cost of living in the counties closer to the city," Wawarsing Supervisor James Dolaway said. "They're coming over the mountain."
One anomaly in this batch of census estimates: the Village of Maybrook, which charted a growth rate to rival Kiryas Joel – 32 percent. But Mayor Joseph Dineen said the only major development in the village was a 224-bed senior housing complex, which is one-third complete.
"I'd like to see that we had that kind of growth," Dineen said. But, he said, "I'm not totally sure it's the right number."
Town or city Village Census 2000 2004 Estimates Growth Change
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/06/30/census30.htm
תוקן על ידי - געווינער - 30/06/2005 13:33:53