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mikechristine1
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Bumble, you say don't do anything.  Would you just prefer to leave empty buildings empty, unkempt, let them get more run down, become attractions for vagrants and become a fire hazard?


Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent.  
Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and
speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
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I'm saying, be careful what you wish for. What exactly would you like to see on hamburg st? What exactly does the people who live in that area need that isn't already within just a couple of miles? And ice cream store? There is curry freeze, friendly's and the one on highbridge. On hamburg st there are pizza places, diners, stewarts, car washes, roller skating, laundromats, beauty shops, beauty spas, bars, gas stations, churches, uhaul.....and everything else is in a couple mile radius. The biggest eyesore is the old grand union.

I think the hamburg street area is still quaint and still resembles small town living. Like I said....be careful what you wish for.


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Grand Union(Godlewski Center) it could be the new town garage/police station


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Quoted from TippyCanoe
Grand Union(Godlewski Center) it could be the new town garage/police station


Yup they are going to call it Dunzy's II or The Bobby G Center for the _______________
you fill in the blank.
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Grand Union(Godlewski Center) it could be the new town garage/police station


I'm sure the residents of the junction will appreciate it's "central" location.
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There lies the problem, rotterdam is made of multiple centers of development
Rotterdam square - campbell rd
5s (the junctio)
Curry rd
Hamberg st
Exit 25a

All with little focus - if we had a comp plan that stood the test of time ne build this here because I have money and I feel like it, we woukl begin to see professional developement

Put down a plan and work it for more than 2 years

Oh, I forgot the metroplex upcomming deal for the old grand union - a USDA certified butcher shop housing live animals indoors ready for the picking....


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THE BIG BUMP


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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at least grand union is one step above the curry rd center and CVS on 158 and 7
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Hamburg Street shopping for ideas Upper Union Street BID seen as model
BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter

   When searching for ideas to improve Hamburg Street, Frank DePalma is looking east toward upper Union Street in Schenectady.
   The co-chair of the fledgling Hamburg Street Merchants Association is scheduled to meet with Michael Mastroianni, who was instrumental in the creation of the Upper Union Street Business Improvement District. The special assessment district is largely credited for a host of improvements and events that have brought renewed commercial interest to a strip between Garner Avenue and the city line.
   “We’re going to see what kind of ideas they have,” said DePalma, the owner of DePalma’s Screen Printing and Embroidery on Hamburg Street.
   DePalma said the talks are aimed at generating ideas for improving the condition and business through the mixed-use corridor between Curry Road and Altamont Avenue. Since January, members of the merchants association have lobbied town and county officials for help in improving the street, where roughly 70 businesses are located.
   “We’re not going to let them forget about it,” he said. “We’re not going to let this die.”
   Business owners have called for a greater police presence, improved lighting, and perhaps even a sewer hookup, which many cite as the underlying reason Hamburg Street has fallen behind Altamont Avenue. The merchants are hoping to gain a bit of savvy from Mastroianni’s experiences on Union Street to help touch off improvements in Rotterdam.
   In November 2001, upper Union Street formed a business improvement district that now includes 65 properties and more than 90 businesses. Business owners are annually assessed a property value-based fee, which is then funneled into a fund used for everything from street improvements to street festivals.
   “It’s to control your own destiny,” Mastroianni said of the BID formation. “It’s a great opportunity for local businesses to promote their cause.”
   On upper Union Street, the special assessment has helped bring events to the district such as last week’s Strawberry Festival, as well as a weekly farmers’ market. The BID has also aided in gaining facade improvement grants through the state, Mastroianni said.
   “We just keep on going forward so when they hear upper Union Street, they know where to go,” he said.
   DePalma admits upper Union Street and Hamburg Street are fairly different in their makeup. While the upper Union Street is a densely commercial area with amenities such as sidewalks, Hamburg Street has a more dispersed collection of businesses that lack even a sewer connection.
   But DePalma believes the merchants’ association can gain valuable insight from Mastroianni. Even if the merchants association decides against forming a special assessment district, he said they can use Mastroianni’s input to develop ideas that might breath new life to Hamburg Street.
   The priority now for the merchants association is to get input and participation from the businesses on the street. DePalma said the organization will host its monthly meeting at the Rotterdam Senior Center on July 2 with the hope of getting more business owners involved.
   “The more the count [of businesses], the bigger the body, the more we can get done,” he said.

MEREDITH L. KAISER/GAZETTE PHOTOGRAPHER
Frank DePalma, owner of DePalma’s Screenprinting and Embroidery on Hamburg Street in Rotterdam, stands Tuesday next to a screenprinting press at his shop. DePalma is cochairman of the Hamburg Street Merchants Association.


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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DePalma said the talks are aimed at generating ideas for improving the condition and business through the mixed-use corridor between Curry Road and Altamont Avenue. ..

   Business owners have called for a greater police presence, improved lighting, and perhaps even a sewer hookup, which many cite as the underlying reason Hamburg Street has fallen behind Altamont Avenue.  


Taxes are the reason.

All the suggested reasons will only raise taxes even more.





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altamont ave is a cheap garage sale with crappy food


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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altamont ave is a cheap garage sale with crappy food


pretty much...nothing but banks and fast food joints sandwiched between two supermarkets on the bus route...


"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
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Quoted from 55tbird


pretty much...nothing but banks and fast food joints sandwiched between two supermarkets on the bus route...


that's all the crane street folks need!
Don't forget Walmart and drug store.
It's a GREAT location, and just the right businesses for the Drug Dealers!!!
.........and they are EVERYWHERE on the ALTAMONT AVE. STRIP!!


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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche


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they are in the nick and crannies of this Town.....
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heard that the drug dealers charge higher prices outside of the city boarders.

they say the rest of the county has more $$$$$....so they charge more.


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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche


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