ECHO-Essex Community Heritage Organization

Mission Statement

Formed in December 1969, the Essex Community Heritage Organization has worked for thirty-two years to preserve a village which is one of the finest and most intact collections of Federal and Greek Revival architecture in rural New York State. Through education, advocacy, rehabilitation and economic revitalization initiatives, ECHO and its over three hundred members have strived to develop programs which simultaneously preserve the architectural and environmental qualities of the community and create new economic and housing opportunities for residents.