The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) generously granted Stephen Petronio Company $500,000 to conserve a 77-acre parcel of land surrounding the Petronio Residency Center, adjacent to the Catskill Preserve, designating it as a forever wild open space to be named the Doris Duke Preserve at Round Top, Greene County. This novel undertaking will enable SPC to safeguard the sustainability of the Petronio Residency Center while protecting in perpetuity an important haven for biodiversity.
The grant facilitates SPC’s ability to obtain full and enduring ownership of the expansive property that cradles the Petronio Residency Center—where it works to nurture generations of contemporary dance artists—while simultaneously expanding the footprint of protected land along the Catskill corridor and significantly advancing regional conservation efforts in the Hudson Valley.