Local Planning & Zoning Officials
2026 Greene and Columbia County Planning Boards’ Annual Spring Planning and Zoning Training
Greene County announces a training session for planning officials, hosted in partnership with the New York Department of State, Greene County Economic Development, Tourism & Planning, the Columbia County Planning Department, and the Columbia County Planning Board. The event will take place on June 15th at Greene County Emergency Services building from 5:00pm – 9:00pm. Topics include Affordable Housing, Spot Zone of Grant the Illegal Use Variance, and County Referral. Attendance is free of charge, and participants may be eligible for up to three (3) hours of training credits to fulfill the New York State mandatory training requirements for municipal planning and zoning officials.
Registrations are due by June 10, 2026.
Register for June 15th Planning Board Training
Catskill Watershed Corporation Center for Creative Land Development Comprehensive Planning Resources in New York Conservation Planning in the Hudson River Estuary Watershed Cornell Cooperative Extension Columbia and Greene Counties Creating Conservation Overlay Zoning Greene County Soil & Water Conservation District Mountaintop Better Site Design Roundtable New York 2017 Census of Agriculture
NYSDOS Local Government Training
The New York Department of State’s Local Government Training (LGt) staff teaches land use planning and regulation and local governance and procedure to local elected and appointed officials annually at regional and county workshops across the state.
The staff is also available to assist members of planning boards, zoning boards of appeals, local governing boards, and municipal staff with technical information, explanations, tips, and examples of successful approaches to land use and other local regulation.
James Hannahs, Director, Economic Development, Tourism & Planning
Kurt Goettsche, Project Manager
f. (518) 719-3789
e. planning@greenecountyny.gov
411 Main Street, Suite 419, Catskill NY, 12414