This week on In Focus, our conversation focuses on the delicate balance of maintaining open spaces and managing development.

Clifton Park is hoping to lead the state with its effort to develop the current infrastructure and preserve outdoor opportunities for their residents.

Dave Miller, chairman of the Town of Clifton Park Open Space, Trails, and Riverfront Committee, joins the show to talk about their work, why it’s important to have committees like the Open Space, Trails and Riverfront Committee, what people can do to get involved in helping to protect the open spaces of the state, the benefit of committees like the NYSDEC Region Five Open Space Advisory Committee and more.

You can watch the full interview above. And be sure to tune in for a look inside the biggest issues impacting upstate New York on In Focus with JoDee Kenney — every Sunday on Spectrum News 1.