From this grand, never-ending title, you might get the sense that I had something to do with this site.
Well, I did! I proudly assisted the development of Empire State Future’s new web site, www.empirestatefuture.org. Empire State Future is New York State’s first and only statewide smart growth advocacy and education organization, now in its fourth year. While I am proud to assist the good and important work of ESF over three years now, I am also proud (once again!) to say that I am a co-founder of this organization, which has made quite an impact for a very young organization: already, ESF has played a leading role in passage of a landmark smart-growth bill into New York State law. This Public Infrastructure Priority Act instructs state agencies and authorities to carefully screen their infrastructure spending plans to be sure that those dollars enable smart growth and not sprawl. Today, ESF is aggressively working to move two other key bills– Complete Streets and Land Banking Authority–into law.
Empire State Future has a new three-dimensional place, as well as a new virtual home. Earlier this year, ESF opened offices on Washington Street in Albany, within a good six-iron of the Capital complex.
Join me and Empire State Future as we work to halt sprawl and actualize smart growth and sustainable communities across New York!