Clifton Park Arts Organizations
Clifton Park – Halfmoon Public Library
475 Moe Road | Clifton Park, NY 12065 | (518) 371-8622 |

Friends of the Library
475 Moe Road | Clifton Park, NY 12065

Clifton Park Community Orchestra
Contact: Dr. Paul Konye | (518) 783-2511

The Southern Saratoga Artists Society

Clifton Park Senior Community Center
6 Clifton Common Court (We’re located on the Clifton Common) | Clifton Park, NY 12065 | Phone: 518.383.1343 | Fax: 518.383.5942

Saratoga Arts Council
Grant resource for Saratoga County residents Contact: Sharon Scarlata, Grants Administrator | 320 Broadway | Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 | (518) 584-4132 |

The Emergency Services Advisory Board is made up of representatives from each of the town’s six fire districts and two ambulance corps. The board meets on the third Thursday of every month and discusses various emergency services topics throughout the town, such as recent changes in town code or proposed building projects.

The Clifton Park Ethics Board provides opinions and advice regarding ethics issues with respect to town officials and employees. The board is also responsible for reviewing all financial disclosure forms on an annual basis and it prepares opinions and advice on disciplinary matters arising under the town’s ethics code.

Meetings may be canceled in the event no applications/requests are filed with the Clerk for review.

The Town of Clifton Park’s Fire Cope Appeals Board consists of six members and a chairman who are appointed by the Town Board for a three year term. The Fire Code Appeals Board reviews any appeals to the Code of The Town Of Clifton Park and has the power to grant variances from the Fire Prevention section of the Building and Fire Prevention regulations of the Town Code.

The Clifton Park GREEN (Government Re-Thinking Energy & Environment Now) Committee has been assisting and advising the Town Board on energy and environmental impacts and issues since 2007. The committee meets monthly to promote broad energy awareness and consumer education; advocating actions that residents can take to reduce the consumption of limited natural resources. The GREEN Committee has led efforts to improve energy efficiency in town buildings with actions, such as installing energy efficient lighting and roof top solar panels.

In September 2025, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that the Town of Clifton Park achieved Bronze Certification in New York State’s Climate Smart Communities Certification program through active participation with the GREEN Committee. The program supports local efforts across the state to meet the economic, social, and environmental challenges posed by climate change. To be certified, communities must demonstrate an active task force, which includes residents and municipal representatives, to lead the charge and advance local climate action. The Clifton Park Climate Smart Community Task Force is made up of members of the GREEN Committee and Town employees.

More information on this program and the Town’s actions and certification can be found here, Municipality Detail.

In the fall of 2008, Clifton Park Town Supervisor Philip Barrett established the Town of Clifton Park Highway Safety Committee. 

Barrett envisioned a committee made up of local residents of the town who had specialized knowledge and experience to assist in dealing with highway safety matters that arose from various sources. He worked with other town officials to identify a group of committed highway safety professionals with hundreds of years of combined highway safety experience who were willing to volunteer their time and work with town officials to make the highways in the town as safe as possible.

The 10-member Highway Safety Committee meets once per month on the third Thursday of the month to discuss and make recommendations on referrals submitted from town officials. The minutes and recommendations from these meetings are posted on the committee’s website.

To submit a referral, please complete and submit the document Traffic / Local Roadway Investigation Request(96 KB)  form.

MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Town of Clifton Park Highway Safety Committee is to promote highway safety by examining safety and operational issues utilizing the collective expertise of Committee members and submitting recommendations to the appropriate Town official or the Town Board. The committee coordinates with law enforcement and other highway safety entities in pursuit of improving highway safety within the Town.

Other Resources:
National Parks Service
N.Y. State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Preservation League of New York State

Check out our Town Historian, John Scherer on WNYT!
Spotlight Clifton Park- WNYT

The Mission of the Town of Clifton Park Industrial Development Agency is to identify, attract, develop, expand, and promote economically sound commerce within the Town. We assist in the acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, equipping and furnishing of industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial, research facilities, and educational or cultural facilities.

Our goal is to promote Town prosperity, through the creation and advancement of a healthy business climate, supporting job creation and retention. The IDA utilizes a variety of economic development tools, financial incentive programs and resources permitted within the scope of the Public Authorities Law, building customized packages from project concept through construction and sustained operation fostering the general prosperity of the Town.

