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Chas G. Burch Supply Co. expanding after Metroplex cleanup, grant | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY – The city and the county development authority approved plans for a five-generation, family supply company to expand.
Chas G. Burch Supply Company at 773 Albany St. will add 4,200 square feet of building space in an adjacent lot that was cleaned by the Schenectady County Metroplex Development Authority, the authority said in a statement.
The kitchen, bath, and plumbing supply company’s expansion was approved by both the City Planning Commission and Metroplex’s board of directors Wednesday.
A $460,000 investment, the building expansion is the latest in a series of investments in Hamilton Hill in recent years along Albany and Craig streets.
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Two tales of one city: Downtown Schenectady reviving, languishing | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY State Street in downtown Schenectady sometimes feels like it’s rebounding from the pandemic, as groups of unmasked people stroll to crowded restaurants and bars.
Other times it feels as if pandemic restrictions are still in effect, with throngs of theatergoers and clusters of office workers conspicuously absent from downtown sidewalks.
The contrast is especially vivid for those who remember the cycles the area has gone through, from a peak in the 1950s to a nadir in the 1990s and a rebirth in recent years.
Land Bank wants $100K CDBG loan through Schenectady to rehab Prospect Street home | The Daily Gazette
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Inset: The home at 110 Prospect St. that the land bank wants to renovate.
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The City Council is expected to help provide the Capital Region Land Bank with the financial wherewithal to reimagine a blighted two-family residence that has been vacant for at least four years.
Toward the city’s ongoing effort to eradicate blight in the Eastern Avenue neighborhood, where 25 properties have been demolished, the council will vote on whether to authorize a $100,000 federal Community Development Block Grant loan for the Capital Region Land Bank to rehab 110 Prospect St.