Leadership view of CNY: Quality of life, natural beauty, cultural amenities, bountiful higher education
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
Posted Dec 29, 2020
Downtown Syracuse shines on a night in November. The former St. John the Evangelist Church, now the Samaritan Center, is in the foreground. The State Tower Building rises in the center background.File photo/Dennis Nett
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During seven years of weekly interviews about leadership with more than 300 leaders in Upstate New York, I usually ask about the region’s attributes. I pose questions like: What do you see as Upstate’s strengths? Why have you chosen to live and work here? What would you tell naysayers who don’t see opportunity here and only complain that problems are overwhelming?