I too was a drop in the river of 350,000 climate change marchers in Manhattan a few weeks ago. I was glad to be there amidst the largest climate change event ever. The buzz that day reminded me of the first Earth Day which I attended with my mom years ago. I vaguely remember marching […]
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(Photo courtesy of Syracuse.com: Supporters of the plan to house immigrant children on the campus of the former Maria Regina College) If it were only a case of 50,000 destitute children interned for trying to enter the United States, we would not still be reading about this ongoing sadness. Many right-minded, good people fear that where […]
continue readingSolar City will open the Western Hemisphere’s largest solar panel manufacturing operation in South Buffalo on the site of a former steel plant, and is poised to bring with it more jobs (3,000 possible) than the steel plant ever had, even in its heyday. This facility will be three times bigger than any other solar […]
continue readingA new study out of Rutgers University reveals that over the last five years, the outer suburban counties of the New York City metro area have lost population as the “core” has grown, signaling a surprising reversal of outward sprawl that has defined the region since 1950. Read more about the study at Streetsblog NYC
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photo Syracuse.com A prominent building in downtown Syracuse went dark in 2008 when major regional employer Excellus moved their people to the suburbs. Soon, the building will be 73 apartments, right in the heart of downtown. Read more at Syracuse.com
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It took sixteen seconds in Governor Cuomo’s 2014 State of the State address to re-awaken a dormant relic of an idea for New York’s North Country. Said Cuomo in January: “In the North Country, the proposed Route 98 could reduce travel times and speedup commerce. Let’s see if we can make it a reality. We’ve […]
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Legoland is talking about building a theme park in Rockland County, and as you might expect, the idea has its vehement supporters and detractors. LoHud.com posits in a recent article that the tax base generated by the park could severely disappoint. Read the article in LoHud.com
continue readingU.S. News and World Report today published An Urban Revival in the Rust Belt, and while the article focused nicely on Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh, the progress made in Detroit, Rochester, Syracuse, and other so-called Rust Belt cities could have made the piece. Read the article
continue readingResidents of the beleaguered burg of New Lebanon, New York have conjured up a creative initiative for building interest in the town’s rural life. Read about it in the New York Times
continue readingA NY Times article from last week highlights the construction boom of apartment buildings, while the number of single-family home starts remain low. Read more here.
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