Governor Cuomo recently announced that an invention company called Quirky is planning to open an office in downtown Schenectady. The company, which will occupy two floors in the Center City building, is expected to create 180 new jobs. Read more […]
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Bringing Transit-Oriented Development to New Rochelle
The TOD Study establishes the needed sustainable framework for the future development of the City of New Rochelle. -Luiz Aragon, Commissioner of Development, New Rochelle Empire State Future has long supported transit-oriented development (TOD) as a way to revitalize urban […]
continue readingThe fascinating remains of Rochester’s subway
Not many people know that Rochester, New York was the smallest American city to ever have a subway system. The system fizzled and died in the 1950s as the private automobile took over American life, but the relics and ruins […]
continue readingOnly in New York: Hudson Yards neighborhood to rise atop rai…
The Atlantic Cities features the coming Hudson Yards development in New York City–an entire neighborhood to be created atop an active rail yard. This amazing project will result in 26 acres of development and 17 million square feet of buildings. […]
continue readingLong Island foundation: innovative parking can revive downto…
The Long Island-based Rauch Foundation has unveiled designs submitted in response to its “ParkingPLUS Design Challenge,” initiated to “encourage a public discussion about parking structures in suburban downtowns and how they could be reimagined to better address downtown needs.” See […]
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Local Saratoga City Council unanimously opposes casino gaming Hermon Looks At Dissolving Village ( North Country) Cuomo gives Upstate Pep-talk, announces new film production facility in DeWitt DEP Offers $6 Million in Green Project Grants (NYC) Could More Flexible Air […]
continue readingNew York IDAs just can’t say no
A piece in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle illuminates how its County IDA and similarly others around the state rarely if ever say no to tax break applications that proceed to the IDA board decision level. Critics claim that these […]
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Local IBM to bring 500 new jobs to Buffalo Arnprior to stay in Rochester, expand Advocates map strategies to strengthen South Shore (Long Island) Rochester leading economic thaw in western NY How to Keep the Public in Public Housing (NYC) […]
continue readingErie County makes first Smart Growth Fund grant
The Village of Lancaster in Erie County is the recipient of the first grant from the County’s new competitive Smart Growth Fund, created to “employ Smart Growth principles to enhance village and hamlet centers, connect employment corridors with new neighborhoods, […]
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Utica City Hall to get urban planning studio
The City of Utica, in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County, will be establishing a Rust 2 Green urban planning studio in city hall. The studio will be staffed by two planners who will focus on bringing smart […]
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