Economic Development
Dueling visions
Nobody’s ever going to call Yonkers and Kingston the Twin Cities, but the different-scaled settlements on the Hudson River have rejuvenated...
Kingston waterfront, once sleepy, now throbs
Kingston’s waterfront boasts two museums, several galleries and an arts center, specialty shops, restaurants and cafes, and docks that are lined...
Encouraging ‘growth in the appropriate manner’
The emergence of green technology, the change in the state’s executive branch, and developments with the Tappan Zee Bridge and Stewart...
Ossining scraps ’50s-era zoning
As the village of Ossining works on updating its comprehensive plan for the first time in nearly five decades, a consensus...
Briefly home to half a million, town wrestles with more permanent growth
Town of Bethel Supervisor Harold Russell doesn’t want his town to be milked by pricey developers, but he isn’t particularly fond...
Mount Vernon, 96 percent developed, retrofits to grow
Mount Vernon has little room for new development and must continue to take advantage of redevelopment opportunities, according to a panel...
Kimber seeks to remodel
Kimber Manufacturing Inc., a firearms maker, has an application before the Yonkers Planning Board to expand part of its operations at...
City on the rebound?
As the agency charged with promoting development in Mount Vernon is under a federal probe, the mayor is hopeful that a...
Cappelli station plan opens Pandora’s box
White Plains residents raised a hue and cry over a development proposal that would accelerate their city’s commercial and visual transformation.
Economic growth is music to county’s ears
Roll over Beethoven. Toe tapping and high-fives ruled at the Dutchess County Economic Development Corp.’s “Radio EDC†celebration May 31 at...
Revised ‘city within a city’ draws praise
“I think we’re seeing a light at the end of the tunnel,†said Kingston Mayor Jim Sottile.
Schott Lithotech closes; 70 out of work
The company that replaced Dupont Photomasks in the town of Poughkeepsie, Schott Lithotec, has shuttered.
New UCDC head seeks diverse economy for Ulster County
Lance Matteson, the new president and CEO of Ulster County Development Corporation (UCDC), brings a fresh perspective to the county’s economic...
Former Rockland development chief tackles nonprofit sector
Holly Freedman, who was recently appointed director of the National Executive Service Corp.’s (NESC) newly opened branch for Westchester and Rockland...
Yonkers ascendant
Exactly one day after Yonkers’ 27-year-running desegregation saga was officially laid to rest, city government and business leaders gathered to paint...
