GOSHEN – Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus and Middletown Mayor Joseph DeStefano both called it “historic.” They signed an agreement that will boost economic development in the county.
Orange County owns the Indigot Reservoir in the Town of Wawayanda adjacent to the City of Middletown’s modern water treatment plant.
Under the agreement, Middletown will receive the first 375,000 gallons of water at no charge and after it filters it, will sell it to the Amy’s Kitchen company, which is going to construct a large food manufacturing facility in the Town of Goshen. Additional water up to 1,000 gallons per day would be sold to Middletown for $1 per gallon with that being sold for other projects.
Neuhaus said it is the perfect arrangement.
“You talk about consolidation and regionalism, this is the textbook example,” he said.
The water deal was key to the Amy’s facility, said the county executive.
“This project, Amy’s, would not go forward without the arrangements with the City of Middletown which was directly attached to this Indigot agreement we signed right here,” Neuhaus said.
DeStefano, a Democrat, was on Republican Neuhaus’ transition advisory team three years ago and the mayor said Neuhaus’ emphasis then was economic development and jobs and “he making good on that,” DeStefano said.
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