WATERVLIET, NEW YORK -OLD TO NEW

We know that the City of Watervliet, NY is a old industrial city in the heart of the Capital District of New York State. First settled in the 1600's Watervliet played an important part of the development of the region during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries and because of it's geographic location, the impact of the Erie Canal in the 1820's and because of Watervliet role in the American Industrial Revolution due to it's proximity to Troy, Albany and Schenectady - the Town of Watervliet flourished.

Watervliet's golden years were prior to the 1950's and 1960's before the populations shifted to the undeveloped suburbs and, when the industry, manufacturing and railroad commerce were the economic juggernauts of the region.



Things have changed.




Business opportunities changed, career and business opportunities developed in other areas of the region and county and families grew and moved. Through it all the feeling of Watervliet as "a hometown" has not changed. A close knit community continues. People are still neighborly. On warm summer evenings people still sit on the "front stoop" and visit with the family next store.


This blog is intended to provide a place where people can post their thoughts on any issue in connection with the City of Watervliet, NY including; historical notes, business and development in the community, observations, ideas and thoughts on community problems, quality of life issues, and any other constructive thoughts germane to the topic.

What is on your minds?

IS IT : the Cannoneers chances next season; the state of education in the community; a new business doing well in town, development of the Arsenal into a viable business center or high tech industrial campus, or something political, ideological or just some hometown news - let us know...