Home value sticker shock sweeps city after first re-assessments in four years.
Upper Mt. Hope Neighborhood Association
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College Town is filling up
A quick drive around Mt. Hope and Elmwood avenues shows an area completely transformed as a result of the $100 million College Town project under way. “It’s unbelievable,” says Dan Hurley, president of the Upper Mt. Hope Neighborhood Association. “It’s long overdue.” The first retail opening in the 14-acre, mixed-use development will be the Barnes […]
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Conversion therapy
The Upper Mt. Hope neighborhood is part of a busy universe right now, with the College Town and CityGate development projects, as well as the construction of a new Route 390 interchange at Kendrick Road. Amid these growing pains, members of the Upper Mt. Hope Neighborhood Association say they are working with City Hall to […]
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Costello lays out CityGate plans for Mt. Hope neighbors
Developer Anthony Costello met with residents of the Upper Mt. Hope Neighborhood last night to discuss his company’s CityGate project. He pitched the project as a walkable, mixed-use development that will draw on the canal front and incorporate some of the history of the Iola campus. Costello and his son, Brett, announced new plans for […]
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Design changes made to ‘plain’ College Town B&N
Upper Mount Hope neighbors have succeeded in getting changes to the design of the Barnes & Noble store that will be part of the massive College Town project. College Town, which was initiated by the University of Rochester, will be built on 16 acres on the west side of Mount Hope between Elmwood Avenue and […]
