The Show Must Go On! Donation Safeguards Arts Programming at the Youth Bureau

The Show Must Go On! Donation Safeguards Arts Programming at the Youth Bureau

A donation made in memory of Ruth Davis, the founder of what was formally known as The Center for Expressive Arts at the Ithaca Youth Bureau (IYB), will help increase opportunit...

Construction Update- E State Street & Valentine Place

Construction Update- E State St and Valentine Pl

PROJECT NAME: Hydrant repair  

PROJECT LOCATION: Intersection of Valentine Place and East State Street 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION & GOAL: Repair a traffic damaged hydrant and restore fire flow ...

Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative Invites Community Ideas, Hosting Training Session on Website

The Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative is continuing to invite the community to share their input on plans to transform public safety in the City of Ithaca and Tompkins County via the www.publicsafetyreimagined.org website.

To better support your unde...

City of Ithaca Reimagining Public Safety Working Group to Host Virtual Update

City of Ithaca Reimagining Public Safety Working Group to Host Virtual Update

The Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative is announcing a virtual update on the City of Ithaca’s working group progress on reimagining public safety. The update will be hosted ...

Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative Publishes Translated Materials

 Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative Publishes Translated Materials 

(Ithaca, N.Y., September 23, 2021) --The Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative has published the plans approved earlier this year by both the City of Ithaca and To...

Mayor Announces Appointment of New Chief of Staff

Mayor Svante L. Myrick announced the appointment of Faith Vavra as the Chief of Staff for the City of Ithaca.  

Ms. Vavra brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and leadership skills to the position from her years of work in local and federal g...

Reimagining Public Safety Website & Community Engagement Tool Launched

Reimagining Public Safety Website & Community Engagement Tool Launched, Community Input Sought on Unarmed Response & Healing Plan

(Ithaca, N.Y., September 8, 2021) -- The Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative invites the community to share their ...

City of Ithaca Hotel Room Occupancy Tax Information

City of Ithaca Hotel Room Occupancy Tax Information

The City of Ithaca wishes to inform and remind all lodging operators in the City, including short-term rental hosts, that they are now required to collect the City of Ithaca hotel room occupancy tax and r...

Town & Gown Tuesdays- City & County Updates on Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative Efforts

Town & Gown Tuesdays- City & County Updates on Ongoing Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative Efforts

City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick and Tompkins County Chief Equity and Diversity Officer Deanna Carrithers recently sat down with Gary Stewart, ...

UPDATE- GREEN STREET GARAGE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT- Home Dairy Alley Temporary Closure

UPDATE- GREEN STREET GARAGE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT- Home Dairy Alley Temporary Closure

Beginning Tuesday, July 27, 2021, Home Dairy Alley will be closed underneath the parking garage. The closure is expected to last through February. Home Dairy Alley will r...

Hiring Alert: Project Director, Community Justice Center

 Hiring Alert: Project Director, Community Justice Center

Tompkins County and the City of Ithaca are collaborating in the search for dynamic leader to serve as Project Director for the newly established Community Justice Center with a proven track...

Reimagining Public Safety Working Group Announced

Reimagining Public Safety Working Group Formed to Design City of Ithaca's Department of Public Safety

(Ithaca, N.Y., June 24, 2021) – City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick announced the formation of a working group that will serve...

Construction Update- South Cayuga Street Bridge Project

Construction Update- South Cayuga Street Bridge Project

PROJECT NAME: South Cayuga St Bridge Project  

PROJECT START DATE: July 26, 2021  

SCHEDULED COMPLETION DATE: December 31, 2021   

PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND GOAL: This p...

TIMELINE CORRECTION- NYSEG Work Hyers St and S Albany St

TIMELINE CORRECTION- NYSEG Work Hyers St and S Albany St 

PROJECT NAME & LOCATION: Gas Utility Work South of Six Mile Creek – 500 block of S. Albany Street and Hyers Street portion  

PROJECT DESCRIPTION & GOAL: Gas main a...

Construction Update- Catherine Street Rebuild

Construction Update- Catherine Street Rebuild  

PROJECT LOCATION & DATES: All of Catherine Street: Lower half (nearest Eddy Street)- 2021, Upper half (nearest College Ave) to take place after completion of College Ave project. Updates will be ...

City of Ithaca Adopts Energy Code Supplement, Requires Net-Zero Construction by 2026

City of Ithaca Adopts Energy Code Supplement, Requires Net-Zero Construction by 2026

At the May 5, 2021, meeting of Common Council, the City of Ithaca adopted the Ithaca Energy Code Supplement (IECS), code requirements for new buildings and major renovati...

Ithaca Youth Bureau Open by Appointment Beginning May 10, 2021

Aurora Street "Streatery" to Return for 2021 Outdoor Dining Season

Aurora Street "Streatery" to Return for 2021 Outdoor Dining SeasonBeginning Thursday, April 1, 2021, the City of Ithaca will be closing the 100 block of N Aurora Street (between E State Street and E Seneca Street) to vehicular traffic, to accomm...

Reminder- Green Street Garage Closing 3/29/21

The Green Street Garage will be closing temporarily for reconstruction on Monday, March 29, 2021. Garage re-opening is anticipated for late Fall 2021.  

The existing Green Street Garage will undergo demolition this Spring to make way for ...

Green Street Redevelopment Project- Green Street Lane Shifts

Green Street Redevelopment Project- Green Street Lane Shifts

Beginning the week of March 22, 2021, traffic lanes on East Green Street will be shifting to accommodate the Green Street Redevelopment Project. Both lanes of traffic on East Green Street will be...

Green Street Garage Redevelopment Project

GREEN STREET REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

The Green Street Garage will be closing temporarily for reconstruction Spring 2021. Garage re-opening is anticipated for late Fall 2021.  

The existing Green Street Garage will undergo demolition this Spring to ma...

March 12, 2021 -City welcomes new Director of Sustainability to Advance Goals of the Green New Deal

City welcomes new Director of Sustainability to Advance Goals of the Green New Deal  

Mayor Svante L. Myrick is thrilled to welcome Luis Aguirre Torres as the new Director of Sustainability to lead the City’s Green New Deal initiative. &...

May 5, 2021- City of Ithaca Adopts Energy Code Supplement, Requires Net-Zero Construction by 2026

City of Ithaca Adopts Energy Code Supplement, Requires Net-Zero Construction by 2026

At the May 5, 2021, meeting of Common Council, the City of Ithaca adopted the Ithaca Energy Code Supplement (IECS), code requirements for new buildings and major renovatio...