We have big “Parks” and little “parks”. In case you haven’t heard, New York State is having a bit of a fiscal issue. While the rest of our “system” languishes in a limbo of budget-extenders, Department of Environmental Conservation and Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation fought their own battle and “won” a small victory.
Every organization with a stake in state budget negotiations is doing the same with mixed results. You could say that I’m one of those “mixed results”. And like most things in life, there are two sides of the coin.
Update: Mountain Visions recognizes this game.
Legislature Successfully Defends Paterson’s Assualt On EPF
Paterson tossed a grenade into the assembly and senate chambers and waited for someone to dive on it. Of course there probably isn’t one upstanding human being in the legislature, so they did the only thing they could, they tossed the EPF on it to save themselves.
Tags: economic development·new york·politics·taxes
Too lazy and slightly shocked to copy, paste and spiff-up the press release. Brian already posted most of the details over at The In Box.
Funny thing, I’m not sure this is really a bad thing. No motorized access to the Moose River Plains? Doesn’t really bum me out too much.
Adirondack Road Density
Here’s more:
Tags: dec·forest preserve·new york·taxes
What else will be left in New York State?
- Tioga Point, Raquette Lake, Hamilton County.
- Sharp Bridge, North Hudson, Essex County.
- Taylor Pond, Ausable Forks, Essex County.
- Poplar Point, Arietta, Hamilton County.
- Caroga Lake, Caroga, Fulton County.
- Hinckley Day Use Area, Russia, Herkimer County.
- Scaroon Manor Day Use Area, Schroon, Essex County.
Correction: 2 of the 7 are Day Use areas.
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Tags: camp·dec·essex county·fulton county·hamilton county·herkimer county·new york
Not a whole lot has changed since last year’s report. Scratch that, almost everything is different, just the tourism marketing remains the same. It’s cool to be able to buy your own ROI study. (Did you know that penning nice ROI studies can get you contracts and advisory roles?) Here are the New York State and Adirondack highlights as I see them:
- NYS Tourism Growth Slows – 2008 Spending only grew by 4%, compared to 10% the previous year.
- $53 Billion in NYS Tourism Spending in 2008
- Tourism Contributed 4.1% of NYS GDP for 2008, 6.2% of all jobs
- Tourism Generated $14.3 Billion in Tax Revenue ($7 Billion NYS and Local)
- NYC, Long Island, Hudson Valley comprise 79% of Total Spend – Adirondacks only 2%
- Tourism Generates 17% of the Adirondack Region’s Employment
- Visitors Spent $1.2 Billion and Supported over 20,000 jobs in the Adirondacks
- Warren County represents 45% of the Region’s Tourism Spend
- Visitors Spending Growth – Clinton 10%, Essex 8.9%, Franklin 6%, Hamilton 2.2%, Lewis 0%, Warren 3.9%
- 51.9% of Total Labor Income in Hamilton County is from Tourism
- 40% of Jobs in Hamilton County are Tourism Related, 35% in Essex County
- Tourism in the Adirondacks generated $152 Million in State and Local Tax Revenue
- Travelers Paid $78 Million in Occupancy Tariffs
Tags: economic development·i love ny·new york·tourism
GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES 4 PERCENT INCREASE IN DIRECT TOURISM SPENDING FOR NEW YORK STATE IN 2008
Interesting headline. It almost got me excited until I saw the year. Anyway, the whole press release is after the jump. One thing I have to say, saavy marketers might appreciate the timing of this. Possibly the critical budget negotiations happening and stuff might be related. Maybe.
According to Governor Paterson’s introductory note in the I Love NY 2008-9 Year in Review,
The results of this year in review prove that the course we have charted is a correct one. Despite tourism retrenching in every region of the country, New York’s tourism industry has held steady — no doubt partly due to the revitalized I LOVE NEW YORK campaign and the strategic decisions based around it.
The most recent economic impact data, not surprisingly, shows growth in tourism spending for 2008.
- $53 Billion in Activity
- $7 Billion in State and Local Taxes
- 6.1% of NYS Employment
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Tags: advertising·economic development·i love ny·new york·saatchi and saatchi
