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Economic Development

State Issues New Plan For Historic Adirondack Rail Line

November 14, 2019 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Remsen Lake Placid Travel Corridor map courtesy DECThe New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Transportation (DOT) have announced the release of a draft Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor Unit Management Plan (UMP) Amendment/Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).

The amended proposal comes after the operators of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad, which ran on the line between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid, successfully sued the state. They successfully argued that the State’s plan to turn the historic railroad line into a rail-trail did not comply with state historic preservation law or the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan.

The decision was handed down by State Supreme Court Judge Robert Main Jr. in 2017.  In December, 2018 the state Adirondack Park Agency changed the “travel corridor” definition in the State Land Master Plan to allow for the removal of the rails. [Read more…] about State Issues New Plan For Historic Adirondack Rail Line

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, DEC, Economic Development, hiking, Historic Preservation, Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Tourism, Transportation, Transportation History, Tupper Lake

A Rochester Worker’s Cottage Has Lessons For Today

March 17, 2019 by Linda Day 10 Comments

Worker Cottage PlanI grew up in an immigrant neighborhood close to downtown Rochester, New York in the 1950s. People displaced during the Second World War, along with migrants from the American South and Puerto Rico, were the newest arrivals to my part of the city (settled by Europeans in the last decades of the 19th century).

The housing stock was old. Our house was built in 1895 by a German immigrant laborer from a pattern book plan, many of which were available in German language editions. It was a classic one and half story, front gable, wood frame worker’s cottage. It provided inexpensive housing for the rapidly expanding workforce needed for mid to late 19th-century industrial cities. When I grew up, my single-parent mom’s assembly line job at Bausch and Lomb Optical Company allowed her to be a homeowner and to support her mother and three children. [Read more…] about A Rochester Worker’s Cottage Has Lessons For Today

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Economic Development, Rochester

REDC Funding for History Projects and State Parks

March 6, 2019 by Peter Feinman 2 Comments

Institute of history archaeology and educationFor the history community, one of the most important resources for Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) funding has been the New York State Office of Parks and Historic Preservation (State Parks), despite the agency is mostly concerned with parks, not historic sites.

[Read more…] about REDC Funding for History Projects and State Parks

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Black History, Economic Development, Historic Preservation, NYSOPRHP, REDC

Feinman: 2018 REDC Grants and NYS History

January 21, 2019 by Peter Feinman Leave a Comment

Institute of history archaeology and educationIn December the latest round of Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) awards for 2018 were announced. The awards distribute funds to the different regions of the state by category. This week I reviewed the awards from I LOVENY, and listed them in alphabetical order by region and county. [Read more…] about Feinman: 2018 REDC Grants and NYS History

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Economic Development, I LOVENY, Path Through History, REDC, Tourism

State’s REDC Funding Cycle Begins: Start Your Proposals

May 3, 2018 by Peter Feinman 1 Comment

It’s that time of the year again. It is time to start preparing your proposals for the 2018 version of Hunger Games, the Regional Economic Development Councils.

This time however, I suggest the history community try something different. [Read more…] about State’s REDC Funding Cycle Begins: Start Your Proposals

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Economic Development, Public History, REDC, U.S. Civil Rights Trail

Study: National Park Visits Added $34.9B to US Economy

April 30, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

During the 2017 National Park Week, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that 2016’s record visitation of 331 million visitors at America’s 417 National Park Service sites contributed $34.9 billion to the U.S. economy in 2016 – a $2.9 billion increase from 2015. Zinke made his announcement while visiting the historic Presidio of San Francisco at Golden Gate National Recreation Area. [Read more…] about Study: National Park Visits Added $34.9B to US Economy

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Department of the Interior, Economic Development, National Park Service, NPS, Tourism

Conference on Strategic Organizational Sustainability March 15

February 9, 2017 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

New York Cultural Heritage Tourism NetworkOn Wednesday March 15, 2017 at Colgate University in Hamilton, the New York Cultural Heritage Tourism Network (NYCHTN) will host a conference on Strategic Organizational Sustainability. [Read more…] about Conference on Strategic Organizational Sustainability March 15

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Conferences, Economic Development, New York Cultural Heritage Tourism Network, Tourism

Governor Cuomo’s New Tourism Initiatives

January 23, 2017 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

nystiaThe New York State Tourism Industry Association has released a summary of the tourism initiatives contained in the Governor’s policy briefing book. The proposals are as follows: [Read more…] about Governor Cuomo’s New Tourism Initiatives

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Andrew Cuomo, Economic Development, NYSTIA, Public History, Tourism

New Funding Opportunity Celebrates Erie Canal

June 20, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

01_LockportLocksDistrictNew York State’s rich cultural heritage and historic waterways will be central to a new, unique grant opportunity available through July 29 in a first-time inter-agency collaboration between the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the NYS Canal Corporation.

The Erie Canal Bicentennial Grant Opportunity will award funds to organizations producing, presenting or exhibiting arts and cultural activities as part of the ongoing Erie Canal Bicentennial (ECB) Celebration 2017-2025. The opportunity is available through the NYSCA REDC program, which is dedicated to the promotion of economic development through the arts. [Read more…] about New Funding Opportunity Celebrates Erie Canal

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Economic Development, Erie Canal, Grants

Results Of Recent National Park Service Tourism Studies

June 7, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

National Park Service NPS

A recent National Park Service (NPS) report shows that visitors have spent $16.9 billion at NPS lands in 2015.

The report shows the $16.9 billion of direct spending by 307.2 million park visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park. According to the 2015 report, most park visitor spending was for lodging (31.1 percent) followed by food and beverages (20.2 percent), gas and oil (11.8 percent), admissions and fees (10.2 percent) and souvenirs and other expenses (9.8 percent). This spending supported 295,000 jobs nationally; 252,000 of those jobs are found in these gateway communities. The cumulative benefit to the U.S. economy was $32 billion. [Read more…] about Results Of Recent National Park Service Tourism Studies

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Economic Development, National Park Service, NPS, Public History, Tourism

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