The Capital District Regional Planning Commission (CDRPC) is a regional planning and resource center serving Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady counties.

CDRPC provides objective analysis of data, trends, opportunities, and challenges relevant to the Region’s economic development and planning communities.

CDRPC serves the best interests of the public and private sectors by promoting intergovernmental cooperation; communicating, collaborating, and facilitating regional initiatives; and sharing information and fostering dialogues on solutions to regional problems.

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The Capital Region Transportation Council is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for a region that includes the counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga (except the Town of Moreau and the Village of South Glens Falls), and Schenectady.

Led by a Policy Board comprised of elected and appointed officials at the state, regional, and local government levels, the Transportation Council assigns federal funds to transportation plans, programs, and projects in the Capital Region.

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The Albany County Land Bank is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to revitalizing neighborhoods by addressing vacant properties.

The Land Bank acquires tax-foreclosed, vacant, or abandoned properties throughout Albany County and identify responsible buyers through an application process that includes multi-layered review.

They work in with various public and private sector partners to remove harm and return properties to productive use supporting community development.

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The NYS Department of State Division of Local Government Services (DLGS) provides support for local municipal governments to incentivize effective and efficient operation of their governmental systems.

The DLGS also provides the executive branch the information and expertise required to develop policy regarding the state and local government relationship, and helps develop and implement plans based on the policies established by the executive branch.

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) ’s mission is "to conserve, improve and protect New York's natural resources and environment and to prevent, abate and control water, land and air pollution, in order to enhance the health, safety and welfare of the people of the state and their overall economic and social well-being."

The DEC's goal is to achieve this mission through the simultaneous pursuit of environmental quality, public health, economic prosperity and social well-being, including environmental justice and the empowerment of individuals to participate in environmental decisions that affect their lives.

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