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Broome County was hoping for $750,000 in federal dollars to restore its historic Forum Theater in downtown Binghamton. But word arrived this week it would…
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Binghamton's mayor, Matt Ryan, made a surprise appearance on NPR's Talk of the Nation earlier this week, during a segment about vacant housing and how…
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Business incubators are supposed to work like incubators for chicks or babies. The idea is that subsidized costs and business advice for entrepreneurs…
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The old Central Warehouse building in downtown Albany has been a vacant eyesore since the early 1990’s. But last Friday, things got worse. The massive…
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Dueling conferences are taking place this week -- one in Cleveland, the other in Syracuse. Both deal with ways Rust Belt cities can revitalize themselves.…
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Business Incubator Association President, David Hochman paid a visit to the struggling upstate city of Binghamton last Thursday. His message: New York's…
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Once you leave urban Boston and its cluster of high tech businesses behind, Massachusetts is full of struggling former company towns, where the main…
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Majora Carter is spending today in Syracuse’s Near West Side, one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. She’s examining ways the community is trying to…
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The last tornado that hit New York City arrived two years ago. This intrepid reporter didn’t find out until, getting on the wrong bus in an attempt to…
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Yesterday was the last day to submit to the Smarter Cities blog challenge, a partnership between tech company IBM and city-living afficianado , Next…