WHO: State Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid

WHEN: Today, Friday, January 10, 2020; 1:30pm

WHERE: Pine Plains in Chenango Valley State Park
               153 State Park Road
               Chenango Forks, NY 13746

Commissioner Erik Kulleseid will be at Chenango Valley State Park to help kick off this weekend’s Binghamton Pond Fest, an outdoor ice hockey tournament that draws youth and adult teams from New York and numerous other states. Commissioner will be testing out a refrigerated ice sheet that is 40 percent larger that outdoor rinks used during outdoor NHL contests. The festival, which runs through January, is a fundraiser for youth mental health programs by the Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier.

Also attending will be Broome County Executive Jason Garnar, representatives of the Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier, and the tourism development group Visit Binghamton.