Editing Rosendale (CDP), New York (section)

=== Modern Rosendale ===
After the village's disincorporation, taxes decreased for former village residents, but increased for Rosendale residents throughout the rest of the town. The population of the former village has grown 24.5&nbsp;percent, from 1,220 to an estimated 1,519 people.<ref name="dissolution-report">{{Cite web |url=http://www.wellsvilleny.com/pdf%20files/village%20forms/Hattery_I_Report.pdf |title=Final Report: Wellsville Town-Village Municipal Study: Discussion of Organizational Form Options, Joint Budget and Service Delivery Summary With Recommendations for Action |first=Michael R. |last=Hattery |pages=4–5 |publisher=[[Wellsville (village), New York|Village of Wellsville]] |date=June 1998 |access-date=2011-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130063751/http://wellsvilleny.com/pdf%20files/village%20forms/Hattery_I_Report.pdf |archive-date=2010-11-30 }}</ref><ref name="census" /> The same year that the village chose to disincorporate, the Wallkill Valley rail line that ran through the village also ceased regular service.{{sfn|Mabee|1995|p=135}}

The revitalization of businesses in the former village was credited to the influx of artists. Prior to the 1980s, store owners in Rosendale Village had either retired or died, and their shops had become residential or simply abandoned. Newcomers purchased these properties, restored them, and returned them to commercial service.<ref name="main-street">{{Cite news |title=Main Streeters lead Rosendale renaissance |newspaper=[[Daily Freeman]] |location=Kingston, NY |date=1988-01-31 |first=Claudie |last=Chaneles}}</ref>

On September&nbsp;13, 1991, the Century House Historical Society was formed to preserve and educate on the history of the Rosendale cement industry. The [[New York State Education Department]] granted a permanent charter to the organization on June 13, 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.centuryhouse.org/the-society/the-chhs-charter/|title=The CHHS Charter – Century House Historical Society}}</ref> The Society maintains a museum and holds frequent events on the history and geology of the area. The Society held a concert in one of the former cement mines, the [[Widow Jane Mine]], around 1996; the concert caused severe traffic and presented a fire hazard, and the society was subsequently sued by the town which was subsequently dismissed.<ref name="bad-vibes" /> The Widow Jane Mine has been the site of poetry readings, Taiko drumming, "all-night raves, Halloween horror shows and role-playing vampire games".<ref name="widow-jane">{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2002/07/12/life/4713544.txt |title=Bang |newspaper=[[Daily Freeman]] |location=Kingston, NY |date=2002-07-12 |access-date=2011-02-13 |first=Blaise |last=Schweitzer}}</ref> It is also one of the few mines in Rosendale that is almost [[Room and pillar|completely horizontal]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.centuryhouse.org/widjmine.html |title=The Widow Jane Mine |publisher=Century House Historic Society |access-date=2011-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719065937/http://www.centuryhouse.org/widjmine.html |archive-date=2011-07-19 }}</ref> and is part of the [[Snyder Estate Natural Cement Historic District]].<ref name="catskills-live">{{Cite web |url=http://www.catskillslive.org/QuadricentennialChallengeGeocaches/WidowJaneMine/index.htm |title=Quadricentennial Challenge: Widow Jane Mine |publisher=Catskill Live! Trails & Wilderness Association |access-date=2011-02-13}}</ref>

