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During their December 6 meeting, the Common Council voted to approve the framework for a proposed policy to regulate where unhoused individuals are allowed to set up encampments, approve the

Developers Can Either Build Qualifying Units Or Make Payments

Ithaca’s Common Council has approved lease changes that would allow the Ithaca Farmers Market to rent out about 50 spaces in the parking lot at Steamboat Landing for use as

On July 19 members of the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency (IURA) and other interested parties toured Collegetown’s past and future by exploring the existing Fire Station No. 2 and the

The “Jungle,” Ithaca’s decades-old unsanctioned homeless encampment has long been like the weather: everybody talks about it, but nobody does anything about it. Perhaps the pieces are finally coming together

The Council voted Wednesday to “accept” a policy proposal on the issue. That did not, however, put any legislation into law.

ITHACA, NY -- The city of Ithaca is looking at the possibility of building a new East Hill fire station at the intersection of Elmwood Avenue and Dryden Road. With

ITHACA, NY -- City officials are proposing building a permanent encampment structure for the unhoused to live in while getting back on their feet. A group comprising alderpersons Cynthia Brock

ITHACA, NY -- The full Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency (IURA) agreed with the Economic Development Committee and decided to move forward with the Finger Lakes Development proposal for Inlet Island at the June 24 meeting. The Finger Lakes Development proposal includes two separate buildings, one with 50-56 affordable housing units serving a range of 30-120% of area median income, and one with 78-90 units for extended stays, called a “hometel.” There were some concerns about density from IU...

ITHACA, NY -- The Planning and Economic Development Committee received an update on the two Green Street garage projects, neither of which has yet commenced construction.