The weekly link roundup is a collection of links related to Newburgh, revitalization, urban planning and anything else that might inspire change or create dialogue. Photo by NR flickr pool user Brian Wolfe
The First Newburgh Urban Market a Success [HV Press]
Old friends build new homes in Newburgh for Habitat ‘blitz’[THR]
Newburgh and New ‘Burbs: A 21st Century Plan for a 20th Century City [Plan Your City]
History & Continuity: Orange County River Towns [Chronogram]
Newburgh announces gun buyback program [Mid Hudson News]
Two-Way Streets Can Fix Declining Downtown Neighborhoods [Planetizen]
Beacon, N.Y.: Quaint City Rediscovered [NYT]
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Great reads, thanks Cher.
As per Newburgh and New ‘Burbs: A 21st Century Plan for a 20th Century City [Plan Your City]…
The author’s premise that Newburgh’s issues, mainly crime and unemployment, are the result of an inadequate “transportation infrastructure” is false positive. When one considers that the crime “industry” seems to be running unencumbered, adding to its ‘import and export employment base’ while meeting the demand of its “affluent” suburbia neighbors,the notion of “better access and mobility” becomes moot. I’ll reiterate, the City of Newburgh does not operate in a vacuum and “bridging the gap” is a relative term suited to meet the author’s general thesis.