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Port Jervis may blossom into sunflower city

Read about this exciting plan & its impact on our community's environment!

MidHudson News story:


PJTV23 Video:


Photo Gallery of Community Cafe--November/2025:

Port Jervis to become a Sunflower City!
Port Jervis to become a Sunflower City!
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Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25
Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25
Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25
Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25

Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25
Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25
Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25
Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25
Port Jervis to become a Sunflower City!
Port Jervis to become a Sunflower City!

Ideas being shared at Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25. Mary Alice Kovatch and about a dozen other local residents have been working with Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Open Space Institute since March of 2025 on nature based flood prevention ideas.
Ideas being shared at Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25. Mary Alice Kovatch and about a dozen other local residents have been working with Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Open Space Institute since March of 2025 on nature based flood prevention ideas.
Ideas being shared at Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25 were sought and then recorded by Julika von Stackelberg of Cornell Cooperative Extension, which with the Open Space Institute and community residents has been working on flooding issues and ways to help.
Ideas being shared at Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25 were sought and then recorded by Julika von Stackelberg of Cornell Cooperative Extension, which with the Open Space Institute and community residents has been working on flooding issues and ways to help.
Ideas being shared at Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25. Wendy Nocar is among more than a dozen local residents that have been helping to implement nature based plans to help with the prevention and response to flood-prone community area concerns.
Ideas being shared at Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25. Wendy Nocar is among more than a dozen local residents that have been helping to implement nature based plans to help with the prevention and response to flood-prone community area concerns.
Ideas being shared at Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25
Ideas being shared at Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25
Port Jervis to become a Sunflower City!
Port Jervis to become a Sunflower City!
Port Jervis Community Development Agency Director Valerie Maginsky offers her continued help in submitting grants to help this ecology based community action group's plans.
Port Jervis Community Development Agency Director Valerie Maginsky offers her continued help in submitting grants to help this ecology based community action group's plans.
Ideas being shared at Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25
Ideas being shared at Port Jervis Community Cafe 11 6 25
Port Jervis to become a Sunflower City!
Port Jervis to become a Sunflower City!
Ideas being shared at Port Jervis Community Cafe
Ideas being shared at Port Jervis Community Cafe
Efficient devices that are available to monitor and warn inexpensively ($25-$30) of flooding in individual properties and homes were among topics presented by Dr. Peter Marchetto, a research scientist/instrumentation engineer.
Efficient devices that are available to monitor and warn inexpensively ($25-$30) of flooding in individual properties and homes were among topics presented by Dr. Peter Marchetto, a research scientist/instrumentation engineer.
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The water absorbing properties of impervious vs. looser soil is demonstrated and compared by Ecologist Kate Marchetto.

 
 
 

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