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Pawling
Downtown Pawling. Photo by Kathy Ng, RealEstateHudsonValleyNY.com.
and the small-town atmosphere, as well as the good school districts and ease of access to New York City.
While less than two square miles in size, the Village of Pawling contains two of Dutchess County’s largest manufacturers: Pawling Engineered Products, Inc and Joe Pietryka, Inc. Pawling Corporation. The latter was founded in 1945, and has grown into a global supplier of rubber and plastic architectural products such as athletic ooring, entrance mats and gratings, and parking and tra c safety products. The company recently secured a project with the country of Jordan, for example.
Pawling’s newly completed Village Green is injecting new energy into the village with paved walkways, a bandstand, and veteran’s monument park. The green, which was the brainchild of world-renowned urban planner Andreas Duany, was funded by the Pawling Community Foundation, which raised more than $2,600,000 in private donations and grants from all sectors of the Pawling community.
The town o ers an eclectic mix of housing ranging from Main Street apartments and lofts to white clapboard farmhouses. A new development now under construction by Castagna Realty, Inc. will also serve the senior market. The rst phase of 81 units of housing is well under way at the 200-acre Castagna Commerce Park on Route 22. This phase will yield 400 units of senior housing, a 65,600-square-foot medical o ce building, 200,000 square feet of retail space, and a hotel.
Upon the completion of phase I, Castagna has plans to build another 110 senior townhomes, a second 65,600-square-foot medical building, and up to 100 units of assisted living, depending upon demand. The project, which may take ve-seven years to complete, is expected to generate 800 new jobs and 1,200 construction jobs for the region, along with $4.5 million in annual taxes for Pawling.
Access to the great outdoors is also a calling card for Pawling. The 1,043-acre Pawling Nature Reserve and the 6,000-
Opening night at Daryl's House, a restaurant and live music venue owned by singer Daryl Hall, of Hall & Oates.
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