Bicentennial Committee Has Honorary Chairs, Needs Members
At the August Town Board meeting, three Copake residents were appointed as honorary co-chairs of the town’s Bicentennial Committee: former Supervisor Angelo Valentino, former Planning Board Chair Edgar Masters, and longtime resident Flora Bergquist.
The names of the three were announced at the opening of the Town Hall Exhibit later that morning.
The town board is now calling for applicants to serve on the Copake Bicentennial Committee. Copake’s first town meeting was held on April 4, 1824. The committee will plan an event to commemorate the 200th anniversary of that date and will also organize a calendar of events to be held in 2024 into 2025, which may include public meetings, ceremonies, gatherings, a parade and performances. It is the board’s intention that the committee will celebrate and publicize the history of Copake and encourage interest in Copake’s rich past.
With a view towards wide representation of the many individuals and perspectives in Copake, the town board invites letters of interest from part-time and full-time residents, longtime residents and those who have located here more recently, high school and college-age residents, working people and retired people, members of the Copake Grange, the Roe Jan Young-at-Hearters, the Friends of Taconic State Park and the Roeliff Jansen Historical Society; and residents from all of the areas of Copake: the Hamlet of Copake, Taconic Shores, Copake Lake, Copake Falls, West Copake, Craryville and North Copake.
Those interested in volunteering for the committee should deliver a letter of interest to Lynn Connolly, Copake Town Clerk no later than October 27, 2022 at 12 noon. Applications may be mailed or delivered personally to Lynn Connolly, Copake Town Clerk, to 230 Mountain View Rd., Copake, NY 12516 or may be emailed to copaketownclerk@townofcopake.org.
