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← See today's latestElm Street Apartments heads to public hearing this week
Elm Street housing hearing
Ithaca's housing crunch gets a 75-unit test case.
A public session this week will air plans for Elm Street Apartments, a mixed-use development on West Hill that needs Planned Unit Development approval [Quelle: Finger Lakes Daily]. The project slots into the broader housing shortage gripping Tompkins County—the same pressure that's driving the county's 10-year housing strategy and keeping the downtown garage redevelopment moving at speed. New units at this scale would chip away at the availability gap that has pushed rents and purchase prices up across the region.
Check the city website for the hearing date and agenda.
Weather: dry week ahead
Rain clears out after today; seven days of dry forecast.
A showery Monday gives way to stable weather for the rest of the week across Ithaca and Tompkins County [Quelle: Ithaca Voice]. High temperatures stay seasonable. A blocking pattern is settling in, which means no major weather surprises in the forecast window—good news for outdoor work, transit reliability, and anyone tracking the heating season transition ahead.
Plan outdoor plans and maintenance work for Wednesday onward.
Public Session Set for Proposed 75-Unit Ithaca Housing Development3 hours ago ... A public session is set this week for a proposed 75-unit housing development on Ithaca's West Hill. The Elm Street Apartments project requires PUD approval.fingerlakesdailynews.com
Weather: Showery today, but dry and seasonable for rest of week11 hours ago ... Brian Crandall reports on housing and development for the Ithaca Voice. He can be reached at bcrandall@ithacavoice.org. More by Brian Crandall. TOP NEWS.ithacavoice.org