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.
J.R. Hotaling, center, Scoutmaster of Rotterdam Boy Scout Troop 54, recites the Scout oath during a meeting at the Jefferson Elementary School in Rotterdam. Hotaling, who is blind, has been Scoutmaster for two years.
