25 Valley Executives Graduate from Unique Pattern for Progress Training Program Advocating Regionalism & Leadership

2020-05-08T13:14:21-04:00July 7th, 2017|

POUGHKEEPSIE — Twenty-five executives, with newly sharpened skills that advocate regionalism to improve the Hudson Valley’s quality of life, comprise the latest class of graduates from Hudson Valley Pattern For Progress’ Fellows Leadership Program.

The program, which culminated its 10th anniversary […]

Chris Gibson to Speak at Leadership Luncheon

2020-10-20T18:26:39-04:00June 2nd, 2017|

CHRIS GIBSON, FORMER CONGRESSMAN & RETIRED ARMY COLONEL,
TO SPEAK ON LEADERSHIP AT PATTERN FOR PROGRESS LUNCHEON

Address will be part of municipal/nonprofit executives’ graduation from leadership program

NEWBURGH — Chris Gibson, whose extensive career has taken him from […]

Jonathan Drapkin & Joe Czajka – My view: Gentrification – A delicate balance

2018-12-06T16:48:25-05:00January 4th, 2017|

Gentrification. For some, it’s a word that suggests progress. For others, concern.

For decades, the Hudson Valley’s urban areas didn’t get the attention they deserved.

In recent years, with an improving economy, more efforts are focused on revitalization. Mayors who want nothing […]

Pattern for Progress Celebrates 51st Anniversary with Yankees Great Bernie Williams; Honors Middletown’s Joe DeStefano, IBM’s Sheila Appel; Presents $10,000 Donation to Wappingers Central School District Music Program

2018-12-06T16:48:25-05:00November 15th, 2016|

Pattern for Progress Celebrates 51st Anniversary with Yankees Great Bernie Williams; Honors Middletown’s Joe DeStefano, IBM’s Sheila Appel; Presents $10,000 Donation to Wappingers Central School District Music Program

 

NEWBURGH – For 51 years, Pattern for Progress has been the leading regional […]

Jonathan Drapkin-It’s Time to Plan for Coming Growth

2016-09-07T16:44:37-04:00September 7th, 2016|

September 4, 2016

It was a long road back, but an analysis of New York State employment data for the seven-county Hudson Valley region shows that we have just about returned to the 1.1 million people employed that we had when […]

Ex-Pittsburgh Mayor Shares Ideas on Poughkeepsie’s Revitalization

2018-12-06T16:48:25-05:00June 22nd, 2016|Tags: , , , , |

By Amanda Purcell /The Poughkeepsie Journal

Tom Murphy, the former Pittsburgh mayor credited with turning the former industrial city’s economic fortunes around, visited with Hudson Valley leaders Tuesday to discuss the hard decisions urban centers like the City of Poughkeepsie face in […]

Former Pittsburgh Mayor Highlights City’s Turnaround

2018-12-06T16:48:25-05:00June 22nd, 2016|Tags: , , , , , , |

Mid-Hudson News
POUGHKEEPSIE – If you compare the rebirth of the City of Pittsburgh to the transformation of the City of Middletown, you will see the Orange County city is […]

Jonathan Drapkin: All Roads Lead to Need for Better Infrastructure

2018-12-06T16:48:25-05:00May 19th, 2016|

May 18. 2016

Infrastructure — not the most exciting thing that government does, but when it fails, boy are citizens upset.

It is national Infrastructure Week. Events are taking place all over the country to try to bring attention to an expenditure that typically […]

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