Neuhaus wants to move forward on Camp LaGuardia

Neuhaus at Camp LaGuardia in March 2016

CHESTER – Orange County has owned the former New York City Camp
LaGuardia property in Chester and Blooming Grove for a number of years
and it has remained vacant and dilapidated.
At one point, the county had signed over development rights to a private company, but years later when nothing was advanced, the county withdrew from that arrangement.
County Executive Steven Neuhaus now said redevelopment of that property is long overdue.
“It’s something that we need to move forward on and get the taxpayers money back for what they invested there as well as get something done there,” he said.
Neuhaus envisions developing office space as well as setting aside an area for active farming. Any future uses would require approvals from the local governments in the towns of Chester and Blooming Grove.

Hank Gross

Hank Gross is the founder of Mid-Hudson News and a veteran journalist with over five decades of experience covering the Hudson Valley. A graduate of SUNY Oneonta, where he began his career in broadcasting, Hank has worked across radio, TV, and print media since 1970. His work has earned him numerous accolades, including an Associated Press “Best Newscast” award and recognition as a “Pillar of the Community” by the Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center. He lives in Middletown with his wife, Virginia.