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hrmjustin

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Tue Jun 24, 2014, 12:36 PM Jun 2014

Building boom in Buffalo

Carolyn Thompson, The Associated Press

BUFFALO >> Maggie Sperrazza wakes up every morning to the hum and growl of construction outside her Buffalo apartment building, but it doesn’t bother her a bit.

“It’s about time!” the 86-year-old said as she zipped on a scooter near the foot of Main Street, where construction cranes loom over hard-hat zones. “We’ve been in the hole long enough.”

From her vantage point, Sperrazza has been witness to a building boom unseen in Buffalo in more than 50 years, with more than $4.4 billion in public and private development announced since 2012.

Mayor Byron Brown and other city leaders say they’ve shifted away from elusive “silver bullet” fixes for a stagnant economy toward more doable projects that together create momentum.

http://www.oneidadispatch.com/general-news/20140623/building-boom-in-buffalo

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Small population dip could end up costing Troy big bucks hrmjustin Jun 2014 #1
 

hrmjustin

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1. Small population dip could end up costing Troy big bucks
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 12:38 PM
Jun 2014

David Klepper, The Associated Press
TROY >> A small dip in population could end up dealing a big blow to the city of Troy.

The city could lose $2.5 million in federal funding because its population has dropped by about 125 to 49,946 — 54 people shy of 50,000. Fifty-thousand is a key population threshold used by the federal government when setting funding amounts for the Community Development Block Grant program.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer visited Troy on Monday to discuss the problem. The Democrat said he would oppose the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s proposed funding cut, which he said would amount to “a dagger through the heart of Troy.”

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20140623/small-population-dip-could-end-up-costing-troy-big-bucks

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