For years, industrial sites that once fueled the city’s economy have sat idle and deteriorating in and around residential areas. Now, the brownfields are presenting an opportunity for residents to re-invent their neighborhoods.
Tijawan Morris, 8, of Schenectady dances during a party Thursday for the completion of the X Quest Kids AIDS Awareness program at Quest in Schenectady. The program, which started last summer, not only taught children and teens about safe sex and abstinence, but also about having healthy relationships.