Re: Demolition and opportunity

[sheree c]

I listened to a WOOC 105.3 FM Hudson Mohawk Magazine  segment by paul smart concerning albany’s demolition policy.

Are there folks looking 

“upstream “ from the Rensselaer C&D landfill to minimizing what goes into it? If the true cost of dumping included The impact on future generations of life (human and not), the dumping fees would be appropriately enormous, and deconstruction and salvage, reconstruction with salvaged materials could become our new normal.

I contacted Albany’s “demolition czar” in planning dept. no reply yet.

Also i contacted historic albany foundation and a Hudson city salvage advocate. No response yet from anyone.

what an opportunity I see for our local economy to shift from demolition (tear down and Send to Rensselaer C&D landfill) to deconstruction and salvage- diverting useful materials to storage in a reuse facility (opportunity for local infrastructure to support the economy we need) while teaching people how to do skillful deconstruction and salvage, and paying them well. and also teach marginalized Impoverished youth and young adults the building trades (carpentry plumbing and electrical machinist, etc.)

Sheree

Wynantskill 

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Sheree