New businesses illustrate Newburgh renewal. By A. Alfano.
Growing up in the outskirts of the City of Newburgh has allowed me to observe the urban renewal that has occurred in my hometown. In particular, I have been able to witness the renewal of downtown Historic Liberty Street, at one time a nearly commercially vacant street, now bustling with numerous small businesses.
The city of Newburgh, located on the western side of the Hudson River 60 miles north of New York City, is home to about 30,000 people. Settled in the early 18th century and a brief home to George Washington during the Revolutionary War, Newburgh grew into a bustling city during the 1950s. The city’s prosperous decades can be attributed to various industries, the remnants of which can be found throughout the city. As businesses began to move outside of the city’s limits and into shopping plazas in the town of Newburgh in the 1960s, the city’s economic decline led to increasing rates of poverty and crime. Read More
GREENING NEW YORK CITY
Hudson River Food Corridor Media Alert
WHO: United States Department of Agriculture
Mission Area Natural Resources and Environment
Under Secretary Harris Sherman
WHAT: Come take photos or video at Union Square Greenmarket and hear USDA Under Secretary, Harris Sherman discuss USDA’s commitment to a healthy environment and local food supply. The Hudson River Food Corridor initiative will help implement a sustainable, energy efficient, resource conserving regional food system. Using the Hudson River as Marine Highway will provide fresh food, grown in New York’s rural communities, to the urban communities of New York City.
WHEN: Friday, November 5, 2010 – 10:30-11:30
WHERE: Union Square Greenmarket
174 5th Avenue, New York, 10010
15 St. to 17 St at Park South
WHY: The waterway food corridor transport system supports local farms and seeks to build necessary infrastructure to create an earth friendly local foods system. Use of our rivers and coastal routes is an innovative way to relieve many natural resource concerns such as congestion on roads, climate change, and fossil fuel dependency. The project is using partnerships at every level of government and private industry to create jobs in the city and the countryside. Come join us to see how you can get involved, because we all need and consume foods provided by the farmers of the world.