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Join BDB for a screening of “The Economics of Happiness” 22 Mar 2011 | 04:17 am
On Tuesday, March 22 at 7pm we’ll hold a regular (short) meeting of Beacon Deserves Better at the Beahive, 291 Main Street, with the film “The Economics of Happiness” to follow. See details in our Ev...
Facebook Planathon 6 Mar 2011 | 02:19 am
Facebook is hosting a design charrette to discuss its campus planned for the community of Menlo Park. From The City Fix: The all-day event, dubbed “Creating a Sense of Place,” is open to the public ...
The MTA Takes a Hike 21 Sep 2010 | 11:09 pm
Beacon Mayor Steve Gold recently informed the MTA that the community had issues with its request to spot zone MetroNorth’s property at the waterfront. While most citizens of Beacon were for developin...
The Irony Grants (We’ll take it) 26 Aug 2010 | 01:28 pm
My partner is working on the Ford Foundation’s annual report. She forwarded this to me, suggesting it might be just the thing to get the old Beacon spur line up and running again. WASHINGTON, D.C., 1...
11th Annual Hudson River Ramble 23 Aug 2010 | 11:53 pm
The month of September is full of events celebrating and exploring the Hudson River. It’s put together by The Hudson River Valley Greenway. The Ramble has it’s own website with a downloadable PDF of a...
Taken for Granted 20 Aug 2010 | 01:59 pm
I received this press release at work earlier in the week. Note that Poughkeepsie is already $95,000 ahead of us in grants after signing an agreement with the MTA in May†: From: [mailto:DHecox@fhwa.d...
Grants, Bait Shops, and Lawyers 19 Aug 2010 | 11:51 pm
Dear readers, Sorry for the extended down time. We have fired all the previous staff and are operating under new management! Despite the late summer heat courtesy of Sirius, the dog star, we did mis...
WHRTAS Regional Planning 16 Jul 2010 | 11:07 pm
How does long-term regional planning affect what we do today at our waterfront? This key issue has often been overlooked in discussions about shaping our city for the next 50 to 100 years. On Tuesday...
BDB Selects Officers 16 Jul 2010 | 10:53 pm
After approximately a year of existence, Beacon Deserves Better has formalized its structure in order to help drive forward its mission. The following press release appears in this week’s Beacon Free ...
The Parking Problem 2 Jul 2010 | 12:15 am
You’ve heard it before in Beacon: “There’s not enough parking.” Well, yes. But really, no. From a new series in Slate magazine, called Nimble Cities: …people complain of Hartford, Conn., that there “...
