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The Bethel Roundtable is a collective of Bethel citizens who have come together with individual concerns about development activities and projects in our immediate "neighborhoods,” and a common interest in the overall future of our town.

The Bethel Roundtable advocates for protection and conservation of our natural resources and built infrastructure, and for policy and planning resources which are critical to maintaining our rural character and ensuring our sustainable future.

Over the last few years, through several public hearings and many conversations, Bethel residents have raised the issue of cumulative impact of projects- current, pending, and anticipated- before the Planning and Town Boards. It has been stated several times that the Planning Board and Town Board can no longer examine projects in isolation of each other; in fact, both SEQRA and our planning board process provide for consideration of the overall and cumulative impact of projects.

How is this truly measured? As an engaged citizenry. we are at a critical point where it is necessary not only to examine, but to illustrate this notion of cumulative impact and what it means to our Town of Bethel.

The Bethel Roundtable continues to raise funds to hire professionals and conduct research on the “cumulative impact” of high-density development and the intense, rapid population increase and stress on our infrastructure, human, and natural resources.

The Bethel Roundtable has partnered with Catskill Mountainkeeper to receive donations for this work. Funding is allocated, and consultants are paid directly.

Catskill Mountainkeeper Inc., is a 501c3 tax-exempt organization.