• Graft Cidery opens up in Newburgh on Ann Street with pop-up tasting events during the summer
• Weigant’s Tavern is on the road to be rehabilitated by RipRap, we got to see inside prior to renovations
• 159-167 Washington Street was once an abandoned row of apartments. It is now an updated and modernized bright spot on Washington
• The Lank Bank rehabs two buildings on Farrington for homeownership
• SodaCova Group starts rehabilitation work on 2 Liberty Street and opens Deja Brew Cafe & Art Gallery at 15 Liberty Street
• Work finally begins on the Liberty Street School after almost 40 years of abandonment
• 2016 is a record year for city-owned property sales
• Owners who purchase their property through the Land Bank work diligently on rehabilitating their homes
• The Downtown Newburgh map is back in circulation
• Chef Jodi opens up juice bar, The Daily Beet on Liberty Street
• The Newburgh Illuminated Festival was a sight to see with thousands of visitors descending upon Liberty Street and Broadway!
• The Liberty Street Film Series started this summer on the lawn at Washington’s HQ
• Pop-up art event at 10 Carpenter Avenue by Jackie Skrzynski, the first ever held here (that I’m aware of)
• TV series, Big Dogs, is filming all around downtown Newburgh and beyond
• The second annual Hudson Valley Vegan Food Festival was held at Delano-Hitch Park with great success
• Newburgh Open Studios is held for the 7th straight year
• New boutiques Cream and Cream Kidz open on Liberty Street, adding a much needed retail component to the corridor
• Blacc Vanilla Coffee Shop opens on South Street to much excitement, bringing the community together and becoming the place “where people meet”
• The roof of the Tower of Victory at Washington’s HQ’s is underway and should be completed very soon
• M. Lewis is a new menswear boutique set to open up on Liberty Street
• 2 Courtney is purchased and being rehabbed, a major victory for the Heights neighborhood and the bluff
• The Newburgh Chess Club is back on upper Liberty
• Facade work begins at 109 Liberty Street, the future home of the Velocipede Museum
• The City begins accepting RFP’s for 109 South William Street, a warehouse near the Flats
• The long awaited Newburgh skatepark is finally taking shape and construction is moving along
• Newburgh readies dozens of affordable apartments in $15.2M project
• Vuff dog collar successfully completes its Kickstarter campaign

There has been a lot of other great things to happen in the city. Feel free to leave anything I might have left out in the comments!