Beautification

Beautification Meetings

Every 3^rd Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM

Anyone interested in joining our active volunteer committee contact mooersbeautification@mooersny.com

Town of Mooers Announces America 250 Community Celebration

September 4–6, 2026

The Town of Mooers is proud to announce plans for a community-wide celebration commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America during Labor Day Weekend, September 4–6, 2026.

This once-in-a-generation event will honor our nation's rich history while celebrating the people, places, and traditions that have shaped the Town of Mooers for more than two centuries.

Throughout the weekend, residents and visitors will experience a variety of historical, educational, and family-friendly events, including:

• Opening Ceremonies
• "A Town at the Crossing" – An original historical production depicting the founding and growth of Mooers
• Living History Experiences
• Guided Tours of Old Riverside Cemetery
• Railroad Heritage Experience featuring the historic passenger station, freight house, and caboose
• Mooers Through Time Community History Exhibit
• Community Heritage Festival
• Children's Heritage Activities
• Live Music and Entertainment
• America 250 Parade
• Community Barbecue
• Fireworks Finale

As plans continue to develop, additional event details, schedules, volunteer opportunities, and visitor information will be announced through the Town of Mooers website and official America 250 communications.

The Town of Mooers America 250 Committee extends its sincere appreciation to the many volunteers, community organizations, local businesses, sponsors, and municipal partners whose dedication and support are helping make this historic celebration possible.

Funding Acknowledgment

Portions of the Town of Mooers America 250 Celebration are supported through funding provided by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Special Projects Community (SCR) Grant Program. The Town of Mooers America 250 Committee gratefully acknowledges this support, along with the generous contributions of our volunteers, sponsors, donors, and community partners.

Please mark your calendars and plan to join us as we celebrate 250 years of American history while honoring the heritage, pride, and community spirit that continue to define the Town of Mooers.

September 4–6, 2026

Town of Mooers America 250 Committee

Honoring Our Past • Celebrating Our Present • Inspiring Our Future

Veteran Park 

When donating to our Veterans Park Brick program the Town Clerk has requested the checks be written to "Town of Mooers". My suggestion is to write Veterans Park or Beautification at the bottom of your check in the memo line.

We will be purchasing four more benches with engravings on them which will be installed in the Spring of 2025. These benches will be set along our walkways with additional Paver platforms under them. This will give eight new opportunities for sponsoring a bench. These will be the same donation as the original 8 benches in the Park now. There will be 4 bench plaques and 4 engraving plaques. At this time 4 of these sponsorship donations are available. The donation is $750 for a sponsorship and we will design a plaque with a memorial or honoree of your choice. Contact Vicki Brassard if you would like to sponsor a bench or engraving at 518-572-2597. 

Mooers and Mooers Forks Recreation Parks

Playgrounds: At this time the Beautification Committee has been restoring the playground at the Mooers Recreation Park. We have cleaned and urethane the playground units, cleaned and painted the 15 picnic tables, pressure washed, and started painting the Rest Room building, we used red paint which matches the picnic tables. We have been talking with multiple specialized playground companies and Recreation Directors about what we can do to improve our playgrounds and make them safe for the children. When the plans are complete, we will post an update.

Christmas Decorations throughout Mooers and Mooers Forks

We will be adding five additional lights this year on Route 11 through Mooers. To add additional lights, we needed to purchase special plug-in boxes for the NYSEG Poles we plan on using, and then NYSEG linemen will install those boxes. The boxes have been ordered and a work order has been initiated.

Flowerpots

Flower pots will not be seen throughout the Town next year. They will be used but in locations that work best for watering. This will also create more funds for other improvements we plan for our town.

Welcome Signs

The six welcome signs on the boundaries of our Town were all re-painted last year. Unfortunately, we will be discussing a plan to restore or replace the welcome signs entering Mooers from Champlain and entering Mooers from Ellenburg. These are very large welcome signs. They have stood well against our North Country weather but sadly are breaking down. After discussion with the highway and our Town Board, we will be making plans to replace them next Spring 2025.

Earth Day in May

We had a great Clean-up day last year on May 11 with about 15 volunteers. We started at 10 Am. Dunkin Donuts donated coffee, hot chocolate, and donuts for this event. The Town was not cluttered with debris or garbage so we were able to clean up by the old bridge, rake and trim the main street medium, and clear some leaves and brush out of the Old riverside cemetery. We finished up around 1 PM.

Christmas Decoration Contest

Due to financial restraints, we will not be hosting the Christmas decorating contest this year. We will be using all of our funds for the Veterans Park and other improvements in our Town. Thank You everyone who has entered this program in the past and added beauty to our Christmas Season. We look forward to these decorations every year.

What we can do to improve the aesthetics of our Town

Help a neighbor who may be struggling with their lawns in the summer, avoid discarded items piling up outside, maybe your neighbor is struggling with sickness and can't get their garbage to the curb or landfill. If there is a garage sale, find a way to clear items that didn't sell, rather than have metal items or broken-down unregistered vehicles sit in the yard bring them to the salvage yard and get cash for them, sometimes they will even arrange to have them picked up. If the sidewalks get overgrown with branches and weeds call the Town office to have them removed not everyone has the ability or means to take care of this type of work. This year we have seen an increase of people walking throughout the town, this is nice to see, and we will continue working towards getting these sidewalks rebuilt or re-surfaced. This is an expensive project and takes much planning.