Alex White, the Green Party candidate for Rochester mayor, is fired up about Costco. But not in the way you think. Costco, a membership-only warehouse store, will be part of the CityGate development planned for the intersection of East Henrietta and Westfall roads. Costco received property tax abatements from the county’s industrial development agency worth […]
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Rochester land bank board gets down to business
The board of the new Rochester Land Bank Corporation met for the first time yesterday. Much of the discussion was focused on how to organize the board, but the members also discussed plans to apply for funding through the state Attorney General’s Office.
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City gets land bank approval
The City of Rochester has received state approval to form a land bank. Earlier this month, city officials submitted an application to Empire State Development, seeking to form the nonprofit Rochester Land Bank Corporation. The land bank will acquire vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties in the city and then turn them over to the Greater […]
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City officials advance land bank proposal
City officials are asking the state for permission to form a land bank, an entity it’d use to help address vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties. This morning, Mayor Tom Richards announced that the city has submitted a formal application to Empire State Development, the state’s economic development agency. The application proposes creating the Rochester Land […]
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City Council advances land bank legislation
When City Council meets next Tuesday, it’ll take up legislation to form a land bank corporation. Last night, a Council committee voted unanimously to advance the legislation. No members asked questions on the proposal. Land banks are new to New York State, but several are now up and running, including one in greater Buffalo. The […]
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City moves on land banks
City of Rochester officials are taking steps toward setting up a land bank, a nonprofit entity intended to serve as a tool to address vacant properties. Last year, New York passed legislation authorizing 10 land banks across the state. Earlier this year it signed off on five, including one in Erie County. And earlier this […]
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Land bank concept gains traction at City Hall
City of Rochester officials are taking steps toward setting up a land bank, a not-for-profit entityintended to serve as a tool to address vacant properties. Last year the state passed legislation authorizing 10 land banks across New York. Earlier this year it signed off on five, including one in Erie County. (Artvoice has an article […]
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Living large: supersizing the American home
By now most of us are familiar with the effects of suburban sprawl; living in Greater Rochester, it’d be almost impossible not to notice them. We’ve heard about the burdens that uncontrolled growth creates: more traffic, more reliance on cars, longer commute times, more expensive public water and sewer systems. We know that the […]
