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 […]
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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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I Marched Too.
I too was a drop in the river of 350,000 climate change marchers in Manhattan a few weeks ago. I was glad to be there amidst the largest climate change event ever. The buzz that day reminded me of the […]
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, […]
continue reading“Peak sprawl” in the NYC metro area?
A new study out of Rutgers University reveals that over the last five years, the outer suburban counties of the New York City metro area have lost population as the “core” has grown, signaling a surprising reversal of outward sprawl […]
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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 […]
continue reading Legoland in Rockland County may not be a great boost to tax …
Legoland is talking about building a theme park in Rockland County, and as you might expect, the idea has its vehement supporters and detractors. LoHud.com posits in a recent article that the tax base generated by the park could severely […]
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