THE STAKES: Downtown renewal depends on investment in the future
Does this statement by the Editors of the Times Union reflect their naivety of the massive redistribution of public revenues to private businesses by the Metroplex Development Authority or is it calling for an increase in the sales tax to support more?
The TU just like everyone else does not really care or know that it is the redistribution of public revenues. Most people don't even know that it is 'their' money that is funding downtown. And most people are too blind to see that when/if downtown comes back, it will never remedy the over taxation that the city is facing. And remember, that 60% of Schenectady is on public assistance anyways...so what do they care?
Unfortunately, our society is becoming so compacent to the fact that government 'will take care of you' that this metroplex is acceptable to the many. Never realizing that the government is 'our money'. I've said it before...it is socialism at it's best!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
You want to know how AVON believes Flying J is a shoe in. I know someone that lives in the area that contacted Flying J for a set of the proposed plans for that site. They sent plans for the "Schenectady Site" to build a market, sporting goods store and the truck stop. Since there is no market in the area, and a High School with children needing sporting equipment almost across the street, the proposed plan shows positive benefits to the community. This is the argument to overrule an illegal spot zone, Public Benefit. Although the truck stop doesn't have the benefit, the other elements of the project does. This company is smart, they are experienced, and they have the money to bring Rotterdam to there knees. Just wait and see, you don't pay over 3 million for a piece of property unless you are sure you can develop it as you choose!
No vasoline----again......gee, with that sex offender law in hand we sure are smarter......now we will need that National ID card just to keep track of the RV'ers and the Truckers.......
let's see what else do we need for our kettle.... eye of newt hair of Spitzer toe nail of Kosiur nose of any Rotterdam planning board member
I'm sure there is more to add flavor......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
We commend the Daily Gazette for outstanding Nov. 17 coverage of Price Chopper Supermarkets’ expansion and new construction plans. Once again, the company is making Schenectady a better place to live and work. Price Chopper is more than a major Capital Region employer and supermarket chain. They are a valued community partner. That’s why Northeast Parent & Child Society and GE have honored Price Chopper Supermarkets with our Champion for Children of the Capital Region award. Shane Barrett, 22, who was profiled in Kathleen Moore’s Sept. 3, 2006 article, “Fostering independence: Youths at foster home learn to succeed,” is a prime example of how Price Chopper helps young people. Just four months before he turned 21, Shane got a job at the Golub warehouse in Rotterdam, where he drives a pallet jack and earns enough to live independently. The timing was perfect, as Shane prepared to move out of a staff-supported apartment owned by Northeast Parent & Child Society. Shane spent seven years living in Northeast’s residential programs. Sadly, grim statistics from across the nation show that people who live apart from their biological families often face the same diffi - culties as high school dropouts, juvenile delinquents and young single mothers. However, Price Chopper gave Shane the opportunity to buck the odds, and he has made the most of it through hard work. Over the years, the company has hired many disadvantaged young people from our community and given them the job skills they need to succeed. We at Northeast Parent & Child Society will always appreciate Price Chopper Supermarkets for their commitment to building better futures for our children and our community. SARI O’CONNOR Schenectady The writer is Northeast’s executive vice president of community relations.
By LAUREN STANFORTH, Staff writer Wednesday, February 20, 2008
SCHENECTADY - The city's planning commission tonight gave site plan approval for Golub Corp.'s new $22 million Price Chopper headquarters on Nott Street.
Most of the details had already been worked out between the city and Price Chopper, which will move its headquarters from its current location in Rotterdam. The planning commission approval allows the company to move forward with the project's design. All that remains are approvals for signs and other construction details. The building will be six stories tall and house 720 employees. The front of the building will face Nott Street, with 840 parking spaces in the back. Maxon Road will be a private road around the building, with Peek Street bordering the back of the property. Representatives from Price Chopper said they are in discussions with the YMCA of Schenectady to partner on day care and worker wellness programs. A new YMCA has been proposed adjacent to the Price Chopper headquarters, but no plans for a building have been released yet. Groundbreaking on Price Chopper's headquarters could happen this fall, with completion in October 2009. PIZZA BLOCK REVIEWED The planning commission tonight also reviewed plans to redevelop what's called the pizza block in downtown Schenectady, which will be called Clinton Square, and the proposal to build Bethesda House's 15,000-square-foot residential facility for the homeless in the 800 block of State Street.
