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.
Mike Fitzgerald, owner of Saratoga Sweets candy store in Halfmoon, hovers over a basket of foil-wrapped miniature chocolate Easter eggs. His shop sells more than 500 pounds of the sweets every Easter.
