The JoeCart

When John Ossowski moved back to West Utica in 2011, he was disturbed by how much the neighborhood he grew up in had deteriorated during his 4½-year absence. So John decided to employ his interests in bicycles, creatively repurposed materials, and community development to foster social connections, combat urban decay, and give his old stomping…

The Patron Saint of Spuds

We all know about the Irish Potato Famine, but here in America, blight was killing over a billion dollars’ worth of potatoes in the mid 1800′s. What many people don’t know, is that 94% of the potatoes that we consume today are descended from one that was bred right here in Utica, NY: the Garnet…