2003 News

11/20/03 - A Good View From Here
(Troy Record, November 19, 2003) - The Arts Center City Hall gallery on the second floor of Troy's City Hall opened Tuesday in collaboration with The Arts Center of the Capital Region, showcasing the work of local resident and professor Jim Flosdorf.

11/19/03 - Mayor Pattison Releases Audit for Fiscal Year 2002
The City of Troy today released the final Audit for the fiscal year 2002. The General Purpose Financial Statements and single Audit was completed by the City’s independent auditor, Bollam, Sheedy and Torani & Co.

11/17/03 - Troy Scores High Marks in November Hudson Valley Magazine
Troy was recently featured prominently in Hudson Valley magazine’s November issue. In their feature story, “The Best of the Valley,” five Troy destinations were highlighted. In the Shopping category, Workshop 405, located in the Marina district, received best “Soho-style boutique.” Also in the Shopping category, Dana Rudolph and Company, located on River Street, was voted best “place to make a necklace.”

11/06/03 - Troy Gets $180,000 Brownfields Grant
(Times Union, November 6, 2003) - A$180,000 state grant will be used to study the cleanup of a former industrial site in South Troy. The money will be used to take samples of soil and groundwater contamination at the 19-acre site on East Industrial Road near the Rensselaer County Jail.

11/06/03 - Getting The Brown Out
(Troy Record, November 11, 2003) - Lt. Gov. Mary Donohue Wednesday announced that a $180,000 state grant will fund an investigation into environmental contamination at the South Troy Industrial Park. The 19-acre parcel was used for more than a century to manufacture commercial-grade iron and steel and has been unused for 30 years.

10/29/03 - Back To The Future
(Troy Record, October 29, 2003) - On a warm autumn afternoon, Rocco DeFazio gazed across an empty, paved lot and described the bright future for the section of the city now officially known as Little Italy. Along with elected officials, leaders and neighbors, DeFazio on Tuesday unveiled plans for the Little Italy Marketplace, a section of property between Liberty and Washington streets that will serve as centerpiece of the Italian revolution in Troy, just as it did 100 years ago.

10/26/03 - Volunteers Hit The Streets - Halls, Hospitals
(Troy Record, October 26, 2003) - In Troy, the cement planters along Broadway, where summer plants were limp and brown with cold, now host cheery little spruce trees topped with red gauzy ribbons and a white tag that reads "Donated and Planted by the Junior League of Troy, NY, Women Building Better Communities." The 10 Junior Leaguers that spent Saturday morning planting those trees were a fraction of the 3 million volunteers across the country, who put their shoulders to the wheel for Make A Difference Day.

10/24/03 - Plenty Now Riding On The Waterfront
(Troy Record, October 24, 2003) - Looking to transform the Troy waterfront into a major tourism and educational centerpiece, state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno announced Thursday that $500,000 has been secured to jumpstart the ambitious project.

10/24/03 - Grand Vision For Waterfront Unfurled
(Times Union, October 24, 2003) - On the shores of the Hudson River, replicas of famous ships will sit in a new harbor beside a hotel, conference center and aquariums filled with fish native to the Capital Region. This is the vision of developers behind a $470 million project estimated to create 650 jobs, attract 1.3 million visitors a year and generate a $48 million economic impact.

10/21/03 - Dowtown Vision Described
(Times Union, October 21, 2003) - Developers Sandy Horowitz and John Hedley are renovating 10 downtown buildings between them, and they took time Wednesday to discuss their shared vision with local leaders.

10/17/03 - School Seen As Capital Idea
(Troy Record, October 17, 2003) - Proposals for 10 charter schools in New York state were announced this week, and one is looking to call Troy home next fall.

10/16/03 - Fund-Raiser Dishes Up Help for City Park
(Times Union, October 16, 2003) - The Friends of Barker Park will hold its second annual Tastes of Troy Gala from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, at Revolution Hall, 425 River St. John J. Hedley is the honorary chairman for the event, and John Gray of WNYT Ch. 13 will be master of ceremonies.

10/09/03 - Troy Cops Step Up Efforts
(Times Union, October 9, 2003) - City police made 145 arrests during a two-week crackdown on everything from drug dealing to underage drinking, from errant drivers to people who park on the wrong side of the road.