http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/ PlanKingston.org News Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:01:40 GMT RebeccaM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/178 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/178 Dear Neighbors, Check out this blog post! Barbara Corcoran of the Today show named Kingston one of the top 10 places in the Country to purchase a home: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:47:38 GMT gerald berke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/177 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/177 Without a whole lot of science, one can be certain of a few things: 1) that it helps to have one or more really really attractive store(s) that brings people Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:35:43 GMT Melissa Everett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/176 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/176 And big-picture streetscape is more than facade and mobility - it works best when integrated with smart commercial development so that the businesses are Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:26:22 GMT gerald berke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/175 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/175 pretty big effort, planning and execution. lots to find out here... for one, how will they measure the effect? nicely done! it is nicely done. I want to see Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:49:39 GMT RebeccaM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/174 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/174 Good morning. Interesting. A legislative move to spend $80,000 to create a locally fueled program (The Think BIG Campaign) who believe a healthy main street Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:43:37 GMT RebeccaM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/173 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/173 KingstonCitizens.org has a new blog piece available to read. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:54:22 GMT RebeccaM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/172 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/172 I received this today, and thought I'd share it. From MoveOn.org: Dear MoveOn member, Why would a company like CVS oppose solutions to global warming? CVS is a Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:37:16 GMT RebeccaM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/171 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/171 Dear Neighbors, Check out the new KingstonCitizens.org blog post to learn about next Tuesday evening's forum. Don't miss it: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:15:42 GMT martingrenadier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/170 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/170 July 12th, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A citizen led Ward 9 Alderman Debate Set for Wednesday, September 2 KINGSTON ? KingstonCitizens.org has set Wednesday, Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:48:06 GMT martingrenadier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/169 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/169 On the destination front, how about some of the gardens? They are small now...but growing. Here is a nice letter I received this evening: "I just want to thank Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:14:52 GMT gerald berke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/168 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/168 Broadway is a corridor, like it or no. As it is, it is a corridor that is avoided by uptown and downtown and tends to block rather than encourage. I supposed Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:16:41 GMT gerald berke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/167 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/167 lovely pic! oh no, I wouldn't give up on midtown... maybe the mainstreet manager project will finally adress the problem: three distinct and separate pieces of Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:55:56 GMT lowellthing http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/166 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/166 Gerry and all.... Yes, Midtown! But it has to become a series of destinations rather than a "corridor" as everyone thinks of it now. One year I helped manage Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:13:13 GMT Jeffrey Anzevino http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/165 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/165 While Midtown may not be inviting--nor pedestrian-friendly--today, I hope that we don't give up on Midtown. In fact, in my short time here, improvements at Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:11:13 GMT gerald berke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/164 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlanKingstonNews/message/164 I'm taking some pictures of the corridor. some are just lovely scenes. some show the signage and kind of doesn't work very well. some show the architecture,