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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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    • Redevelop Procter's Theatre

    Posted by inspiredbydesign (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: arts troy culture metroplex
    Redevelop Proctor's theatre as regional dramatic/media arts incubator in conjunction with NYSTI, RPI, Sage, Arts Center and Center for Independent Me read more »
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    • County Arts & Technology Library

    Posted by inspiredbydesign (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: tech valley city-wide county-wide
    Create a County wide public arts and technology library located in Troy Atrium. Sell the Troy library to Sage college and move the RPI Bookstore down 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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    • 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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    • Rensselaer County Metroplex

    Posted by inspiredbydesign (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: economic growth urban renewal
    Create county wide economic engine to spur tech valley and arts culture in urban centers consistent with regional tech valley vision.

    County wide read more »
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    • RPI should help make Troy the flagship city of Tech Valley!

    Posted by troyisgreat (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: General/City-Wide | Tags: troy tech valley rpi high tech
    I think Troy should become the flagship city of Tech Valley, and RPI could play a huge role in making that happen.rnrnI participated in a online read more »
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    • Relocate the Troy public library, RPI bookstore, and Sage bookstore to the Atrium

    Posted by bdavis (Troy Improvement Idea)
    Area: Downtown | Tags: troy library rpi sage
    I know this was proposed a while back. I think this would be a great way to drive foot traffic to downtown. read more »
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