Letter to editor in response to entertainment study. I can't believe this guy is predicting total doom & gloom to guide future planning.

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps...3/1024/OPINION

Maybe we should just get busy building bomb shelters again for the big war when Iran gets the bomb.:rolleyes:

I recognize the name
 

Wasn't he the same idiot that thought that sprawl was good and that jobs should be spread out into the hinterlands?

^ May well be whit, sounds like the same kind of reasoning.:rolleyes: :koko:

Mixed reviews on unemployment in the Ithaca area:

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps...603290324/1002

Ithaca needs more hi-tech type jobs, and the jobs which would support hi-tech position.

Even with Cornell there
 

Not too many people want to stay afterward,especially the entrepenurial types that feel condescended by having to live in Ithaca. As much as I'd love to move home, the reality is that there is a very limited job market that pays any money there unless you want to work at Cornell or IC. This is the same scenario that plays out in most college towns, not just Ithaca. I agree that there needs to be High Tech jobs and that the presence of Cornell should support that, but at some point, most of these companies want to be in a place with a deeper labor pool and not be stuck in a place whose airport has one permanent airline (for the time being) and one airline that might not be ther in 6 months or a year as their case moves through bankruptcy court.

^ Agreed, just pisses me off that the potential will probably go unrealized.

Here's an editorial from the local paper which kind of tells the city to pat itself on the back. Some good news for a change.

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps...5/1014/OPINION

Tax abatements for new projects downtown put on hold:

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps...WS01/604080329

Sucks.:yuck:

One airline, eh? I think the last time I felw into Ithaca, it was on Mohawk..... yikes.

Mohawk still exists? No way. Did they ever lenghthen the airport runway?

^^^^Only on someone's head....lol.....runway? I don't have a clue....Ex-Ithacan is our man in the know.....

The runway was lengthened a bit, but it still doesn't generate enough traffic for any big jets. There are actually 2 airlines: US Air and Northwest (both going bankrupt?:rolleyes: ). Funny you should mention Mohawk, my Uncle use to work for them many years ago. That airline was merges with others and eventually became US Air.

Speaking of the airport, it's hard to find pics, but here's a few:

aerial with airport to left (this is an old pic);

http://www.cornellbtp.com/images/aer6.jpg

aerial with the airport in upper half

http://www.cornellbtp.com/download/slide6.jpg

inside the terminal

http://ouvertlanuitfermelanuit.typep...e/img_1648.JPG

2 for now
 

But the next time that Northwest cuts back, Ithaca will be the first to go, just like with Continential on their multiple attempts to serve the Ithaca area. I still thought that Ithaca, Elmira, and Binghamton should have combined into one big airport that would have actual service.

I read that Northwest is actually doing better than expected on the Ithaca routes. Who knows, maybe someone else might get interested too. I think the 3 cities joining to make one airport would have been feasable some time ago, but there's a lot of infrastructure in place for the 3 cities and their airports, and building one from scratch might be cost prohibitive. Not sure all three together could generate enough money for a whole new airport. Besides, there's a lot of local pride involved too.

Here's a possibilty I think you're going to hope for whit:

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps...604110318/1002


And good ole Gary Ferguson letting us know downtown's gonna be OK. I love that guy's positive outlook.

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps...604110325/1002


:)

They got smart
 

Ithaca isn't growing fast enough to support 2 12 to 14 screen mainstream first run theaters. Now if this works out, maybe they can turn Fall Creek into a dollar theater and expand the gym in Center Ithaca inth the Cinemopolis location.

There was s study back in the 70's about this and occassionally it's brought up, but you're right, since Ithaca got a new terminal and both Binghamton and ELmira renovated their terminals in the 90's it's gonna be a while, plus you're right about the egos involved.

Works for me, but I hope it won't affect the tax abatements for the project. If it does, there could be a problem since a moritorium has been set on any tax abatements for the next 6 months. And you know in Ithaca development is 3 steps forward and 2 back.:rolleyes:

Sad news for an Ithaca neighbor. The city od Cortland (the other half of the Ithaca/Cortlan MSA) lost an historic landmark building to fire yesterday. Here's an article with pics:

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps...604120330/1002

The only pic of the building I could find from my collection isn't that great:

http://www.picpile.com/uploads/637781125.jpg

I hate it when old gems like this are destroyed.:(