Urban renewal

Comprehensive Plan Delineates Action Items within Three Separate Areas Designed to Leverage and Enhance the Revitalization Underway in the South Bronx

June 17, 2008 -- New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the South Bronx Initiative, a comprehensive plan to sustain and strengthen the ongoing revitalization of the South Bronx.

A South Bronx meat market: Photo by mpb (CC)    » read more »

Announces National Search for Brownfields Director

January 9, 2009 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today directed the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) to conduct a national search for an executive director for the Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD), the state’s lead office for brownfield redevelopment projects. Brownfields are former factory, mill and other sites that can be brought back to productive use after environmental remediation.    » read more »

September 19, 2007 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced $29 million in grants from the Office for Small Cities (OFSC) which will benefit 65 municipalities in 35 counties and provide an economic boost to businesses and communities throughout Upstate New York.

“These investments will help Upstate communities address the critical areas of housing, infrastructure, economic development and downtown revitalization needed to build a stronger economy,” said Governor Spitzer.    » read more »

Taps Judge Theodore Davis as Permanent COO of Camden

September 16, 2007 -- CAMDEN - New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine today signed legislation extending for five years certain provisions of the Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act, the law that authorized the State's comprehensive rehabilitation and recovery program for Camden.    » read more »

August 15, 2007 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today said that grants are now available for programs that seek to reduce urban youth violence in Connecticut. Grant applications are due September 12 and awards will be announced during the week of September 24.

“We expect that 15 to 30 projects will be funded in the range of $50,000 to $100,000 each,” Governor Rell said. “We want to get the word out to all of our cities and nonprofits that this is a great opportunity to gain extra funding for programs that reach out to young people between the ages of 12 and 18.    » read more »

August 14, 2007 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell announced today that the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is providing a $1,620,738 grant to Eastern Connecticut Housing Opportunities, Inc. for the rehabilitation and subsequent re-sale of ten residential properties in New London’s historic Hempstead Neighborhood.

The homes will be made available to eligible first-time homebuyers with low to moderate incomes.    » read more »

Gives PA Vintners Chance To Sell Wine At Farmer’s Markets

July 16, 2007 -- HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell signed two House bills into law today to give the City of Pittsburgh another tool to fight crime and reduce blight and to give Pennsylvania’s 90 vintners the opportunity to sell their wine at farmer’s markets.

House Bill 202 amends existing law to give cities of the second class the ability to tow abandoned vehicles following a set amount of time.    » read more »

Communities Can Apply for Assistance with Downtown Revitalization

May 14, 2007 -- JEFFERSON CITY– Gov. Matt Blunt today announced the opening of the 2007 Downtown Revitalization and Economic Assistance for Missouri (DREAM) initiative. Blunt created the initiative as an opportunity to revitalize the once prosperous and still promising downtown areas of many Missouri communities in the coming years.    » read more »