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    • Community Character

    Posted by Blaise (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: troy neighborhoods character
    I would love to see each of Troy's neighborhoods get a "face-lift" on the major artery through the area. 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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    • Thinking of moving to Troy

    Posted by jcolumbus (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide
    I am looking to possibly move to Troy when part of the company I work for moves there by next July - can someone give me some details and / or pictur 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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    • Redevelop Theatre on River Street

    Posted by whitemiata (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: Downtown | Tags: troy movie theatre low cost
    The Madison theater in Albany shows 2nd run popular movies (a couple months delayed) for really low prices. I think that might be nice to have a low read more »
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    • Bike and Skateboard Park

    Posted by mcral (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: fun park troy sports bike
    I think a bike and skateboard sports park would be a great thing to put in somewhere. Something that allowed kids to ride their bikes and skateboard read more »
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    • Small Business Incubators--Low & High Tech

    Posted by DHR (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: Downtown | Tags: troy business startup tech rpi
    The number of available storefronts could offer the opportunity to start a small business incubator for both low (retail) and high tech businesses.r read more »
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    • Quality kid friendly restaurants that stay open late

    Posted by troyisgreat (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: restaurants family troy
    I wish there were more quality kid friendly restaurants that stayed open later.

    Troy has some of the best restaurants in the area (the best in my read more »
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    • Garbage cans in litter prone areas

    Posted by timmer (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: litter
    It might help to put more garbage cans in the areas of the city that are most prone to litter. Even in the residential sections.

    It would probabl read more »
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    • Get the word out!

    Posted by inspiredbydesign (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: Lansingburgh | Tags: web based collaboration
    This site is awesome. Can become a huge catylst for community, neighborhood, commercial and instituational collaboration. Whoever did this should run read more »
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