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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WNY officials say college spending distorts state stimulus l…
Western New York officials say many of their priority local projects will not qualify for Federal economic stimulus funding (a new Peace Bridge, removal of the Skyway, and others) because they can’t be started within 180 days — a key […]
continue readingIs the rush to pick economic stimulus projects trumping Smar…
Observers listening to the discussion at a recent Albany meeting of the Governor’s Smart Growth Cabinet emerged with some concern that the economic development folks were starting to gain the upper hand relative to the Smart Growthers within the group. Calls […]
continue readingUnintended consequences of Empire Zone reform may kill a new…
When Onondaga County officials sent an application to Albany in October requesting inclusion of the former Rollway Bearings building into an existing Empire Zone, there were high hopes of landing an attractive new manufacturing facility that would employ up to […]
continue readingPanel wants new development near mass transit
In an effort to reduce sprawl, pollution, traffic congestion, and energy consumption, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority commission says two-thirds of all residential and New York City-area commercial development between now and 2030 should be located within walking distance of a […]
continue readingPaterson sends new Washington Administration a comprehensive…
Governor David A. Paterson has proposed a comprehensive economic recovery agenda intended to stake New York’s claim to its share of the massive infrastructure spending plan under development by the incoming Obama Administration. “No state has been more severely impacted […]
continue readingAttorney General Cuomo’s Consolidation Initiative Has …
In a sweeping legislative plan aimed at allowing local government or its citizens to initiate major changes intended to modernize civic administration, state Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has gained significant support among officials who want consolidation of New York’s […]
continue readingNYTimes columnist captures Anti-Sprawl essence
David Brooks, the New York Times and syndicated columnist who is a regular guest on The News Hour on PBS, recently captured the essence of the Anti-Sprawl argument in an insightful commentary about the stimulus spending plans of the new […]
continue readingTown turns to college in effort to guide change
Not far from Lake Champlain, the rural town of Starksboro in Vermont has enlisted the aid of college students to help determine what’s really important to its residents as the specter of change from development looms on the horizon. Spread […]
continue readingCultural Blueprint links the Arts and Business
by Peter B. Fleischer I spent most of a recent Thursday in the lovingly and meticulously refurbished Stanley Theatre in Downtown Utica, participating in the Central New York Cultural Blueprint — an event sponsored by the New York State Council […]
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