To the Editor:<\/p>\n
(Utica, NY \u2013 Jan. 28, 2013) Please let me first state how excited I am to present an\u00a0opportunity\u00a0to you, your business and your neighborhood. \u00a0The City of Utica by way of my proposed legislation is taking our\u00a0Economic\u00a0Development to a new level by creating what we call Municipal Theme Districts. \u00a0These districts will help your business in several ways. \u00a0They provide several opportunities to apply for beautification\u00a0grants\u00a0facade work and most importantly City infrastructure repair in the given theme district.<\/p>\n
Attached to this email are two documents, the first is a brief informational news article that gives you a description of what these “theme districts” mean to a community and the second is my proposed legislation for you to read prior to the meeting if you so choose.<\/p>\n
Currently we are in the process of forming 2-3 districts in the Utica area and to that fact the Utica Common Councils, Urban and Economic development Committee, in which I chair, will be holding a special informational meeting for all interested parties who would like to know more.<\/p>\n
The details of the meeting are as follows:<\/p>\n
Date: Wednesday January 30, 2013<\/p>\n
Time: 5:30 pm<\/p>\n
Place: The Italian Heritage Club<\/p>\n
644 Bleecker St<\/p>\n
Utica, NY 13501<\/p>\n
Topic will include:<\/p>\n
– \u00a0What\u00a0exactly\u00a0is a Municipal Theme District<\/p>\n
– \u00a0How can local business’s and\u00a0neighbors\u00a0help and get involved<\/p>\n
– \u00a0What this means to the city and the\u00a0participation\u00a0of the program<\/p>\n
– \u00a0Possible pilot districts<\/p>\n
ie: Brewery\/ District, International Market Place (Bleecker Street Corridor), Arts District (near MWPAI on Genesee) and historic and Scenic District in the Old Rutger Street area.<\/p>\n
There will also be a question and answer period following the meeting with\u00a0members\u00a0of the Common Council and members of the Urban and Economic Development Department.<\/p>\n
You may have also already have met the point man on this project who has worked diligently to put this meeting together, Andrew Brindisi who is with the City’s Urban Renewal Agency. \u00a0he will also be on hand to speak to.<\/p>\n
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me at the information below.<\/p>\n
I look forward to seeing you there.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
Joseph A. Marino<\/strong><\/p>\n Councilman, 4th Ward<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To the Editor: (Utica, NY \u2013 Jan. 28, 2013) Please let me first state how excited I am to present an\u00a0opportunity\u00a0to you, your business and your neighborhood. \u00a0The City of Utica by way of my proposed legislation is taking our\u00a0Economic\u00a0Development to a new level by creating what we call Municipal Theme Districts. \u00a0These districts will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-aNR","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41531","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=41531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}