Join the Planning & Development Board!

Join the Planning & Development Board!

Would you like to help the City of Ithaca continue to create a livable, healthy, and equitable city? If you do and you live in the City of Ithaca, we’d love to hear from you! The City of Ithaca is seekin...

Schumer, Gillibrand Deliver Over $8.5 Million for Southern Tier Infrastructure

Schumer, Gillibrand Deliver Over $8.5 Million for Southern Tier Infrastructure & Community Development Projects

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $8.5 million for essential infrastructure and lon...

Draft Cass Park Capital Plan Posted for Public Comment

Draft Cass Park Capital Plan Posted for Public Comment

The City of Ithaca Engineering Office, in conjunction with the Ithaca Youth Bureau, and their consultants, Barton & Loguidice, have completed a draft capital plan for Cass Park. The purpose of this...

Community Justice Center Opens Inclusive Recruitment and Retention Reimagining Public Safety Plan

Community Justice Center Opens Inclusive Recruitment and Retention Reimagining Public Safety Plan for Public Ideas, Begins Working Group 

The Community Justice Center (CJC) has announced that work has begun on the joint City of Ithaca and Tompkins...

2023: A Year of Celebrations for the Ithaca Youth Bureau and Cass Park

2023: A Year of Celebrations for the Ithaca Youth Bureau and Cass Park 

This year, the Ithaca Youth Bureau (YB) celebrates 75 years of service to the Ithaca community and the Cass Park Pool turns 50 years old! The Youth Bureau has touched many peo...

5th Ward Common Council Candidate Interviews

Public meeting scheduled for Cayuga Waterfront Revitalization Project

Public meeting scheduled for Cayuga Waterfront Revitalization Project

The City of Ithaca Engineering Office and their consultants, Bergmann Associates, will be hosting a public meeting for the Cayuga Waterfront Revitalization Project on Wednesday, January ...

Holiday Tree Collection

Holiday Tree Collection

Tree pick up is running from January 3rd to Feb 3rd. Please place trees out at the curb, no trash or yard waste tags needed.

Please make sure that your trees are free of lights, decorations and stands. Old holiday trees are chipped a...

Construction Update: Oak Avenue Sewer Installation

Construction Update: Oak Avenue Sewer Installation   

PROJECT LOCATION: Oak Avenue between College Ave and Summit Street 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: New Sewer Installation  

PROJECT START DATE & TIME:  7:00 AM Tuesd...

Reminder- Please Sign Up for TC SIREN Alert System!

Reminder- Please Sign Up for TC SIREN Alert System! 

As we look ahead to winter weather the city would like to remind residents and those parking on downtown streets to stay safe and be aware of the potential for enactment of Odd/ Even parking.&am...

Statement from Mayor Lewis- Reimagining Public Safety Investigation Report

Statement from Mayor Lewis- Reimagining Public Safety Investigation Report

One of my top priorities as a member of Ithaca’s Common Council, as Acting Mayor, and now as Mayor, has been the City’s Reimagining Public Safety Initiative. &am...

Mayor Lewis Appoints Deb Mohlenhoff as Next Chief of Staff

Mayor Lewis Appoints Deb Mohlenhoff as Next Chief of Staff 

Acting Mayor Laura Lewis has appointed Deb Mohlenhoff as the next Chief of Staff for the City of Ithaca. Mohlenhoff brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and leadership skills to the p...

City of Ithaca to Receive 2022 Climate Champion Community Award

City of Ithaca Named 2022 Climate Champion Community Award Winner by US Green Building Council

The City of Ithaca, along with other award recipients, will be celebrated at the US Green Building Council NY Upstate 2022 Virtual Leadership Awards Gala. The vi...

New Data Dashboard Shows Ithaca Caregivers Buying Necessities While Seeking Stability

On the Road to Resilience: New Data Dashboard Shows Ithaca Caregivers Buying Necessities While Seeking Stability

IGI and IEDD projects helping local families find help and restoration

Ithaca Guaranteed Income (IGI) and its partner Mayors for a Gua...

City of Ithaca Redistricting Information

In their July 2022 meeting the City of Ithaca Common Council voted unanimously to adopt the Ward Map commonly known as the "Working Group’s Final 2022 Proposed Redistricting Plan, Scenario ALT 4C V3", dividing the City into five separa...

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 ...