Cold Spring draws new projects
A deli, gym and spa are among the projects the Cold Spring Planning Board has recently approved or is reviewing for Main Street.
At 72 Main St., work is underway to transform the former home of Kismet into Nobody’s Deli. Brian Tormey, the building’s owner, told the Planning Board on June 27 that the eatery will offer “affordable quality foods” and “thematically focus on celebrating the local high school and college sports teams.”
The deli will be operated by Jonathan Flagler and his wife, Tara Sweet-Flagler, owns The Main Course and Sweet Harvest Cafe in Cold Spring, Hudson River Healing and Wellness in Nelsonville and Beacon D’Lites in Beacon. Sweet-Flagler said they are shooting for a Labor Day opening.
In addition to a counter and kitchen, a small seating area will be installed in the front of the space and outdoors in a yard between 72 and 76 Main, said Tormey, noting that the building once was home to a butcher and deli. “We are taking what was Kismet back to its roots,” he said.
Other proposed and approved projects include:
40 Main St.
Josiah Garetson has applied to open Foundry Fitness, an unstaffed gym with free weights and other equipment that members can access using a code or key card between 5 a.m. and midnight.
Access would be limited to three members at a time, with slots reserved via an app. Safety features would include surveillance cameras, panic buttons, defibrillators and first-aid kits.
“The idea is to create the ultimate home gym, high-intensity workout space,” Garetson told the Planning Board on June 13.
Unstaffed gyms have opened elsewhere, but some Planning Board members expressed concern about the lack of on-site staff and the ability of first responders to gain access during emergencies.
“If someone is having a heart attack, what are you going to do?” asked Ben Cheah, a board member. “If there’s physical violence between two of your members, what are you going to do about it?”
The Planning Board continued its review on June 27 and scheduled a public hearing for July 25 that was later canceled.
133-135 Main St.
The building’s ground floor is divided into a commercial space and a single-family residence that includes the second floor. The Planning Board voted June 13 to approve an application from Matthew Beachak to convert the first floor of the residence to a commercial space and the second-floor residential space into two apartments with access from new stairs and a rear deck.
Beachak also would like to replace the brick stoop and wood porch with a single covered wood porch, extend part of the rear of the building to match previous additions and possibly install solar panels.
The Historic District Review Board approved the project on July 2 following a public hearing. Beachak said on Tuesday (Aug. 6) that work will likely begin next summer.
143-145 Main St.
Yan Min Cao of the Good Life Wellness Spa applied on July 23 to change the second floor from offices to a spa offering acupressure, foot reflexology, skin treatments, massage and facials. The board has not met since the submission.
