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Capital Region Chamber reports on community development program, cites vandalism, canal impacts and housing trends

5807022 · September 4, 2025
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Pete Bernonius of the Capital Region Chamber updated the committee on the chambercommunity development program, citing preservation wins, increased vandalism at historic sites, canal navigation issues affecting marinas, and planned outreach on housing trends and energy siting.

Pete Bernonius, representing the Capital Region Chamber, told the Saratoga County Economic Development Committee that the chamberfunded community development program is largely continuing into next year and that staff will submit a 2026 request to the county.

Bernonius reviewed program activity dating to the programstart in 2013 and described local projects the chamber helped seed, including preservation work in Mechanicville and outreach tied to the countyCanal towns. He said a sketch he submitted about the countycommunity development program was displayed in a Buffalo museum,…

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