Assemblyman Santabarbara has announced a partnership with the Mohawk Valley Tourism Center to ramp up tourism in the Mohawk Valley and Erie Canal towns. This weekend kicked-off the grand opening of the new Tribes Hill Heritage Center at the Via Port in Rotterdam. The Center will serve a mission that sets the Mohawk Valley and Canal Country as a tourism destination, with CDTA bus connections from Via Port Rotterdam to historical attractions in the Capital District and sites up to Utica/Rome.

“I’m pleased to be a part of this special event here in our community that is the start of a historic tourism effort,” said Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara. “This exciting new partnership brings towns, villages, and historical organizations together with CDTA, Via Port Rotterdam and Mohawk Valley Region Economic Development to establish a unique regional tourism destination.”