Rosendale hosts several annual festivals. The Rosendale Street Festival, held in the end of July on Main Street, showcases local talent and celebrates the birthday of Rosendale icon, Uncle Willy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rosendalestreetfestival.org/2018/|title=The Rosendale Street Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> Rosendale has held an annual [[Pickled cucumber|pickle]] festival since 1998.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101122/NEWS/11220325 |title=Crowds are tickled by pickles in Rosendale |first=Alyssa |last=Sunkin |date=2010-11-22 |access-date=2011-02-13 |newspaper=[[Times Herald-Record]] |publisher=[[Dow Jones Local Media Group]] |location=Middletown, NY}}</ref> Some view the pickle festival as a form of social expression, and the "current artisan pickling scene" has been compared to the mentality of early [[Microbrewery|microbreweries]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071119/NEWS/711190318 |title=Pickle festival highlights food as social statement |first=Meghan E. |last=Murphy |date=2007-11-19 |access-date=2011-02-13 |newspaper=[[Times Herald-Record]] |publisher=[[Dow Jones Local Media Group]] |location=Middletown, NY}}</ref> The pickle festival was originally started by Eri Yamaguchi and Bill Brooks,<ref>{{Cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720012039/http://www.newpaltz.edu/oracle/article.cfm?id=1615 |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url=http://www.newpaltz.edu/oracle/article.cfm?id=1615 |title=Pickles Tickle Rosendale |date=2004-12-02 |access-date=2011-02-15 |publisher=[[State University of New York at New Paltz|SUNY New Paltz]] |location=New Paltz, NY |newspaper=New Paltz Oracle |first=Samantha |last=Camillery |volume=76 |issue=10}}</ref> as a way to introduce Ulster County to pickled [[Japanese cuisine|Japanese food]], such as [[Tsukemono|oshinko]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ulsterpublishing.com/view/full_story/10363815/article--Brine-trust-13th-annual-International-Pickle-Festival-returns-to-Rosendale-this-Sunday- |title=Brine trust: 13th annual International Pickle Festival returns to Rosendale this Sunday |date=2010-11-18 |access-date=2011-02-15 |publisher=[[Ulster Publishing]] |newspaper=Hudson Valley Times |location=Kingston, NY |first=Frances Marion |last=Platt}}</ref> The festival has featured [[Japanese traditional dance|Japanese traditional dancing]].<ref>{{Cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720012140/http://www.newpaltz.edu/oracle/article.cfm?id=479 |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url=http://www.newpaltz.edu/oracle/article.cfm?id=479 |title=A different kind of festival |date=2002-12-05 |access-date=2011-02-15 |publisher=[[State University of New York at New Paltz|SUNY New Paltz]] |location=New Paltz, NY |newspaper=New Paltz Oracle |first=Alexander R. |last=Brown |volume=74 |issue=11}}</ref> At the first pickle festival the number of people attending was 1,000, a number five times greater than expected. The following year it was double that, and by 2003, attendance was almost 5,000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://picklefest.com/6.html |title=The Life of the Rosendale International Pickle Festivals |publisher=International Pickle Festival |first1=Bill |last1=Brooks |first2=Cathy |last2=Brooks |year=2004 |access-date=2011-02-14}}</ref> Rosendale also holds a recurring winter festival known as "Frozendale",<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2006/02/10/entertainment/16098328.txt |title=Rosendale brings the love with festival |newspaper=[[Daily Freeman]] |location=Kingston, NY |date=2006-02-10 |first=Bonnie |last=Langston |access-date=2011-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2007/12/07/entertainment/19092858.txt |title=Rosendale turns into 'Frozendale' |newspaper=[[Daily Freeman]] |location=Kingston, NY |date=2007-12-07 |access-date=2011-02-13}}</ref> and in late September 2010, the hamlet had a [[zombie (fictional)|zombie]]-themed festival.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/09/24/entertainment/doc4c9bf77833636441294770.txt |title=Zombie parade, festival in Rosendale on Saturday |newspaper=[[Daily Freeman]] |location=Kingston, NY |date=2010-09-24 |access-date=2011-02-14}}</ref> Rosendale has also held two Mermaid Parades in recent years the first in 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newpaltzx.com/2015/07/06/rosendale-gets-festive-for-pool-fund-with-new-mermaid-parade/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707011439/http://www.newpaltzx.com/2015/07/06/rosendale-gets-festive-for-pool-fund-with-new-mermaid-parade/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 7, 2015|title = Rosendale gets festive for Pool Fund with new Mermaid Parade - Hudson Valley One|date = 6 July 2015}}</ref> and the second in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rosendalevictorian.wixsite.com/mermaid-parade/portraits|title = Participants}}</ref> Historically, Rosendale's festivals have "draw[n as many as] 30,000 people".<ref name="bad-vibes" />