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Article: Albany convention center promises economic benefits.(Capital District News)
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- The Informed Constituent (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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Imagine downtown Albany flooded with hundreds of tourists who have come to meet, eat, drink, and shop among the city's local businesses. Officials believe that a new convention center will boost Albany's economy by turning the city into a mecca for tourism.
Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings began to talk about building a convention center in 1994 as part of his plan to revitalize Albany's economy. Now, over a decade later, steady progress is being made to build it.
"This project will create hundreds of new jobs and will result in opportunities for new economic development in our region that will make our city one of the premiere destination centers in the ...