Vision and Goals

Vision Statement

The Village of Cayuga is an unequivocal gem on the north end of Cayuga Lake. With the inclusion of the LWRP, it will be a community that provides the best quality of life for its residents and an exceptional visitor experience by capitalizing on the uniqueness and beauty of its location on the lake. The Village will leverage its quaint, historically-significant, waterfront-village charm to attract appropriate neighborhood-scale commercial activity to serve its residents and visitors while balancing the need to protect the natural resource that makes the Village so exceptional – the lake. The Village of Cayuga Local Waterfront Revitalization Program will serve as a roadmap to achieve this vision and the following visions for its Waterfront Revitalization Area:

Protect The Lake

and its shore to enhance water quality for the benefit

of all present and future aquatic life and users of the lake.

DEVELOP AN ACTIVE AND DISTINCT WATERFRONT

that promotes and positions the Village of Cayuga

as a unique waterfront destination in the Finger Lakes Region.

ENHANCE THE RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCE

so that the Village of Cayuga is known as the premier access location

to the northern end of Cayuga Lake for all types of users.

Goals

1. Enhance the park and recreation experience of the Village of Cayuga.

2. Establish a unique waterfront tourist destination by capitalizing on the distinctive history of the Village, and by providing improved physical and visual access to the waterfront, including formal access to the former Cayuga-Seneca Canal breakwater pier.

3. Seek funding, partnerships, and programming to combat harmful algal blooms, invasive species, and general environmental quality issues adversely affecting the waterfront.

4. Encourage and focus development in areas that are zoned for mixed-uses in order to serve residents and visitors of the Village.

5. Sustainably invest in infrastructure that supports the needs of an affordable, growing community of families in the Village, and seek funding and partnerships to maintain this infrastructure.