Getting the Deal Done: A Podcast by Albany County, New York
Season 1
Reimagining Staint Rose
by Albany County Executive's Office
Albany County Pine Hills Land Authority Board Chair Alison Walsh sits down with former Authority Chair Nick Mazza and CEO Mike Lalli to go behind the scenes of the Reimagine Saint Rose initiative and the exciting transformation of the former College of Saint Rose campus. From the ambitious effort to secure and manage 72 buildings across 26.5 acres to engaging hundreds of neighbors and community members in shaping a vision for its future, they discuss the collaboration, creativity and momentum driving the initiative forward, plus the progress already underway and the opportunities ahead for the campus and Albany’s Pine Hills neighborhood.
Albany County Executive Daniel P. McCoy sits down with Kevin O'Connor, CEO of the Advance Albany County Alliance, to trace how the county's economic development engine is constructed. From a frank conversation going back to Kevin O'Connor's pre-county days to running county government "like a business," County Executive McCoy talks about wins, near-misses and the deals that got done -- plus the Saint Rose redevelopment, and why a real strategy means knowing what not to chase.