Annual Planning Conference and Training

Each year the Saratoga County Planning Department holds its Planning and Zoning Conference.  What began as a half-day session in 2005 with roughly 200 attendees, has transpired into a full day session with 16 course offerings which brings in approximately 525 registrants from numerous counties.  For information on past course offerings, conference materials, registration forms, and sponsorshiop opportunities, click on the link below.  The County Planning Department also holds several planning and zoning courses for individual planning and zoning boards within Saratoga County throughout the year.

 Geographic Information Systems

The Planning Department hired a full-time GIS Technician in January of 2008 to assist Saratoga County's Departments and Municipalities with various mappping and archiving needs.  Through this endeavor the planning department has been able to assist with the county's E-911 system, election district and polling sites, environmental site planning, farmland and open space planning, snowmobile trail mapping, unique land-use planning, distribution of GIS data for educational purposes, and miscellaneous mapping and analysis of geographic relevance.  In addition to the Planning Department's GIS repository which houses many unique datasets; the county employs and interactive GIS application via the internet which can be accessed by clicking on the link below.

Saratoga County Farmland and Open Space Program

In 2003, the county enacted a farmland and open space program and provided $333,000 in funding for the program.  The planning department works with a committee appointed by the Board of Supervisors to review applications and administer the program.  This program has preserved several thousand acres of farmland and open space since its inception.   For more information on this program, click on link below.

 Snowmobile Grants Program

Since 1996, the planning department has applied for and recieved funding from the  NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for trail designation and funding to operate as part of the NYS Snowmobile Trail System.  The Saratoga County Association of Snowmobile Clubs is comprised of six clubs and covers more than 180 miles of groomed trails.

 Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency

The Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency is a public benefit corporation created in 1971 to promote, develop, encourage, and assist in the construction, expansion, and equipping of economically sound industrial and commercial facilities in order to advance the job opportunities, general prosperity, and economic welfare of the citizens of Saratoga County.  In conjunction with the appointed CEO, the Saratoga County planning department provides full-time staff for the daily operations of the IDA.  To visit the IDA website, click on the link below.

• Tom L. Lewis, Chairman
• V. Beth Liebich
• Paul Loomis
• Donald McPherson
• Michael Miller
• Ian Murray
• Edwin Vopelak