Mayor Harry Tutunjian's State of the City [Troy, NY] Address

Building Conservation students in Preservation Design Studio may find useful context and background relating to the Congress Street corridor project in Mayor Harry Tutunjian's February 1st 2007 State of the City address.

The appropriately positive and upbeat address highlights many ongoing and planned projects (a number of which we have also spoken about in this blog), and describes many new businesses, events, and improvement projects.

As an example, Mayor Tutunjian states that "between 1996 and 2003, the City of Troy Planning Board reviewed an average of 89 cases per year. In 2004 that number jumped to 100. The following year it reached 130 cases. And last year we heard a remarkable 154 plans discussed. That is a 90 percent increase in activity in just three years, and includes reviews of many building expansions, new restaurants, historical preservation requests, and condominiums."

The address is well worth reading for anyone interested in Troy.