This year’s State of the State and budget proposal offers lots of good Smart Growth news…potentially. There is a meaningful amount of new state money proposed for Downtown revitalization, waste water repairs, the Environmental Protection Fund, and municipal consolidation encouragement. […]
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Fighting invasive vines with local youth
This past weekend Empire State Future teamed up with the Green Tech High Varsity Basketball Team and Youth-EdVenture Nature Network (YENN) to cut down invasive vines on the Corning Preserve bike trail in downtown Albany. We even had the Mayor of Albany, Kathy […]
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Empire State Future backs up Coalition Member Scenic Hudson’s efforts to protect a key Hudson River location and achieve balanced growth for the Hudson Valley. Letter to the Editor Southern Ulster Times Published June 25, 2014 In regard to […]
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Will far-flung STAMP project in Genesee County really attrac…
The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle delves into the 1,300-acre speculative greenfield development in rural Genesee County, interviewing folks on both sides of the issue, including our own Peter Fleischer. Read the article in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle […]
continue readingBuffalo Artvoice writer exhorts Upstate metros to pursue cit…
(July 31, 2012) Buffalo Artvoice writer Bruce Fisher suggests strongly that Upstate regions can only grow and prosper in the right ways if they cast aside counterproductive parochialism and consolidate their central cities and surrounding counties. Read Bruce’s full piece, […]
continue readingCity and State: Land Bank Profile
(June 20, 2012) This week the publication City and State featured a quote from Executive Director, Peter Fleischer as they explain to their audience the value of the new land bank tool. Click here to read the full article. […]
continue readingThe Oneida Daily Dispatch interviews Empire State FutureR…
On Friday February 24, 2012, ESF’s Executive Director, Peter Fleischer will be one of two keynote speakers at the ‘Shades of Green in Madison County’ Conference. Peter will share a statewide perspective on ESF’s work to revitalize main streets, town […]
continue readingRochester’s CITY alternative newsweekly features land …
Empire State Future Executive Director Peter Fleischer and the Center for Community Progress Director Dan Kildee were interviewed last week by CITY, Rochester’s award-winning alternative newsweekly. The topic? Land banks. Since the Land Banking Authority bill was signed into law, […]
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Ithaca (September 14, 2011) Tonight, Peter Fleischer will be presenting in Ithaca on the benefits of density and smart growth for Tompkins County. For a preview of tonight’s discussion check out this morning’s WHCU interview. WHCU Sept 14, 2011 (click […]
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Take it to the land bank: how cities can help to salvage all…
This Op-Ed, written by Peter B. Fleischer and Jordan Talbot of ESF, was published in the Albany Times Union, May 15 2011. The artwork is republished courtesy Jeff Boyer/Times Union Abandoned houses and vacant properties blight New York’s urban landscape […]
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