Thank You for Your Support!
Southampton Town Board Votes in Favor of
Partnership with Peconic Land Trust to
Purchase 33 Acres of Farmland
 from the Estate of Charlotte Danilevsky   

Thank you to everyone who contacted the Town Board in support of the acquisition
as well as those who attended the public hearing on May 27th!
Your voices were heard on this important and historic farmland
 conservation partnership, which will ensure that the protected
farmland will remain in agricultural production.  

 

Aerial map of the two Danilevsky parcels in Water Mill.

All of us at the Peconic Land Trust extend our gratitude to the Southampton Town Board for their vision and expeditious action on this purchase of development rights (PDR) on the Danilevsky property. Through additional restrictions, the Town's PDR will ensure that this farmland is accessible to food production farmers at its true agricultural value in the future.

We would also like to extend our special thanks to you, our partners in conservation, for lending your voices on this important conservation project -- you spoke eloquently at the public hearing and through emails in support of the Danilevsky conservation initiative. THANK YOU!

We are moving forward to complete the acquisition and look forward to sharing more good news on this project and future farmland conservation initiatives in the coming weeks and months.

Peconic Land Trust Receives the Social Impact Award  

at the Long Island Imagine Awards Gala:  

Trust Recognized for its  

 "Farms for the Future Initiative."

 

In early May, staff and board of the Trust attended the Long Island Imagine Awards Gala, which recognizes innovation and leadership in the Nonprofit sector. This is the 2nd year for the awards -- over 100 nonprofits submitted applications and the Trust was fortunate to have been a finalist in two categories, Social Impact for our Farms for the Future Initiative and Leadership Excellence for our President and founder John v.H. Halsey.

Peconic Land Trust's Farms for the Future Initiative was awarded the Social Impact Award for our work in making farmland accessible to farmers. Dan Heston, North Fork Stewardship Manager, accepted the award on behalf of the Trust.

The Long Island Imagine Awards has been the vision of event Chair Ken Cerini, Cerini & Associates, LLP, for over 10 years. "The Long Island business community now has a mechanism to recognize the good work of the nonprofit sector and reward them for their innovation, leadership and sustainability," said Cerini.

Thank you to the Imagine Awards committee for your recognition of the Trust's work to conserve Long Island's working farms, natural lands and heritage.

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners -- it was an incredible evening, hearing the stories of the diverse group of nonprofits and all the wonderful work that is taking place on Long Island!

For a complete list of nominees and awards, click here.  

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Through Farms and Fields  

Sunday, August 3 

Ward's Point, Shelter Island 

4:00 pm til . . .  

Honoring the  

Conservation Philanthropy of   

Barbara Slifka

 

The Peconic Land Trust's 12th Annual "Through Farms and Fields" Benefit, a Country Supper, will be at the property of the Peconic Land Trust board member Richard Hogan and Carron Sherry, on historic Ward's Point on Shelter Island. This year's event will honor the  conservation philanthropy of Barbara Slifka.

 

Through Farms and Fields celebrates the local bounty of the East End - from the  amazing salad greens, vegetables, herbs and fruits of our farms, to the fresh fish from our shores, to the wonderful wines of our vineyards. Please join us as we celebrate over 30 years of conservation on Long Island in this unique, private setting.

 

Thank you to our sponsors:  Tate's Bake Shop, The Corcoran Group, Brown Harris Stevens, Bridgehampton National Bank, J.P. Morgan Private Banking, Herrick Hardware, Artisan Mortgage Company, GreenLogic. 

For more information and to purchase tickets, contact Robin Harris at 631.283.319631.283.3195631.283.3195 ext. 19or RHarris@PeconicLandTrust.org. 

Interested in joining us as a sponsor? Contact Yvette DeBow-Salsedo at 631.283.3195 631.28ext. 12 or YDebow@PeconicLandTrust.org for details.

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For more information, and to purchase tickets for the preview party,
contact Robin Harris at 631.283.3195 ext. 19  or RHarris@PeconicLandTrust.org

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Plein Air Peconic  

Bridgehampton Museum Archives    

May 22 through September 18  

Gallery open Monday through Friday, 10 am to 2 pm  

Reception with the artists on Saturday, June 14, 5 to 7:30 pm  

2539-A Montauk Highway  

(east of the Sag Harbor/Bridgehampton Turnpike)  

Works by: (left to right): Susan D'Alessio, Kathryn Szoka, Gordon Matheson  

Hosted by the Bridgehampton Museum Archives, be sure to visit this wonderful, summer-long exhibition with an historical perspective, featuring iconic Bridgehampton and Sagaponack settings. All work is for sale and a percentage of all sales will be donated to the Peconic Land Trust and the Bridgehampton Museum by the artists. For more information, visit www.PleinAirPeconic.com.