Mayor Stephanie Miner of Syracuse.
The freshly renovated and expanded stage of the last remaining grand old movie house in downtown Syracuse was just the right ticket for Mayor Stephanie Miner's State of the City message tonight.? The Landmark Theatre was a jewel that was suffering from a declining center city. A multi-million dollar renovation has now modernized the stage space to attract major shows and concerts that had by passed the Salina Street corridor for years.? The investment into the community's future is symbolic of the opportunity that comes with lifting up and looking forward.
Mayor Miner recapped several stalled projects that have found new life under her two year old administration.?? The reconstruction of several Syracuse city schools,? the Inner Harbor build out and the Salina Street 300 block project are all moving ahead after being talked about, debated and delayed.? We had become a city and community more accustomed to what was not getting done than what should be getting done.
The two sided speech given by the way talked about those projects on the rise and added the advent of a Syracuse airport authority as promise for the next few years to come.? She also warned of extraordinarily difficult economic choices for the city and other governments in the next couple of years.?? Costs are climbing.? Assistance from the federal and state level is diminishing.? It is not easy being a mayor these days.
It must have been remarkable to lead a city like Syracuse during the headier times.? Reaching back to the post-war years in the 1950's and 60's when today's older structures were in their prime.? The population core still lived within a couple of miles of Salina and Fayette. When jobs were plentiful. When New York State was a clear national leader and Central New York was much further up the list of the nation's largest cities.
It's nice to look back for nostalgia, but impractical to presume those times will return. It's time to carve out new ones. Create a new future.? Mayor Miner carries a sense of that despite the fiscal, social and population challenges.
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