Funding Futures:

Woodbury

Voices of Woodbury

Led by Lisa Hintze (second from right) and her core team of volunteers

Photos by Jessica Chappe

  • During winter 2026, the group hosted an event at Sweet Clover Farms, a distillery in an old barn.

  • The team asked participants to share their ideas and information on what natural resources they value in the town.

  • Lisa introduced a special guest speaker.

  • A local historian gave a talk about old Route 6 which used to run through Woodbury. Folks brainstormed about using abandoned roads as hiking trails.

  • Next, Lisa invited people up to share their ideas for Woodbury.

  • A local teen shared her idea for pollinator gardens.

  • After, folks mingled and shared some food.

  • The food was delicious!

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Currently, the team has put the ideas on a ballot and is getting out the vote, community-wide!

The results of the vote will be revealed in the early summer. Then the real work begins: making a plan and organizing volunteers and funding.

Check the Voices of Woodbury website for details.

Voices of Woodbury

  • Lisa Hintze

    WOODBURY
    Voices of Woodbury

    After touring North America with Cirque du Soliel for 4 years I settled in Woodbury, NY where I have been a resident for 30 years and raised my daughter. I became the Chairperson for Woodbury’s Climate Smart Task Force, starting for the town in 2021 and then the village in 2022. Under my leadership, the Taskforce has successfully earned the designation of a NYSERDA 2-Star Certified Clean Energy Community and Bronze status as a Climate Smart Community. I was recently awarded the Chris Eachus Extraordinary Women’s Award and the NYS Planning Board Levine Community Service Award. I love photography, traveling and staying active, so I also volunteer at the Coordinator for Wreath’s Across America at Cemetery of the Highlands, where 826 wreaths are laid to honor local veterans.