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Governor Cuomo Announces 2012 Regional Economic
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Department of State receives concurrence on routine program
change for the Hudson River
Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife
Habitats
Niagara River Greenway -
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Waterfronts
Chemung River project: Portage built
to carry paddlers around dam
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Communities + Waterfronts is dedicated to increasing the competitiveness of New York’s communities by enabling communities to achieve sustainability, government efficiency, economic vitality and ecosystem health. Communities + Waterfronts can help you develop your vision, build consensus, create an action plan and find funding to realize and sustain your vision. And it all starts here.
Our Mission
To make communities - both human and natural - better places.
Our Results
Our results are effective community plans and implementation projects that enhance and revitalize communities, streamline municipal services, protect natural resources and enhance the environment. Sustainable results come from working closely with a wide array of people and programs
How our programs can benefit your community:
Assistance – both professional and financial
Leadership – to help implement diverse and beneficial plans and projects
Partnerships – with local governments, community leaders, foundations and businesses
Progressive – addressing emerging community and environmental issues
Promotion – of community involvement and local capacity
Advocacy – to solidify support for plan and project implementation
Now more than ever communities need to be efficient and identify ways to leverage all available community assets and resources to promote comprehensive and sustainable community development. Communities + Waterfronts is a single source for everyone involved in community revitalization to find planning, project implementation, training, and technical and funding assistance for a wide array of programs including economic revitalization, government efficiency, waterfront development, natural resource management, brownfield redevelopment, and ocean management.
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