MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.—The Town of Warwick and the Open Space Institute will be preserving 313 acres of woods, farmland, and trails around the Warwick Conference Center by the end of August, according to Warwick Supervisor Jesse Dwyer.
Dwyer announced at the April 9 Warwick Town Hall that 313 of the 456 acre hilltop property at the Warwick Conference Center will be preserved as it is, following the town’s decades long goal of remaining rural.
Warwick will buy the land from the Open Land Institute for its appraised market value of about $4 million using both community preservation funds and public grants. The land will be added to the town’s park system….