{"id":361,"date":"2010-01-12T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tenmilerivertrader.com\/blog\/?p=361"},"modified":"2010-01-12T11:20:06","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T16:20:06","slug":"camp-pouch-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tenmilerivertrader.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/12\/camp-pouch-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Camp Pouch Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Planning\u00c2\u00a0continue on ways to save Camp Pouch.\u00c2\u00a0 A recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silive.com\/westshore\/index.ssf\/2010\/01\/richmond_county_country_club_c.html\" target=\"_self\">article in the Staten Island Advance <\/a>outlines\u00c2\u00a0 some of the discussions which are underweigh.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Discussions to save Pouch Camp in the Greenbelt are under way and involve surprising potential saviors: A luxury home builder and the Richmond County Country Club; and possibly the New York Container Terminal.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to prevent the Greater New York Councils of Boy Scouts from selling off the 120-acre camp to a private developer, the two separate fund-raising possibilities that are emerging would allow other commercial or residential development to take place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There has been no decision made on this proposal or any other proposal. We were asked to look at it and we are looking it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Cusick noted. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The goal here is, ultimately, to save Pouch Camp and to keep it as pristine open space&#8230;. We have to listen and entertain any proposal that comes across our desk.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See the article for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planning\u00c2\u00a0continue on ways to save Camp Pouch.\u00c2\u00a0 A recent article in the Staten Island Advance outlines\u00c2\u00a0 some of the discussions which are underweigh. Discussions to save Pouch Camp in the Greenbelt are under way and involve surprising potential saviors: A luxury home builder and the Richmond County Country Club; and possibly the New York Container&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[51,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camp-pouch","category-scouting-in-the-news","wpcat-51-id","wpcat-44-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Tidi-5P","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":370,"url":"https:\/\/www.tenmilerivertrader.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/25\/camp-pouch-update-january-24-ny-times-article\/","url_meta":{"origin":361,"position":0},"title":"Camp Pouch Update January 24 NY Times Article","author":"Bill Mulrenin","date":"January 25, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Financial woes may force the sale of Camp Pouch, 140 acres where generations have learned to rough it.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camp Pouch&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camp Pouch","link":"https:\/\/www.tenmilerivertrader.com\/blog\/category\/gnyc-council-camps\/camp-pouch\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1118,"url":"https:\/\/www.tenmilerivertrader.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/07\/camp-pouch-saved\/","url_meta":{"origin":361,"position":1},"title":"Camp Pouch Saved!","author":"Bill Mulrenin","date":"December 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Staten Island Advance. Good news for campers, staff and alumni of Camp Pouch. $6 million deal will help save most of Staten Island's Pouch Camp Boy Scouts fish in Lake Orbach at Pouch Camp in this Oct. 12 file photo. (Staten Island Advance\/Hilton Flores) Officials on Thursday announced\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camp Pouch&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camp Pouch","link":"https:\/\/www.tenmilerivertrader.com\/blog\/category\/gnyc-council-camps\/camp-pouch\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":373,"url":"https:\/\/www.tenmilerivertrader.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/29\/state-unlikely-to-cough-up-money-to-buy-pouch-camp\/","url_meta":{"origin":361,"position":2},"title":"State unlikely to cough up money to buy Pouch Camp","author":"Bill Mulrenin","date":"January 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"That was the title of the most recent article on Camp Pouch in the Staten Island Advance. 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