[CPEO-BIF] Utica, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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