“If you build it, they will come.” That may have been true of a baseball diamond carved our of an Iowa cornfield in the 1989 movie The Field of Dreams, but the concept is not necessarily applicable to Downtown Revitalization. As we move towards improving our community centers, the question has become – “What should we

Part of this historically higher rate of taxation is due to the fact that New York has many more local governments and agencies than most states. In fact, New York has over 10 percent of its working population occupying local government positions, compared to the national average of 7 percent. Employment-wise, local governments across the

Whether you are an individual or a municipality, you are never alone. If you are experiencing a problem, it is likely that someone else is working to cope with the same troublesome issue. This was exactly the case in Hamilton County, where the roads are long and the services sparse. The towns of Lake Pleasant

While farms often conjure up images of bucolic beauty, they are also businesses that support the local economy and provide jobs. In fact, the agricultural industry is a significant economic engine in New York State that is producing new entrepreneurs and innovative startup agribusinesses throughout the state. Many of these new agribusinesses are wineries, breweries,

Accessing State Funds In the recent economy, municipal leaders are finding themselves in a struggle to balance budgets, fund improvements, and still provide the high-quality services that taxpayers demand. As a result, municipal leaders are often teased (or tormented) by the numerous funding announcements that are dangled like a carrot for all eligible communities. It