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Our Mission: Preserve and develop the City of Amsterdam’s waterfront.

 

The mission includes:
 

bulletAdvocate for and advise on critical waterfront development and related projects.

 

bulletProvide a conduit for grant and fundraising opportunities.

 

bulletPromote the waterfront for water and land side related uses and users.

 

bulletPromote and sponsor park use, events, festivals, marina, etc.

 

bulletPromote maintenance and beautification of the park and surrounding waterfront area.

 

bulletAchieve a financially sustainable organization to manage and operate the park, restaurant, boat services, cultural opportunities, business information, and other associated items.
 
Did you Know?
   The Erie Canal is famous
 in song and story.

   Proposed in 1808 and completed in 1825, the
canal links the waters of
Lake Erie in the west to the
Hudson River in the east.

   An engineering marvel
when it was built, some called it the Eighth Wonder
of the World.