Syracuse gets money to revitalize old industrial zones

Ryan Delaney — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:46:00 +0000

Syracuse will use money from a state program to take another step in the long process of redeveloping former industrial sites.

Syracuse is getting a $500,000 Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) grant for work on 113 acres just south of downtown and a 478 acre strip through the east side of the city.

The grant is for the development of a revitalization strategy, the second of three phases of the BOA program, according to Owen Kerney, the city's deputy director for planning and sustainability.

New York paid developers $1B to improve brownfields

Zack Seward — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:47:32 +0000

A new report from a statewide environmental group says New York's brownfield remediation program is broken. Advocates say too few sites are being redeveloped -- at too high a cost.