VISIBILITY
You can trust her to know Saugerties, all of its residents, and that she can advocate for Saugerties on the county level. She is accessible and you see her walking around the village supporting other small businesses.
VOLUNTEERISM
She cares enough to show up, to do the hard work it takes to get things done. She serves on several volunteer and elected boards and committees. She believes that volunteerism is what makes Saugerties special.
VISION
Nina bought and restored the once derelict Victorian mansion on 9W. Once an eyesore for 30 years, this crumbling historic building was transformed by Nina’s vision and hard work. It took perseverance and unrelenting passion to complete this renovation project.
In the News
But don’t take our word for it, see for yourself.
“Lifelong resident Nina Schmidbaur has transformed Clovelea, a derelict Queen Anne mansion, into the home of a flourishing therapeutic collective of ten practitioners offering mental health and acupuncture.”
“Then there is Nina Schmidbaur, 31, a social worker who became a local hero when she bought a crumbling Victorian mansion on Route 9W called Clovelea that she had vowed to own since childhood, though it had been ravaged by fire and two decades of neglect.”
“I think it takes someone who’s local, someone who has a specific vision,” she continued. “There are a lot of hoops that people went through. The previous owners, they were all more interested in creating something that makes a lot of money.”