SCHENECTADY ‘Green’ design planned for Golub Long-vacant brownfield will become headquarters site BY KATHLEEN MOORE Gazette Reporter
The new Golub headquarters on Nott Street will be built with such strict environmental controls that it will qualify for the country’s gold standard in “green” design, officials said Wednesday. The $22 million campus will include a stormwater treatment system to avoid sending salt and oil into the Mohawk River through the city’s stormwater pipes. Among the other features, trees will frame the site and windows will be used to catch every ray of sunlight possible, reducing the need for artificial light. Golub is partnering with the state Energy Research and Development Authority to develop the state-of-the-art building. But most important of all, the corporate parent of Price Chopper supermarkets is turning a long-vacant brownfield into a viable site, officials told the Schenectady Planning Commission during the project’s review. “[The site’s] not real attractive. We’re going to do a good job to clean that up,” said Troy Wojciekofsky, senior project manager for Fuss & O’Neill. A wrought-iron fence will surround the property, mimicking the Union College fence across the street, and the Hess station will be demolished to make way for Golub’s 240,000-square-foot building. It will house 720 employees, who will access the site via Maxon Road to avoid backups along busy Nott Street. Maxon Road will become a privately owned street and will have a one-way exit onto Erie Boulevard. The headquarters is now in Rotterdam, near Golub’s grocery shipping hub. For workers who want to walk to nearby shops and restaurants, Golub will add new sidewalks on Nott Street and Peek Street — the proposed location of the new Schenectady YMCA. Golub is in serious talks with the YMCA about day care and corporate memberships for its employees, officials told the commission. The building itself is still being designed as engineers work out the best environmental approaches, but the commission approved the project anyway, based on exterior sketches. “I like the design,” said commission member Brad Lewis. “I think it’s going to make it look more like a campus.” Chairwoman Sharran Coppola added, “We wish you well. This is an exciting time for Schenectady.” The commission was reviewing plans for more than $35 million in private development for the city — the most it has ever reviewed in one session, said Metroplex Development Authority Vice President Scott Cietek. All of the big projects were sponsored by Metroplex, and all won easy approval.
SCHENECTADY Golub site taking shape on Nott St. BY MICHAEL LAMENDOLA Gazette Reporter Reach Gazette reporter Michael Lamendola at 395-3114 or lamend@dailygazette.com.
The largest Class A office building under construction in the Capital Region, the sprawling Golub Corp. headquarters, is starting to take shape on Nott Street. David Buicko, chief operating officer for the Galesi Group, said work to prepare the building pad is two to three weeks ahead of schedule. He expects phase one of the work, the installation of water and sewer lines and other improvements, to be completed by Aug. 1. Phase two will involve erection of steel to frame the 240,000-square-foot, six-story building, Buicko said. The Galesi Group owns the site and will lease the building to Golub, which operates the Price Chopper supermarket chain. Once completed, the $22 million office building will house at least 720 employees; they are transferring there from the company’s current headquarters in the Rotterdam Industrial Park. Golub plans to convert this building into warehouse space to aid in its expansion plans. Golub scouted several sites within Schenectady County and elsewhere before settling on the 9.3-acre brownfield site, once home to a Big N store and to Alco before that. Galesi had planned to build several buildings on the site, two of which were to house the Schenectady YMCA and Union Graduate College. Both are relocating to other sites in the city. Buicko said the city should benefit greatly when the massive headquarters building opens in late 2009. “It will have a huge impact on downtown. With all those people working there, they will be using services in Schenectady, whether it’s restaurants, drug stores, you name it,” he said. Golub plans to add sidewalks on Nott Street and Peek Street to tie the site to other city venues, such as Little Italy on North Jay Street. Its also plans to make the building and site as ecologically friendly as possible, officials said. The headquarters will feature energy-efficient features and technology, including a stormwater treatment system to avoid sending salt and oil into the Mohawk River through the city’s stormwater pipes. Trees will frame the site and windows will be used to catch every ray of sunlight possible, reducing the need for artifi - cial light. Golub is partnering with the state Energy Research and Development Authority to create the state-of-the-art building. The Galesi Group is using grants from the state brownfield program to clean up the site. “This is a poster child of what is right about the state’s brownfi eld law,” Buicko said. “It is the first brownfield project in Region 4 [of the state Department of Environmental Conservation].” Buicko said Galesi would never had been able to clean up the site without the state grants. “It wouldn’t have been done. This is the only way it makes sense economically to do the project,” he said.
