“I love the truth. It's the facts I'm not a fan of.” ― Stephen Colbert
The full story on the meeting is at the Mohawk Valley COmpass,Downtown businesses voice concerns, plan association. I think this initiative by the downtown merchants illustrates a few key principles that I believe are important to jumpstarting the city as it’s my contention that this...
I’ve written before on how wrongheaded and misguided much of the discussion on the city’s financials truly is. There is without question a desire and intent to cast the city’s finances in the very worst light even when the basis for such claims lack any...
If you look at the videos below, you will find that they both reflect the City of Amsterdam. So this single city does actually appear to be two distinct cities based upon which video you watch. I think the ensuing debate as to which video...
Here is something to think about for our local area — Governor Cuomo’s $1.5 billion economic jumpstart competition modeled on a program in Buffalo NY put forth as part of his 2015 Opportunity Agenda. The full press release is here but this is the salient...
(A slightly edited version of this earlier post from Nov 18 ,2011 “BIG”) In a rare offline moment discussing my blog posts on AIDA and my resulting criticism of its inadequacy for the task at hand– economic growth, I was asked what would I do....
Yesterday I remarked on how Alderman Russo’s statement on how demolition does not solve problems offered a glimmer of hope in 2015 for actually building something in the city and maybe getting some policies that encourage residential development. Today brings a second glimmer for 2015...
Remember how the local sages of economics and marketing railed against the notion that Chalmers could ever hope to achieve rents above $1000 per month? Remember their mantra: no one will pay more than $1000; no one will live in a high rent apartment when...
“Convince my why this isn’t the worst idea I’ve ever seen.” – Robert Herjavec [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfLNWzHn9MZDAjW5jcWzPf4SFNCxxj920] I just recently started watching Shark Tank and think that it should be required viewing for anyone involved in making policy on economic development or in discussing it. Sure, there’s an element...
On first blush, the headline of today’s Recorder article Amsterdam tax rates are reduced sounds like good news. Well, yes and no. Sure, the amount of taxes homeowners pay will be reduced but if you read the article carefully and consider why taxpayers see a...
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