Smart Growth Roundup for the Week of August 25, 2013

Posted by Empire State Future & filed under Smart Growth Roundup.

New York’s highest court to hear fracking appeal…push starts for $5 billion state infrastructure and environmental bond act…Lake George to become a “smart lake” to monitor climate change… and the usual slew of land use and development stuff from around the state in this week’s Roundup.

Local

Seneca County Supervisors mull bonds for IDA-backed projects

New Major League Soccer Team Eyeing Arena Near Yankee Stadium

Salmon River fishing scene to get new hotel option from Syracuse developer (Oswego County)

Meetings set for talks of riverfront development in Middletown

Officials eye $58M Albany convention center

Binghamton Earns “Preferred Sustainability Status”

$8M CDBG Funds Awarded Mohawk Valley Projects

Major Syracuse Dunkin’ franchisee has plans for empty city lot

Tower in view of painter’s old NY home sparks suit

Average New Yorkers being priced out of Manhattan

Wyndham hotel opens for business in Amherst (Buffalo)

Uniland takes new downtown project to planners (Buffalo)

Town limits development of NY’s Plum Island (Long Island)

Federal-Funded Effort May Reshape East New York

American Dream mall close to landing key tenants, but still negotating legal hurdles (NYC)

Rochester’s downtown Midtown Tower Project Gets County IDA Assistance

Seneca hires company to coordinate gaming development in Rochester suburb

Williamsville debates development, signs (Buffalo)

Syracuse to seize 18 properties intended for South Side supermarket

Pier 17 Development Eyed Warily By Community (NYC)

Albany Looks for Cost-Effective Convention Center

Rochester tourism strategy stresses link to Finger Lakes

Downtown’s Court Street in for upgrade (Buffalo)

State

NY’s highest court to hear anti-fracking case

Push starts for new $5B environmental bond act

Smart Cities Technology Hub to Open in New York

Enviros tout Regional Greenhouse Gas Inventory success stories

Fracking groups & Obama in Binghamton

Pristine Lake George to be Made a ‘Smart Lake’ to Monitor Climate Change

 

National/International

Why Millennials Might Save the Suburbs

Should Cities Mandate Yards?

Pristine Lake George to be Made a ‘Smart Lake’ to Monitor Climate Change

Complicated Duality of Pacific Northwest’s Green Image

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