A couple of articles from the Ithaca Times.
The first involves a public meeting for a fairly large (for Ithaca) proposed mixed use development. Th Nimbys were out in force:
https://www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/r...788d7ffae.html
The next is an example of the support the artist community gets in Ithaca:
https://www.ithaca.com/entertainment...26ad8b921.html