Johnson City officials have spent years discussing the need to rehabilitate the century old Endicott Johnson "Workers Arch" at the village's border with Binghamton.
New York state has awarded millions of dollars to Johnson City to encourage more economic development activity in the village's downtown business district.
A developer is preparing to build a 72-unit apartment building on the Johnson City property once occupied by the popular Philadelphia Sales discount store.
The reinvention of the Oakdale Mall in Johnson City has entered a new phase with construction underway near a key entrance and at a former department store site.