Mingle in this week’s Roundup mix.

Local
Adirondack Development: What Makes This A Park?
New York invests big in Fort Drum housing
Westchester County Takes $23 Million In Regional Economic Dev. Council Grants
Albany region receives the least amount of funding in New York’s second round of state economic dev. grants
Develop outer harbor, build stadium elsewhere (Buffalo News)
Harlem build fund is wasting
Historic factory complex in Rochester’s Susan B. Anthony neighborhood applies for entry into New York state’s brownfield cleanup program
New Rochelle Awarded $1.5M for Echo Bay Waterfront Reclamation
New York’s MTA Seeks New Leader

State
Summit to assess state’s efforts to reform development
Growing NY through smarter taxes (land value, or two-tiered tax)
Shale rush unlikely in NY in ’13, even if fracking OK’d
NY willow farms begin production for biofuel

National/International
Top Preservation Presents of 2012
Un-sprawling Out : Curbed LA
New Center Seeks to Take the Guesswork out of Planning
Toronto’s Crumbling Elevated Expressway: Repair or Remove?
Can Narrow Lanes Improve Traffic Congestion?
For the Sake of Santa, Please Don’t Build Any More Suburbs