A former director of the Empire State Development Corporation explains why parks such as the High Line in New York City are magnets for the kind of development and developers we seek in our communities. Read more at Planetizen […]
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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 readingThe “end” of New York City?
A New York City-based blog has emerged that laments the transformation of a NYC filled with small, independent businesses to one of chains, franchises, and too much gleam and gentrification. Check out the blog: Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York […]
continue readingWine Village, continues.
Empire State Future backs up Coalition Member Scenic Hudson’s efforts to protect a key Hudson River location and achieve balanced growth for the Hudson Valley. Letter to the Editor Southern Ulster Times Published June 25, 2014 In regard to […]
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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American cities lack the courage to curb cars?
Emily Badger of The Atlantic Cities shines light on an uncomfortable truth–that American communities don’t have the courage yet to enact policies that serve to effectively curb car use, and that our quests for smart growth, sustainable development, and walkable […]
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12 strategies to revitalize your downtown
This UrbanScale blog presents a twelve-item checklist for revitalizing a downtown. Take a look at the list–how many of these twelve strategies has your community employed? Read the list at urbanscale.com […]
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Keeping Farmland in the Hands of Farmers
(Farmland in the Catskill Country-Photo courtesy of John Collier) Even though farms are protected from development by conservation easements that doesn’t stop bankers from buying up all the land and adding a hefty price tag beyond any farmers means. This […]
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Can urban-minded Millennials save the suburbs?
A planning student blogger posits that the Millennials that are eschewing suburbia and its car-culture today might just be able to bring the right kind of development and community design to the struggling suburbs. Read the post at Better Institutions […]
continue readingOp-Ed: America’s most effective urban revitalization i…
The New York Times recently featured an op-ed by Michael Rubinger, chief executive of Local Initiatives Support Corporation, that illuminates the threat of current federal tax reform efforts to two tax credit programs that have done much to revitalize challenged […]
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