Where dead land lives again Tax breaks help pave way for projects at sites once tainted by industrial past
By LAUREN STANFORTH, Staff writer First published in print: Monday, December 14, 2009
SCHENECTADY -- Ten thousand tons of petroleum-laden dirt and more than 400,000 gallons of contaminated groundwater had to be removed, treated and trucked away before the new Golub Corp. headquarters could be built. City officials say the project on 10 acres along Nott Street shows blighted industrial properties can be brought back from the dead. The building is complete, but workers have not moved in yet. Next up: The old American Locomotive Co.'s main site on the Mohawk River across the street from the Golub building, now mostly a collection of warehouses with broken windows and overgrown brush. The Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority is quietly working on plans to redevelop the former train manufacturing facility into office and residential space.
SCHENECTADY Golub’s new office to get workers as spring rolls in BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
Moving day is approaching for the Golub Corporation. Less than 15 months after breaking ground on a state-of-the-art headquarters in Schenectady, Price Chopper Supermarket’s parent company is getting ready to transfer some of its hundreds of employees into the new building. William Sweet, Golub’s vice president of engineering and construction, said the city has issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for the six-story 240,000-squarefoot structure, which will allow the company to start moving in its information technology and information systems division . “We can see the goal line as we like to say,” he said Friday. The project was completed on schedule, despite getting off to a rough start. Just a month into construction, the Maxon Road site was battered by high winds and then a damaging ice storm that left much of Schenectady County without electricity. But good weather during the summer and a mild fall allowed crews to advance the project significantly. Now, workers have almost completed the interior design down to the carpets and the porcelain in the lobby. The company anticipates having all of its workers in the new building by April. The relocation will be done division by division, with the bulk of workers moving between next month and early March. And when they get to their new offices, they’ll each have a welcoming gift from the Chamber of Schenectady County. The chamber in conjunction with other business associations from around the county are putting together roughly 900 gift packages to be placed on the desks of each worker. .................>>>>................>>>>......................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01203&AppName=1
The chamber in conjunction with other business associations from around the county are putting together roughly 900 gift packages to be placed on the desks of each worker.
You captured my feelings exactly Mobil. But then we need to remember PC is a "small" business as stated by Cicero and Bumble. This is a nice gesture from the chamber to help the owner of a small business feel welcome in the City. LOL
Alley thinks progress is bad. He/She was probably upset when Henry Ford put the horse and buggy out of business with his invention of that pesky automobile. Or when cell phones replaced the pay phone. Or airlines bankrupting the passenger train business. And that's why Marxism fails, because it adherently despises progress, because they would rather hold back successful business in the name of saving jobs in the business that can't competes.
Remember Alley, the consumer has the choice to drive around town and get their meat, baked goods, and other goods at these "small businesses" that you claim PC hurts. But they didn't, they chose the one stop shopping that PC and others offer.
Cicero-you are in an indefensible position. Yes you are right about this. People do have the choice to drive around and support small businesses. That is why I support small business especially in the Town. That means Gabriels Over PC unless it is after hours when they are closed. I also support independent businesses and retailers--Stuyvesant Plaza over Crossgates and privately owned restuarants NOT the chains.. It's a matter of Philosophy. But if I were a mother with a bunch of kids, I too, would go where I could get everything in one place even if it meant a lesser quality. Would I want PC to leave town? Absolutely not. Nor do I want Hannaford to leave. Truly small business, which you characterized as being PC is laughable. Hey maybe you are one of the 900 who will be receiving a gift bag on your desk from the Schenectady Chamber. And BTW, I have had this conversation DIRECTLY w/ Neil Golub.
Progress you ask?? Your post is ridiculous. I utilize some of the latest techniques and technology in my business to stay current. There are two sides to every issue Cicero. I love free enterprise as well as free speech. You seem to be the one who wants to limit both. Puzzling.
I talked with someone at the chamber and they said that they work off of their membership $$. Not taxpayer's. Did they not know?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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