Today in your Friday the 13th edition of Morning Trail Mix:
Despite tough times for Kodak, Rochesterians are weathering the storm.
Syracuse makes a pick for its Inner Harbor redevelopment.
And expanding gambling in New York may be harder than Governor Cuomo would like.
Kodak
As Kodak employees worry about their future, many Rochesterians are carrying on as normal (Julie Philipp, WXXI/NPR).
But two investment firms are stepping in to help alleviate Kodak employees' concerns (Rochester Business Journal).
And a Wall Street Journal op-ed says Kodak didn't kill Rochester; Rochester killed Kodak. Here's a local journalist's response (Rachel Barnhart, The Rochesterian).
Redevelopment
Syracuse has gone with the most grandiose of three proposed plans to redevelop its Inner Harbor (Tim Knauss, Post-Standard).
A Buffalo developer says an iconic downtown hotel will be fully renovated in less than four months (Aaron Besecker, Buffalo News).
Things haven't gone quite as smoothly for the man trying to revitalize a downtown Utica staple - he's behind on his payments (Dan Miner, Utica Observer-Dispatch).
Government
The EPA weighed in on the DEC's proposed hydrofracking regulations just before the deadline (Jon Campbell, Gannett).
There are quite a few hurdles to overcome before Andrew Cuomo gets the expanded gaming he wants. (Matt Richmond, WSKG/Innovation Trail).
Business
Key Bank is taking some HSBC branches off the hands of First Niagra (Eric Anderson, Times-Union).
Other upstate New York cities should be green with envy over Cuomo's big money gift to Buffalo (Daniel Robison, WNED/Innovation Trail).
A Hudson Valley school is training high school students for the manufacturing jobs of tomorrow (Larry Rulison, Times-Union).
More than a thousand people showed up trying to get a job at the massive Global Foundries plant in Malta, N.Y. (Leigh Hornbeck, Times-Union).
More job cuts are coming to a Southern Tier defense contractor that makes helicopters (G. Jeffery Aaron, Elmira Star-Gazette).
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