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In the news: Lower State Street is looking up

From the Times Union
January 10, 2015
By Paul Nelson 

John Eoff is cautiously optimistic about the impact a casino and new building projects on Lower State Street will have on his century-old, family-run camera store. 

"It'll be beautiful when it's all done," said Eoff, 62, who owns The Photo-Lab Inc., which has been on State Street near Erie Boulevard since 1948. "I'm hoping for the best and hopeful I can survive to see it."...

[The] NYBizLab is the idea of Antonio Civitella, CEO of Transfinder, the Schenectady transportation software company. He is also excited about the future along Lower State. 

"There are great things taking place in Schenectady and it is rewarding to be one of the change agents making things happen in this great city," said Civitella. 

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