Infrastructure is at the center of core issues

train tracks running throug ha rural landscape at dusk

After suffering decades of deterioration, the nation’s infrastructure is getting some long-overdue attention — in the form of financial investment. With the year-end bipartisan commitment of more than $1 trillion […]

Placemaking is place-based policy

A sunset view of Glen St in Glens Falls. You can see a few rooftops, including the Wood Theater sign.

Placemaking isn’t a phrase heard in the halls of local governments. But the concept is at the heart of much of the progress we have made over the past several years. […]

Branding an Authentic City

Rainbow over Downtown Glens Falls

David A. Banks released a research article called “The attention economy of authentic cities: How cities behave like influencers,” in December 2020, using the Glens Falls and the Downtown Revitalization […]