HVRC's 2024 Conference and Awards Celebration
Event Photos
Building Bridges Award


CAPI Dutchess County
Dutchess County, City of Beacon, Town of Pleasant Valley, Town of Poughkeepsie, Town of Rhinebeck, Village of Wappingers Falls, and HVRC. Not Pictured: City of Poughkeepsie, Town of Amenia, Village of Rhinebeck
CAPI Westchester County
Westchester County, City of Peekskill, City of White Plains, Town of Ossining, Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, Village of Irvington, Village of Ossining, Village of Pelham, Village of Tarrytown, and HVRC.
Momentum Award

Town of Kent

Town of Shandaken
Town of Shandaken with HVRC

Town of Woodstock



Village of Bronxville
Village of Piermont
Village of Warwick
Impact Award


City of Peekskill and Peekskill Facilities Development Corporation
Peekskill Facilities Development Corporation with Lucas Martin, EDA.
Town of Newburgh and Educational and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electric Industry
Educational and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electric Industry with Lucas Martin, EDA. Not Pictured: Town of Newburgh.
Resilience Award

Stormwater Consortium of Rockland County
Town of Clarkstown, Town of Orangetown, Village of Grandview-on-Hudson, Village of Piermont, Cornell Cooperative Extension Rockland County, and HVRC. Not Pictured: Town of Haverstraw, Town of Ramapo, Town of Stony Point, Village of Airmont, Village of Chestnut Ridge, Village of Haverstraw, Village of Hillburn, Village of Montebello, Village of New Hempstead, Village of Nyack, Village of Pomona, Village of Sloatsburg, Village of Suffern, Village of Upper Nyack, Village of Wesley Hills, and Village of West Haverstraw.
Other Photos from the Event



HVRC Board Chair Bridget Gibbons welcomes everyone to HVRC's 2024 Conference & Awards Celebration.
US EDA Management & Program Analyst Lucas Martin presents on federal funding for economic development.
HVRC’s Water Resources Coordinator Lauren Bunce presents on funding though the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and HVRC's new Wastewater Technical Assistance Program



US EPA Brownfields Project Manager Ashita Patel presents on federal funding for the redevelopment of brownfields.
NYSERDA Project Manager Elli Kahn presents on the intersection of state and federal funding for clean energy.
HVRC's Executive Director Carla Castillo introduces the Clean Energy, Economic Development, and Water Quality case study panel.



Con Edison Vice President of Systems and Transmission Operations Walter Alvarado presents: Clean Energy and the Grid in the lower Hudson Valley and NYC.
Riverkeeper Senior Attorney Drew Gamils presents: The potential water quality and biodiversity considerations for the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) project.
NYSERDA Clean Energy Siting Team Senior Advisor Bill Oberkehr presents: New York State clean energy goals and how the Clean Energy Siting Team can assist municipalities siting distributed energy in the Hudson Valley.



Scenic Hudson Director of Environmental Advocacy, Goverment Relations and Public Policy Stephen Ballentine presents on the How to Solar Now toolkit.
HVRC’s Climate Action Planning Institute Coordinator Mary Lambert presents the Building Bridges Award.
Attendees at HVRC's 2024 Conference and Awards Celebration hosted at the Peekskill Fire House in Peekskill, NY.
Economic Development Site Visits


HVRC's Executive Director Carla Castillo and US EDA Management & Program Analyst Lucas Martin visit the City of Peekskill and Peekskill Facilities Development Corporation's Peekskill Firehouse Kitchen Incubator, which won HVRC's 2024 Impact Award.


HVRC's Executive Director Carla Castillo and US EDA Management & Program Analyst Lucas Martin visit the Town of Newburgh and Educational and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electric Industry's new site for a I.B.E.W. GWO Offshore Wind Safety Training Center. They won HVRC's 2024 Impact Award.