This week on In Focus, we’re talking about open spaces.

How do you balance the needs of a growing community with the need for open space and trails? This concern impacts communities all across the country and here in New York.

JoDee Kenney is joined by town of Clifton Park Supervisor Phil Barrett, who knows a lot about the topic — Clifton Park, New York, located north of Albany, continues to see a lot of business and residential growth.

Barrett discusses how that growth is affecting green spaces, open space, and land preservation initiatives at the town of Clifton Park and Saratoga County, and how these land preservation initiatives factor into decisions regarding business and housing development, new recreational areas 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.