{"id":111018,"date":"2020-02-11T11:27:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T16:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=111018"},"modified":"2020-02-11T11:27:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T16:27:03","slug":"senator-rachel-may-announces-funding-for-madison-county-erie-canal-revitalization-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=111018","title":{"rendered":"Senator Rachel May announces funding for Madison County Erie Canal Revitalization project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>Senator Rachel May<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Rachel May (D-Onondaga, Madison, Oneida) announced\nthat the New York Power Authority Board has selected Madison County to receive\naward funding for revitalization of the Erie Canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial $30 million in funding awards (of which Madison\nCounty will receive a portion) are spread across New York state to help expand\ntourism, boost economic development and reduce flooding along the Erie Canal\ncorridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madison County\u2019s project aims to adapt industrial properties\nfor new uses. The project will create a canal side pocket neighborhood on a\nformer industrial property in Canastota along the Old Erie Canal. This\nneighborhood will be a model for 21st century canal side living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Erie Canal was, and continues to be, a tremendous asset\nfor New York state,\u201d said May. \u201cAs a tourism destination, the canal draws tens\nof thousands of visitors and brings in billions of dollars to our Upstate towns\nand villages. I am very excited for the long-term reimagining of the canal and\npleased to see Madison County receive one of the first awards to revitalize a\nportion in Canastota.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Rachel May (D-Onondaga, Madison, Oneida) announced that the New York Power Authority Board has selected Madison County to receive award funding for revitalization of the Erie Canal. The initial $30 million in funding awards (of which Madison County will receive a portion) are spread across New York state to help expand tourism, boost economic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}