About Us

The Town of Clifton Park Industrial Development Agency exists to identify, attract, expand, and promote economically sound non-retail commerce within the Town. The goal is to promote Town prosperity, through the creation and advancement of well paying jobs, within recreational, institutional, light industrial and medical business opportunities. The IDA utilizes a variety of economic development tools, financial incentive programs and works with professional partners building packages designed to provide support from project concept through construction operation.

The successful efforts of the IDA serve to bolster Clifton Park’s well deserved reputation as a great place to Live, Work, and Play.

The Clifton Park IDA has served the community continuously since 1980.

For more information about the IDA please visit their website: Home | Clifton Park IDA

The Open Space, Trails and Riverfront Committee offers advisory recommendations to the Town Board for implementing the Town’s Open Space Program and managing the town’s public lands. The Town’s Open Space Program is based on the Town of Clifton Park Open Space Plan adopted by the Town Board in 2003. The program includes activities such as the acquisition of land and conservation easements to protect water quality and ensure clean drinking water, and to conserve natural areas for wildlife habitat and farmland for supporting local agriculture; the provision of additional parkland for recreation; the continuation of town-wide trail connections; and the protection of scenic and historic places.

The Trails Subcommittee provides ongoing recommendations to the Planning Board and to the Town Board for implementing pedestrian and bicyclist facilities improvements and town-wide connections. 

The Open Space, Trails & Riverfront Committee meets monthly. Meetings are open to the public. Please check the Town Calendar for dates and times.

Parks & Preserves in Clifton Park

TOWN CENTER PARK The newest park in Town is accessible from both Moe Road and from Maxwell Drive at its intersection with Southside Drive.  Bike racks and small parking areas are located at both main entrances to the park. The park features a 12-foot wide, paved path that can be shared by pedestrians, bicyclists, strollers, wheelchairs and is designed to be ADA accessible. The width of the path can accommodate groups and a mix of users.  The trail is open every day and will be maintained throughout all seasons.  Crosswalks are located on Maxwell Drive connecting Town Center Park directly to the Town Center shopping, offices, restaurants, residential living, and community activities.  Pedestrian lighting fixtures are installed along this main, east-west trail.  

DWAAS KILL NATURE PRESERVE:  In 2020, the Blue Trail was established at the Town's Dwaas Kill Nature Preserve, thanks to Eagle Scout Ryan Haug, and is viewable in the 2021 Dwaas Kill Nature Preserve Trails Map.  You can start the Blue Trail at the Main Parking trailhead entrance off of Pierce Road.  The route out to the far overlook is about 1.1 miles, one way. 

HAYES NATURE PARK: In 2022, Eagle Scout Christian Blood conducted park improvements at Hayes Nature Park, working closely with the Stony Creek Park District I and the Town of Clifton Park. He updated the Hayes Nature Park Trails Map adding distances and created a QR code for easy reference for visitors. 

KINNS ROAD PARK:  As part of a Girl Scout Gold Award Project completed in 2021, Alison Szczesny, has created a video series showcasing Kinns Road Park, posted January 2022, for viewers to experience the park when they are not able to be there in person!
Videos of Kinns Road Park in the Spring
Videos of Kinns Road Park in the Fall

VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK & MOONEY CARRESE FOREST:  In 2021, Lenny Casper and Jim Flaherty, members of the Stewardship Subcommittee refreshed the Trail Markers at Veterans Memorial Park & Mooney Carrese Forest and the town updated the Veterans Memorial Park & Mooney Carrese Forest Trails Map. 

VISCHER FERRY NATURE & HISTORIC PRESERVE:  For info about this special place, please see this 2002 Vischer Ferry Nature & Historic Preserve Brochure

WHIPPLE BRIDGE at VISCHER FERRY NATURE & HISTORIC PRESERVE:  The iconic Whipple Bridge marks the prominent entrance to the preserve, located south of the intersection of Riverview Road and Van Vranken Road.  This historic bridge was placed onsite in 1997 with the help of Union College and other volunteers, moved from its original location in Fonda, NY.  

LEARN MORE ABOUT ROCKS IN CLIFTON PARK WITH GEOLOGY WALKS: As part of a Girl Scout Silver Award Project, Katherine Johnson, of Troop 2158, developed a "Geology Walks" informational brochure highlighting information about the geology of Clifton Park, in September 2021. The brochure offers educational information about rock formations in a visually interesting format, linked to locations where you can hike, walk, and stroll to see the "rocks of Clifton Park"!  Check out the informational brochure here.