Central Avenue BID hosts "Upper Floors Work Shop"

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WHAT: Enhancing Main Street: Making Upper Floors Work Again
A free workshop presented by the Preservation League of New York State

WHEN: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

WHERE: WAMC Linda Norris Auditorium 339 Central AvenueAlbany, NY


The workshop’s featured speakers will include:
Buffalo architect Clinton Brown, who will discuss Main Street revitalization and why it matters, and also present a case study of mixed-use project in Medina, Orleans County;
Joe Fama of the Troy Architectural Program in Troy, who will explain how New York’s building codes and preservation can work together;

Murray Gould of Port City Preservation in Oswego, who will provide information on funding sources and strategies for downtown conversion projects; and
Sandra Adams of the Community Preservation Corporation in Albany, who will discuss how financing was assembled for recent mixed use projects on North Pearl Street.

The workshop is free and lunch will be served, but seating is limited. Please register by Friday, April 11. Call 518-462-5658 x13 for more information or email upperfloors@preservenys.org


Enhancing Main Street: Making Upper Floors Work Again is presented by the Preservation League of New York State, and sponsored by the Central Avenue Business Improvement District, Empire State Development Corporation, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio. Co-sponsors include the City of Albany Department of Development and Planning; Downtown Albany Business Improvement District; Historic Albany Foundation; Lark Street Business Improvement District; New York Planning Federation; and Office for Small Cities — NYS Housing Trust Fund Corporation.