Inner Loop graphic courtesy of The City of Rochester Happy Friday! There’s lots of infrastructure-related news this week, and that’s a good thing, because we’re heavily focused on infrastructure repair and reform. Enjoy what we’ve lassoed for this week’s […]
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Smart Growth Roundup for the Week of February 6, 2012
Welcome to this week’s Smart Growth Roundup! This week we share quite a bit of interesting local news from around the state. As always, we welcome your suggestions for future Roundups. Local/Regional The pressure on parking in NYC Adirondack […]
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In the Adirondacks, joy and worry
(February 14, 2012) As the reality of a coming 6,200-acre resort development in Tupper Lake sets in, feelings among Adirondack denizens runs the spectrum. Some are giddy at the economic development bonanza on its way; others fear the death knell […]
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Smart Growth Roundup for the Week of January 30, 2012
Welcome to the second weekly addition to the Smart Growth Roundup. As you’ll see there’s a lot of compelling smart growth news from around the state. We’ve also tossed in what we think is some particularly compelling national and international […]
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Eastman Business Park embodies Rochester’s reinvention, re…
January 20, 2012 by Evan Lowenstein With Kodak plummeting, the City of Rochester and its region is seen to be plummeting as well. The association is understandable. Kodak, which once had over 60,000 employees in Greater Rochester, was the driving […]
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Smart Growth Roundup for the Week of January 23, 2012
Each week Empire State Future scans the state for land use and development news, from the best-of-the-best to the worst-of-the-worst. We also pick up a few particularly interesting stories from the nation and world. These weekly Smart Growth Roundups are […]
continue readingAdirondack Park Agency OKs huge resort for Tupper Lake
(January 21, 2012) A 6,000-plus acre resort proposed for Tupper Lake has passed the Adirondack Park Agency by a vote of 10 to 1. This proposal illuminated the challenges and the tensions surrounding economic development and environmental protection in the […]
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Adirondack Park Agency to vote this week on 6,200-acre Tuppe…
(January 16, 2012) The Adirondack Park Agency–a unique New York regional planning entity with voting powers–will this week vote on the largest development proposal ever in the Park. On the slate: a massive 6,200-acre resort development in Tupper Lake. Stay […]
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Developer selected for Syracuse Inner Harbor
(January 14, 2012) Fayetteville-based COR Companies has won a competition for development of Syracuse’s Inner Harbor, with the selection made by a five-person committee appointed by Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner. COR Companies, known for development of large “Towne Center” shopping […]
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It’s not your parents’ Levittown: smart growth gains mom…
(December 29, 2011), David Hogenkamp, ESF In 1947, 4,000 acres of potato fields were transformed into 17,400 homes for 82,000 people. Courtesy: New York Times In 1947, a new type of planned development was built in Hempstead, Long Island, redefining […]
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