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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Kodak’s vast industrial park, Rochester economy gettin…
Rochester’s Kodak Park, once the largest industrial complex on the east coast and one of the largest in the world, is blossoming again with innovation, thanks to repurposing as the Eastman Business Park and the move-in of dozens of startups […]
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Syracuse: Did an elevated highway through the city create &#…
The Atlantic recently published How to Decimate a City, a hard-hitting look at Syracuse, it’s unparalleled concentration and consequences of urban poverty, and the reasons it got the way it is. The author points to the elevated I-81 through the heart […]
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Pioneering Ithaca Pedestrian-Only Downtown Zone Completes Fa…
Ithaca Commons, a forty-year-old no-car zone covering several blocks in downtown Ithaca, New York, is considered a pioneer in the “pedestrian mall” concept in the U.S. The City of Ithaca just unveiled a major renovation of the Commons. Such pedestrian-only […]
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Detroit is attracting creatives from NYC. Can Upstate cities…
photo of Syracuse’s downtown Armory Square (syracuse.com) “I want to develop artists, not destroy them, and they simply can’t afford to live and work there anymore.” This quote is from a New York City gallery director who decided to move […]
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Since 2012, Empire State Future has worked with a coalition seeking to correct elements of Federal housing policy that restricts funding for mixed use projects. FHA, HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac programs limit loans, loan insurance and mortgages to […]
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Must-read piece on Buffalo by Catherine Humber
In The Baffler, Catherine Humber digs into the extraordinarily complex place that is Buffalo, delving deeply into its past, present, and future. Read the piece in The Baffler […]
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$5 Billion. So You Say We’re Flush…
Whether you live in Buffalo, Rome, Albany, Brooklyn or Long Island your toilet, your view, your favorite beach, your water supply are all part of our shared water and sewer systems. Our favorite places and most pressing needs interconnect and […]
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NEW YORK BANS FRACKING
At long last, the Cuomo administration has rendered its internationally-awaited decision on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the Empire State–and the decision is to prohibit the controversial process from Montauk to Niagara Falls, from Jamestown to Plattsburgh, and everywhere […]
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State announces 2014 Regional Economic Development Council A…
Ending the suspense and anticipation around the Empire State, the Governor has announced the state’s 2014 Regional Economic Development Council grant awards. Empire State Future has been pleasantly surprised with the extent to which these grants have embodied and advanced smart […]
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