(Chateaugay Correctional Facility in Franklin County is among four slated for closure. Photo: Google Maps) How abandoned prisons across the state may take advantage of “tax free zones”… the number of NY farm breweries continues to grow… and do NY […]
continue reading“Nano Utica” has recently been announced by Governor Cuomo as a sequel to the Albany facility, modeled after the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering facility. It will be run by CNSE and the SUNY Institute of Technology in […]
continue readingNYC voters want better infrastructure for bikes and pedestrians…Green Infrastructure leaves its mark across the country…and Niagara Falls launches a competition for downtown development projects in this weeks roundup! Local Buffalo River remarkable recovery continues with $44 million sediment clean […]
continue readingCuomo announces funding for clean water infrastructure projects… Long Island begins efforts towards transit-oriented development… and Schumer backs Central New York application to become a national test site for drones in this weeks smart growth roundup. Local Seven WNY projects […]
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(Photo courtesy of the Times Union) Empire State Future recently wrote a blog about Utica’s Union Station applauding them for preserving and investing in their historic downtown rail station. Kiernan Plaza, which originally functioned as the City of Albany’s train station, […]
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Photo: Heldeberg hops grow outside of a barn in Altamont, NY. Photo by Paul Buckowski, Times Union Since Governor Cuomo passed legislation last summer supporting New York’s craft breweries and requiring the use of locally grown farm products, hops and […]
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New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, agreed to hear an appeal filed by a landowner and a natural gas extraction company that challenges lower court’s upholding of municipal bans on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the […]
continue readingThe Empire State Development Corporation has approved $2.025 million in grants and loans to support development of an industrial “mega site” in rural Genesee County. This funding will help the Science Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Project (STAMP) to purchase the […]
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The New York Times recently featured the Erie County Village of Hamburg’s decision to narrow rather than widen it’s main street; it chronicles the process and the myriad benefits reaped by the “road diet” and “traffic calming” on Route 62. […]
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In the far southwest corner of New York State, Jamestown (pop. 31,000) is striving to become the capital of comedy. Inspired by the hometown heroine Lucille Ball’s legacy of laughs, Jamestown’s leaders are seeking to make the city a magnet […]
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