Biking the Midland Mile
Out of the Storm
November 23rd, 2016Week in Review
November 20th, 2016Bright Future
November 19th, 2016
Jim Bright led a tour of Brighton/Salina Corridor earlier this week.
The tour, which was part of SUNY ESF’s Center for Community Design Research Visioning Voices Community Speaker Series, highlighted neighborhood properties such as People’s AME Zion Church, the South Side Innovation Center Dunk & Bright, the South Side Communications Center, the Mary Nelson Youth Center as well as a handful of projects in progress (Shawn Casey Building, Aspen Heights and Salina Crossing). Dunk & Bright has been a family business for nearly 100 years and the location on South Salina Street is 90,000 square feet.
Cityview (Colorful)
November 19th, 2016
Outerwear
Leaf Changes
November 18th, 2016
Autumn
Cityview (Hester Street meets Salina Street)
November 17th, 2016
Isella Ramirez and Casey Wang, program managers from the Hester Street Collaborative in NYC, visited Syracuse yesterday for the Visioning Voices Community Speaker Series. Hester Street uses design as a tool for neighborhood planning and change. Before the presentations the two planners joined a small group of residents on a brief tour of the Brighton/Salina Corridor. They are pictured here resting outside Dunk & Bright Furniture.
Throwback Thursday
November 17th, 2016
Raging Bullz mascot (circa 2007)
RIP
November 16th, 2016
Southside Communications Center
Lighting the Fuse of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
November 15th, 2016
Carl Schramm,economist, author, professor and founder of Global Entrepreneurship Week, gave a lunchtime talk at Bird Library on Monday.
Some ways to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, according to Carl Schramm, Syracuse University Professor and LeMoyne College grad, are as follows:
- Make economies grow
- Restore local banks (funding)
- Have less government involvement and reduce regulatory burdens
More start-ups equals more jobs, and at their best entrepreneurs are synthesizers, he said.
The Syracuse-native and former head of the Kauffman Foundation started Global Entrepreneur Week back in 2007. As part of his remarks on Monday, he also talked about our legacy of innovation here in the Salt City. Syracuse , now known for eds and meds, was once fertile ground for start up enterprises. In the days of the Erie Canal, he said, New York State was like Silicon Valley. Together pioneering ventures such as Sanderson Bros. Steel and LC Smith Typewriters helped solidify our region’s national reputation back in the day.
One business leader in the audience hinted that manufacturing may be poised for a healthy resurgence in these parts.
The ideas and dialogue from the Global Entrepreneurship Week at Syracuse University continues thru Nov. 18.
The Surprise of Street Art
November 14th, 2016
Mural, Connective Corridor