Page 99 - Town of Newcomb Comprehensive Plan - 2010

The Town’s quality of life is based on rural living, which means pioneering spirit and self sufficiency
The entrance to Santanoni is improve
The Santanoni restoration is good
Camp diner could draw campers, bikers and tourists
The Town is full of quality people
The Health Center is good
There are many recreation opportunities
Additional lands being opened to public access is good
Businesses are developing and growing
The Town is beautiful
Amazing pool
The school auditorium is good
Syracuse University is doing a good job caring for Goodnow Mountain
The Town is a quaint, rural community. Change takes time.
Likes the fundraisers and teddy Roosevelt Days

Negative Comments
Gas station needed (14)
Grocery/general store needed (8)
There are no jobs (so young people leave) (7)
Diner/restaurant needed (7)
Taxes are too high (6)
No stores/stores closing (3)
Population is declining (3)
APA is overly restrictive of land use/causes people to leave (3)
Not enough businesses (3)
Few/no services (2)
Availability of services is static (2)
Sale of Finch lands will hurt the Town (2)
Too many city people (NY, NJ, Conn) (2)
Police and fire protection are not good
Fewer people
No laundromat
There is more demand on services
There are too many downstate people building homes that don’t fit into the natural lifestyle of the
Adirondacks
Too few young people
The quality of life may change if Teen Challenge moves in
Too much development
The Town is too busy and is overrun with strangers
No municipal water/sewer
The local economy needs improvement
Housing costs rising too fast
Real estate is not affordable for year round residents
Town is too noisy
There is no plan or direction for improvement
No industry
Need a more diversified community
School is the problem. If it does not expand, the quality of life will stay the same. If it does, the quality of
Quality of life will decline
Woodruff Pond Road is not maintained and camps are vandalized

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