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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Corning-based preservation architect focused on bringing lif…
For over two decades Elise Johnson-Schmidt has focused her preservation architecture efforts on buildings in Corning–and has branched way beyond, dedicated to bringing new life to the upper floors of historic buildings in communities throughout the state. Her projects include […]
continue readingSolarCity: a huge boon, bonanza for Buffalo
Solar 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, […]
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Key vacant downtown building in Syracuse to be developed
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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Pedestrians dying disproportionately in poorer neighborhoods…
photo New York Times Governing magazine has released a sobering analysis revealing that pedestrian fatalities in American communities are much higher in poorer neighborhoods. The article’s subtitle: “Many cities have made pedestrian safety a priority, but their efforts rarely focus on poorer […]
continue readingOutdated, outmoded parking policies price families out of ci…
This analysis in CityLab (formerly The Atlantic Cities) connects arcane parking regulations and policies with the rising inability of families to stay living in American cities. The subtitle of this article: “Bundling parking with living space structurally raises the cost of urban […]
continue readingUrban planner opens downtown Rochester independent grocery
Hart’s Local Grocers is the first full-service downtown grocery store in over twenty years, named fondly after a local market chain that once had 113 stores throughout the city. The store’s founder and president–an urban planner and economist–believes a surge in […]
continue readingNew York’s highest court to hear appeal on municipal f…
The New York State Court of Appeals will hear the oil and gas industry’s appeal of municipal decisions in New York to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The local communities enacting these bans claim their “home rule” authority trumps […]
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