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 Jillian Elder, Victory Designs.
6 Month Ban On Beacon Development Proposed [BP]
Meet the Mayor Who Used Millennials to Revive Her Small Town [G]
‘Domino effect’ rejuvenates a once-dingy stretch of Niagara Street [BN]
The First Principle for Anchor Institutions: Hire Your Neighbors [Atlantic]
Musical Director Making a Come-Back for This Newburgh Orchestra [HVM]
Before and after: With old facade removed, historic Bay City building’s beauty exposed [ML]
New study shows that restored 200 year old windows are as airtight as brand new replacements [TH]
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Maybe Newburgh can rent its newly acquired ‘leak detector’ to Beacon. It halved Newburgh’s water “usage” so hitting max filtration capacity is no longer a hindrance to new ‘market rate’ mid density housing ; |
So there is a silver lining in the pfos fiasco…it saved the ‘Burgh from having to expand its plant at full costs. Btw, whatever happened to the earthen damn at Washington Lake that was a “catastrophe” waiting to happen? Did they ever get around to rebuilding that in the current ‘down time’? I remember they paid someone a few grand to remediate the groundhogs that were undermining it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR0sWU1HzTE