ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y.—Vision Hudson Valley has released its 2025 Orange County Quality of Life Report Card, showing how the county has changed in the eight categories of education, health and health care, economy, environment, arts and entertainment, transportation, public safety, and government.
Vision Hudson Valley is a nonpartisan nonprofit based in the community of Sugar Loaf in the town of Chester. Its goal is to enhance and preserve quality of life in the county. The group has founded multiple organizations, including Leadership Orange, the Orange County Arts Council, and the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan.
The report was released on Nov. 6 and is the first of its kind since 2015. It received $10,000 in funding from state Sen. James Skoufis on Oct. 2. The report compares Orange County with six other counties in the Hudson Valley: Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester….