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New York
$1 Million in Smart Growth Grants Designated for Adirondack Park Communities
In a sign of a ''new era of partnership'' between Albany and the Adirondack Park region, in the state's tourism-dependent scenic north, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced a total of $1 million in Smart Growth grants for 18 communities in support of their ''progressive array of forward-thinking projects,'' with the Department of State's smart growth program director Paul Beyer stressing a movement toward environmentally sustainable economic development regionwide.
Flanked by lawmakers from both parties, area officials, environmentalists, academicians and others at the announcement in Lake Placid, report Adirondack Daily Enterprise writer George Earl and Watertown Daily Times Albany correspondent Tom Wanamaker, Commissioner Grannis commended the grant winners for their grassroots problem solutions, and encouraged applicants now omitted to continue their planning efforts.
Local residents should no longer ''be looking in from the outside on decisions being made in Albany,'' he said, a view shared by state Republicans Senator Elizabeth O'C. Little.
''Balancing stewardship of the environment with the economic, housing and infrastructure needs of our Adirondack villages, towns and counties is critically important,'' she observed, pleased ''to see this partnership between the state and our local governments.''
State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry President Cornelius B. Murphy pointed out that the Adirondacks can spur its economy and gain greater energy independence through ''green energy,'' with conversion of defunct pulp and paper mills into ''bio-power'' plants.
''Green is synonymous with economic activity,'' he said. ''Green is the new red, white and blue.'' -- Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Watertown Daily Times 3/26/2008
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