2006 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 16 May 2006 02:33:27 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Utica, New York
 
No room to grow
Utica lacks sites for new, growing businesses By Tory N. Parrish

By Tory N. Parrish
Utica Observer-Dispatch (NY)
May 15, 2006

UTICA — City officials say a limited amount of developable land and strict state environmental regulations are making it tough to offer a home for new or growing businesses.

Political leaders and local developers see the issue as a critical one that leaves Utica without enough available land to compete with Rome and other neighboring communities for job-creating businesses that could boost Utica's tax base.

"It's a difficult balancing test to walk between wanting positive economic development and also maintaining environmental integrity," said Randolph Soggs, president of New Hartford-based Soggs Commercial Properties, which buys and redevelops existing properties.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060515/BUS/605150307/1052

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Lenny Siegel
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