MIDDLEBURGH - The Village of Middleburgh failed to get funding for a new strategic plan because state funding ran out, but luckily a village resident has stepped up to donate her time to draft one.

Patty Paser, a member of the village grants committee, spoke to village board members this month about drafting a strategic plan. She hopes the plan will be done and to the village board by July or August.

Ms. Paser, a Grove Street resident, noted that the village comprehensive plan was completed with the town in 2015. A comprehensive plan is more of a long-term vision while a strategic plan is a short-term guide and would identify items listed by the community by importance and need.

She plans to engage the community through surveys, interviews of certain local groups, booths at local events, phone interviews, community forums, and a survey, possibly in the next village newsletter. The village sent a survey out two years ago asking residents to identify the major issues facing the village. Ms. Paser said she will use the results of that survey in her strategic plan.

A strategic plan is important in helping the village secure state and other grants.

Ms. Paser, a MCS graduate and former teacher, is doing the plan at no cost to the village.