Marco Benevento & Friends are standing up against the largest development in Woodstock history with The Trees Are Listening: Music for a Cause. The benefit concert for the Stop Woodstock National LLC Coalition is set to take place at Colony in Woodstock on Oct. 22 and feature Marco Benevento & Friends.
The Marco Benevento & Friends set will feature Simi Stone, Karina Rykman, Chris Corsico, Leslie Mendelson, Aaron Johnston (Brazilian Girls), Jeff Hill (Steve Earle), Bill Carbone (Max Creek) and Danny Blume.
According to JamBands, The Stop Woodstock National Coalition is a community-based group working with the Woodstock Land Conservancy, preparing to combat a plan proposed by Woodstock National LLC. The plan wants to wipe out 620+ acres of forest and wetlands—the largest forested tract along Sawkill Creek— and replace them with 191 housing units, a golf course, and a helipad.
“We have so many concerns,” said Andy Mossey, the director of the Woodstock Land Conservancy of the development that has been designated a “Critical Environmental Area” by the NYSDEC because of its importance to protecting “forest habitat, aquifer recharge zones, streams that feed into Sawkill Creek, wildlife habitats, and traffic.”
Stop Woodstock National is putting the Town Board and agencies on notice with the stance that considering the negative environmental impact, the proposed project must be stopped. This project “has the potential to permanently change the Woodstock area, both in environmental quality and community character,” added Mossey. “It’s an utterly inappropriate project in the wrong location in the wrong community.”
Tickets for the Marco Benevento & Friends benefit show are on sale now.
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