With several New Year’s Day hikes scheduled throughout the Northeast, there is at least one walk being held in New York’s Hudson Valley that is different.
Kingston is the site for a New Year’s Day community walk entitled, “Day One Walk.” It is being coordinated by the Center for Creative Education and O+ Festival and is slated to kick off from Dietz Stadium at 1 o’clock and continue to the downtown waterfront at TR Gallo Park. The organizers are also urging participation from City of Kingston officials, Ministers’ Alliance of Ulster County, and other citizens groups. Kingston Mayor Shayne Gallo says the Day One Walk is a day to simply walk together. It is not a protest march or demonstration of any kind. Rather, it’s a way to show a renewed desire to work together in the New Year for the common good.