by bsyden | Apr 5, 2021 | Local Government Efficiency, News, Planning, Presentations
Members of Laberge Group’s Government Operations & Efficiency Team were honored to join Jim Gordon, Director of the Bureau of Central Services for Rensselaer County for a series of three Public Hearings. This series of meetings were established to deliver...
by bsyden | Apr 5, 2021 | Economic Development, Grants and Funding, News, Projects
The New York State Office of Community Renewal is still issuing Community Development Block Grants Economic Development funding (CDBG-ED) to support economic development initiatives. The program provides funds to projects that result in quality, well-paying, fulltime...
by bsyden | Apr 5, 2021 | News, Planning, Projects
Laberge Group has been retained by the Town of Esopus to update the Town’s decades-old Local Waterfront Redevelopment Plan (LWRP). We are proud to partner once again with this forward-thinking community to establish a revised long-term plan to develop strategies for...
by bsyden | Apr 5, 2021 | News, Presentations, Wastewater
Using Wastewater to Slow COVID-19 Spread in New York State Wastewater surveillance has become an important tool in tracking and stemming the spread of COVID-19. To do our part in helping to support the effort to use this early-warning system to stem the spread of the...
by bsyden | Apr 5, 2021 | Local Government Efficiency, News, Projects
The Village of Spencer held a well-attended public information meeting on August 24th. The Board of Trustees delivered information regarding a potential Village Dissolution, which is the subject of a referendum due to a petition calling for the dissolution. Ben Syden...
by bsyden | Apr 5, 2021 | Local Government Efficiency, News
When citizens organize to petition for a town/village consolidation or other government efficiency initiatives, the aim tends to be lowering taxes by eliminating redundant layers of government. While that’s a worthy goal, and often effective, reorganizations don’t...