CenterState CEO President Rob Simpson said despite encouraging economic developments in central New York over the past few years, the economy and population of the region is stagnant. Simpson said the current trajectory of Syracuse and Onondaga County is not sustainable. “Does our community have the appetite to disrupt this cycle, this system, of economic stagnation, or don’t we?” Simpson asked. Speaking at the chamber of commerce’s annual meeting, Simpson made it clear what he thinks about some of the biggest and most divisive issues facing the area, an area that has not grown in more than 40 years. “Our civic discourse has descended to the lowest point that I can recall since returning to Syracuse 13 years ago,” Simpson said. “The pessimism and distrust that too often holds us back, has been on full display.” On the Inner Harbor neighborhood by COR Development, he said construction has been ground to a halt by lawsuits from the city. On the Inland Port proposal for Jamesville, just
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