Dragon Springs Expansion: What the Public Record Shows
Nine plain-language posters, built from public town, state and federal records, so neighbors can understand the plan and have their say.
FROM THE APPLICANT’S PLANSFinal Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), 28 Aug 2026, pp. 2, 7, 13, 35, 45
In 60 seconds
- What’s proposed: a 920-seat music hall, a temple complex, two parking garages, a second lake, and sewage capacity rising from 18,400 to 100,000 gallons a day. Nothing is approved yet.
- What the experts found: three reviews done for Deerpark Rural Alliance and NYenvironcom say important information is missing on sewage, groundwater, stormwater and traffic. CEA Engineers says the Planning Board
cannot approve the FEIS
without it. See the expert reviews ↓ - Have your say: written comments are due Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 7 PM. Use the letter builder below, email agorr@townofdeerparkny.gov, or mail the Planning Board at PO Box 621, Huguenot, NY 12746.
Built first, approved later
Much of this campus was approved only after it was built: court settlements in 2014 and 2023 approved buildings already standing, and this plan asks the Board to approve four more already-built items. The FEIS never says what happened to the 8th story the Town ordered taken to the Zoning Board or torn down in 2016.
FROM THE APPLICANT’S PLANSPUBLIC RECORDFEIS (28 Aug 2026) pp. 2, 4, 19, 66; Town Notice of Violation, 28 Sep 2016 (Town FOIL records, pp. 24–25). See Poster 8 ↓
Each poster opens with a one-line takeaway. Click any poster to enlarge it, and use the arrow keys to flip through them.
The project at a glance
A music hall, a temple, garages, a second lake and more than five times the sewage capacity. Nothing is approved yet.
Where the water goes
How rain and runoff move off the campus toward the Basher Kill stream and the Neversink River.
Sewage on a steep hillside
Where the septic field would go, and why steep ground raises the risk.
The second lake
The planned second lake, shown with public elevation data.
Then and now: 2010 to 2025
Aerial photos show how the land has changed over 15 years.
The track record
A timeline of permits, violations and enforcement, taken from public records, including the 2016 stop-work order over an added 8th story and the $7,500 fine in 2018.
They say, the record shows
Public claims about the project, side by side with what the documents say.
What’s missing from the record
Questions the environmental review still leaves unanswered, including buildings approved only after they were built.
Sources and citations
Every fact on these posters, and where it came from.
Expert reviews of the FEIS
Three expert reviews, all dated September 30, 2026, and each done for Deerpark Rural Alliance and NYenvironcom. CEA Engineers and SIMCO Engineering addressed theirs to the Planning Board; HydroQuest addressed its letter to the Town of Deerpark.
CEA Engineers
Engineering review of the FEIS: sewage, stormwater and erosion control (23 pages)
Takeaway: the Planning Board cannot approve the FEIS
and must require submission of a revised FEIS
. p. 2
HydroQuest
Groundwater and wastewater comment letter (2 pages)
Takeaway: prove the groundwater supply first. Project size, design, and approval should occur AFTER the quantity of available groundwater is proven, not before.
p. 2
SIMCO Engineering
Review of the applicant’s traffic study (5 pages)
Takeaway: the traffic study leaves the 920-seat music hall out of weekday traffic. This is a huge omission.
p. 4
Takeaways are short plain-language summaries; words in quotation marks are exact quotes. Each page link opens the PDF at that page.
Send a written comment
The Planning Board is taking written comments on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). You don’t need to be an expert. Pick the issues that matter to you, add your name, and send the letter below, or write your own.
What should the Board do? (untick any you don’t want)
Email to agorr@townofdeerparkny.gov (Planning Board secretary). If the email button doesn’t open your mail app, copy the letter and paste it into a new email to that address, or print it and mail it.
Mail a letter
Town of Deerpark Planning Board
PO Box 621
Huguenot, NY 12746
Mailed or dropped-off letters must reach the Planning Board by the deadline. Ask that your comment be included in the official record.