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    • Troy Corps: subproject #1 monitoring traffic infractions

    Posted by shandor (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: Downtown | Tags: police streets laws cars
    Using technology to help with city income without raising taxes. Technology to help law enforment without hiring more cops. read more »
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    • Adopt-a-Park Program

    Posted by sonlight (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide
    What about an Adopt-a-Park program similar to the roadside clean-up program? Any thoughts? read more »
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    • Co-Working Space

    Posted by troyisgreat (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: Downtown | Tags: co-working shared space start-up troy
    I think it would be great to have a co-working space somewhere downtown.rnrnSimilar to the idea posted by DHR a while back to use store fronts as read more »
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    • Troy YMCA on the Hudson River

    Posted by inspiredbydesign (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: ymca recreation troy river
    Sell the Troy YMCA and build a new facility on the Hudson River in downtown Troy with access to the water for boating, canoeing, kayaking, small boat read more »
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    • Hudson River Front Development

    Posted by inspiredbydesign (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: river front troy
    Make Hudson River brownfields shovel ready for high-tech, arts and recreational uses. Re-zone all vacant and distressed properties for this purpose. read more »
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    • Troy Business Association

    Posted by troyisgreat (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: troy business association
    When I used to work in downtown Saratoga, the company I worked with was part of the downtown business association. One of the nice perks of being a read more »
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    • Provide tools to organize and act on ideas

    Posted by alex (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: OurTroy.com Website | Tags: website wiki action community
    NYCstreets.org is a new website with organizational and action-oriented features that OurTroy currently lacks read more »
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    • Restore Proctor's Theater

    Posted by troyisgreat (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: Downtown | Tags: proctors theater restoration
    I'd really love to see Proctor's Theater restored.

    I know that it would be a huge undertaking, and very costly, but in the long run, I really thin read more »
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    • Troy Needs Dog Runs

    Posted by shandor (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: dog park fun community
    Dog runs will help to provide a sense of community to each of the small neighborhoods in troy. This in turn will bring more people into the street read more »
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    • Troy Needs Playgrounds

    Posted by shandor (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: playground children
    Playgrounds will help to provide a sense of community to each of the small neighborhoods in troy. This in turn will bring more people into the streets read more »
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