Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 7

56 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 7 We’re told the Walkway Over the Hudson is the second most active park in the state next to Niagara Falls, from a visitation standpoint, somewhere between 600,000 and 700,000 people a year.” On that score, Pizzuto and Glasner are busy putting together an action plan with recommendations on how the town can further capitalize on the Walkway, a tourist attraction that Pizzuto acknowledges is “a gift to Lloyd.” The town’s location, about an hour and a half north of New York City by train and directly across the river from Poughkeepsie, also gives Lloyd the strategic advantage of accessibility. “In Poughkeepsie, you have Marist College, Vassar College, Bard College,” Pizzuto says, painting a geographic picture of the area concerned. “South of us is White Plains, and then, of course, New York City. We have access