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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Please Write to HUD
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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$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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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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LoHud.com updates several Westchester-Rockland development p…
LoHud.com recently published a helpful compilation of major development projects in the pipeline for Westchester and Rockland Counties; the piece explains each project and gives an update on where they currently stand. Read more at LoHud.com […]
continue readingBuffalo strives for effective housing for the homeless
Hope Gardens, a Buffalo housing project of the Lt. Col. Matt Urban Human Services Center, includes a curious design feature–padded benches outdoors for those formerly homeless women residents to sleep on, if they choose. This feature is part of the designers’ […]
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60 Minutes takes on failing infrastructure
The issue of failing infrastructure–and how to fund the fixes so badly needed–was the lead story on the Sunday, November 23 edition of 60 Minutes on CBS. If those watching football prior to the show stayed in front of their […]
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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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Syracuse downtown seeing booming residential population grow…
Syracuse’s downtown has seen an astonishing 47 percent increase in residential population in the last decade, including a 21 percent spike in just the last three years. Cynics will probably say the statistics are impressive only because the downtown population […]
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Hug a Tree: Help Our Youth, Your Commute and Your Community
[Photo courtesy of Groundwork Hudson Valley] Trees are our greenest form of infrastructure. They provide shade, cooling, beauty, and oxygen. Trees support road and rail embankments by holding soil in place. They help drainage. They sequester CO2. They can also […]
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