A project to better connect important cultural, retail and civic assets in Downtown Syracuse’s “Connective Corridor” holds the promise of much improved street designs that accommodate people and cyclists on a more even parity with automobiles. The designs being considered […]
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Support for Consolidation — but local action is key
The Editorial Board at the Post-Standard in Syracuse argues that the new government consolidation bill approved in Albany recently may not work as intended without strong leadership at the local level — but “something needs to be done.” “New York […]
continue readingContinuing Schenectady’s redevelopment gains, city pla…
Walking through Downtown Schenectady one has to be impressed by the amount of successful redevelopment that has taken hold from the center of the city to the east along its main thoroughfare, State Street. There are numerous vivid examples of […]
continue readingErie County Executive Vetoes Planning Board Bill
Legislation that would have established an Erie County Planning board after an absence of 20 years was vetoed this week by County Executive Chris Collins, despite strong support from Smart Growth advocates, business leaders, and The Buffalo News. The effort […]
continue readingStudying an I-81 Urban Boulevard for Syracuse
Should an Urban Boulevard replace the aging Interstate-81 elevated highway that has sliced through the heart of Downtown Syracuse for the past 40 years? That’s the question the Onondaga Citizen’s League has examined during the past year, and the answer […]
continue readingA state Smart Growth project aims to keep a town in New York…
A Smart Growth Sustainable Economic Development Study being funded by a $46,400 state grant is moving ahead in the North Country town of Brighton in Franklin County. The project includes a land-use analysis, an environmental risk assessment, a town-wide business […]
continue readingSyracuse to use some stimulus funds to clear away blight and…
While highways, infrastructure, and transit aid have received the most focus in news stories covering the $787 Billion national economic recovery bill passed into law recently, Syracuse and Onondaga County will soon be getting more than $10 million for housing […]
continue readingTear-down advocates target a Moses highway
Many commuters and tourists, who drive from Niagara Falls to Lewiston and further north to Youngstown, view the Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara County as a convenient and necessary route of travel. But many others — as evidenced by an […]
continue readingOfficials see hotel’s return boosting Seneca Falls
Revival of the long-closed Gould Hotel, a locally famous 1920s landmark in Seneca Falls, will be a big boost to the village’s downtown as well as the surrounding Finger Lakes region when it re-opens this summer following a $6.2 million […]
continue readingBatavia’s local governments could become the first cit…
Leading the way in the emerging effort to improve local government modernization and efficiency, the City and Town of Batavia in Genesee County are well on their way to a potential merger that would be what observers have described as […]
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