BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- The City of Binghamton was honored for its commitment to sustainability. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand presented the city with a 2013 Environmental Quality Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency Friday. Binghamton was the only New York State municipality to win the award. Gillibrand actually nominated the city for the … [Read more...] about Binghamton Only NY City to Win Environmental Award

Topic of Binghamton Community Lab BINGHAMTON, NY – The Binghamton Community Lab will host a mixer and discussion for anyone who is interested in investing locally. There is a self-pay dinner at 6:00 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16th, at the Lost Dog Café Violet Room, 222 Water Street in Binghamton. This event is free and open … [Read more...] about “Are You Interested in Investing Locally?”

Remember “Miss Rumphius,” the Lupine Lady? The children’s fiction book by Barbara Cooney (Puffin 1982) recounts the story of Miss Alice Rumphius, a woman who sought to make the world more beautiful by spreading lupine seeds in the wild. Flash back to New York in the 1970s and meet Liz Christy and her Green Guerillas group, who took to beautifying crumbling … [Read more...] about A History of Seed Bombing: GOOD

 BLDC Awarded $250,000 New York Main Street Grant The Binghamton Local Development Corporation (BLDC) announced today that it will be administering a matching grant program in the amount of $250,000 through the 2012 NYS Main Street Grant Program. The BLDC received the grant through New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation’s Office of … [Read more...] about Main St Grant Received by City

Come by the former First National Bank Building at 49 Court Street to learn something new about your city and share your thoughts and ideas about how to move our city FORWARD TOGETHER! If you missed the first one on March 1, this is your chance to weigh in....or if you enjoyed it so much the first time you want to come back, please do! 11 am to 3 … [Read more...] about Blueprint Binghamton: POP-UP open friday, 15th

 This Week’s First Blueprint Binghamton Community Discussion To Focus On Green Infrastructure BINGHAMTON, NY—The City of Binghamton hosts its first monthly “Blueprint Binghamton - Community Discussion” this Thursday, March 7th, at the Broome County Library, noon – 2:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public including lunch, courtesy of series … [Read more...] about Blueprint Binghamton: Green Infrastructure

Commission on Downtown Binghamton Development Issues Final Report Economic Development Incentives Guide is first achievement to spring from commission’s work BINGHAMTON, NY—The Commission on Downtown Binghamton Development today issued its final report and unveiled the Economic Development Incentive Guide, which emerged from the Commission’s work. … [Read more...] about Downtown Commission Final Report

From Rochester Independent Media Center: "We can have a cynical attitude in the face of the media to say nothing can be done about the dollar power that creates itself in images, words, digital communication, and computer systems that invades not just with an invasion of power, but with a way of seeing that world, of how they think the world should look. … [Read more...] about The origins of Independent Media

Book As Art February 2013 Cooperative Gallery 213 Curated by Peg Johnston CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Handmade books are an art form that will be featured at “Book as Art” at the Cooperative Gallery 213 the month of February 2013. In addition to her own work, Peg Johnston will curate a show that includes a wide variety of book art. Eligible are handmade … [Read more...] about Book as Art: Submissions Wanted