Planning & Zoning Department

Community members are invited to an Open House on Monday, March 31, 2025, from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Clifton Park Senior Community Center, 6 Clifton Common Blvd, Clifton Park. This is a unique opportunity for the public to share their thoughts on key issues, priorities, and opportunities for Clifton Park’s agricultural future. Members of the farming community, Town staff, Agriculture & Farmland Protection Advisory Committee members, and members of the Community Planning and Environmental Associates consultant team will be present to speak with residents and answer questions.

In 2024, the Town was awarded a Municipal Farmland Protection Plan Grant from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets to use towards funding this project. The Community Planning and Environmental Associates consultant team has summarized the results of the surveys of the public and farmers/farmland owners done this winter. The information compiled provides a basis for the future vision of the Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan. The perspective and input of residents regarding these initial findings is critical to the formation of a long-range vision for the Plan over the coming years.

To date, the Town has protected four farms (more than 258 acres of farmland) using outside grants from Saratoga County Farmland and Open Space Grant Program and the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Farmland Protection Implementation Grant Program. The Town now holds permanent conservation easements on four private farms: King Crest Farm on Grooms Road; Riverview Orchards on Riverview Road; Cloverdale Meadows Farm on Hubbs Road, and Maple Hill Farm on Ashdown Road.

Town Supervisor Phil Barrett said, “Clifton Park has been working hard to balance its growth with strategic efforts to conserve special places and support farming in our community for nearly 25 years. We are interested in hearing how the Town can continue to support private landowners while taking the value of our rural heritage and working farms into consideration.”

"A farm is not just a place to grow food, it's a place to grow community," said Dan Mathias, co-chair of the Agriculture & Farmland Protection Advisory Committee.