Save Northhampton Park!

If you are someone who loves Northampton Park as a “forever wild” with monarch butterflies, nature trails for year round peace and beauty, place to learn how to ski, family area for all seasons, please read on and pass it on. Since there is next to no hope for I-531 to be extended past its current end at Washington Street, think of the traffic.

Hopefully we can keep it that way without the County Fair coming to Northampton Park.

A flier quote:

“The Monroe County Fair Association is a privately held company.
They sold the Dome Arena and now want to hold the fair at Northampton Park. 
Average attendance is 5000 people / day. 
Events have included tractor pulls and stock car races. 
They are planning multiple other events throughout the year.”

The Monroe County Parks Department is being "paid" a one-time donation of
$500,000 for the privilege of holding the fair there - without a specified end date.
 
Monroe County Parks Director Larry Staub is quoted as saying
"In this area, there's probably more cows than residents."

The fair association is planning to have a minimum of 3 large permanent structures built
where the ski hill and soccer fields are currently located. 
The bulk of the cost of building and maintaining these structures will be paid for by the taxpayer.

There will be a meeting this Wednesday, June 5 at 7 PM at the Union Street Eatery
2139 N. Union St, Spencerport. (formerly known as the Pineway Ponds Restaurant)
 
There is a "Save Northampton Park" hotline at 585-260-9861.

Please CONTACT your key player regarding this issue,  our area legislator:

Richard Yolevich  1035 Parma-Hilton Rd, Hilton 14468  753-1922<Monroe1@monroecounty.gov>
Mike Rockow          222 Ladue Rd, Brockport 14420        637-6204 <Monroe2@monroecounty.gov>
Steve Tucciarello    18  Horatio La, Rochester 14624       429-5575 <Monroe4@monroecounty.gov>
Jeffery McCann      87  Larkwood Dr, Rochester14626   865-7299 <Monroe19@monroecounty.gov>
Robert Colby         261  Colby St, Spencerport 14559      352-3537 <Monroe20@monroecounty.gov>

Please help save Northampton Park!

Below is the letter I wrote to our legislative rep, Mike Rockow:

Hi Mike,

My family and I have been adventuring through Northampton Park for almost 30 years. We have a tradition of sledding and snowboarding every weekend and even on the week days throughout the winter months. I go over to the park in the early morning to cross country ski throughout the winter. We walk through the woods and explore with kids and grownup friends. We many good memories connected with the park, one of the few spaces that might represent “wilderness” for our area.

We do not need to commercialize and destroy the woods, fields, creeks and animal habitats. There are other locations in Monroe County that have already been “striped” and denuded. It would be shameful to participate in such activity and ruin our beautiful park where we can enjoy peaceful picnics, winter activities, walking, hiking and exploring.

Please DO NOT support this idea. Save Northampton Park.

Best regards,

Pam Ketchum

91 Park Ave, Brockport, NY 14420 305-4656