News & Updates

Winners of the Albany region of the 2021-2022 Future City® Competition have been announced.  This year the Albany region is celebrating 21 years of participating in the national competition, which is sponsored by DiscoverE (formerly National Engineers Week). This fall, 192 middle school students from 17 teams competed in the Albany regional competition.

Thirteen teams came from the greater Capital District area, plus teams from Canton and Syracuse, NY joined our region. Due to COVID-19 disruptions in other areas of the country, our region invited two teams from…

A WASTE-FREE FUTURE

This year's Future City Competition theme challenges our middle school students to use the three principles of a circular economy to design a futuristic, waste-free city.

Here in the Albany region, we are happy to announce this year's Essay Tutorial, which allows our local students to explore this topic in depth, guided by local experts. This tutorial is offered FREE of…

Award-winning Future City® Competition announces theme for 2020-21:
LIVING ON THE MOON

ALBANY -  September 30, 2020 – The dream of living on the Moon has inspired humanity for eons. Artists, writers, scientists, engineers, futurists and many others have vividly imagined what a thriving city on the lunar surface might look like. 

Today, the challenges of sustained lunar living, while immense, are within our grasp to conceive of and plan for. With this goal in mind, the award-winning Future City® Competition, now in its 29th year,…

First Place
Sponsored by Capital District Engineers Week
Richard H. O'Rourke Middle School

Second Place
Sponsored by CHA Consulting, Inc.
Broadalbin-Perth Middle School

Third Place
Sponsored by Siemens Industry, Inc.
Hackett Middle School

Fourth Place
Sponsored by American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE), Albany Section
North Colonie Learning Enrichment Program, Maineland Bay

Fifth Place
Sponsored by American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of New York - Eastern Region
Coxsackie-Athens…

First Place
Richard H. O'Rourke Middle School
Sponsored by Capital District E-Week

Second Place
Broadalbin-Perth Middle School
Sponsored by the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE), Albany Section

Third Place
Lisha Kill Middle School
Sponsored by CHA Consulting, Inc.

Fourth Place
Farnsworth Middle School
Sponsored by Siemens Industry

Fifth Place
Mater Christi School
American Council of Engineering Companies (…

This Year's Theme is: Powering our Future

Natural disasters- earthquakes, tornadoes, or hurricanes - pose serious threats to cities and citizens. The damage from these events can severely disrupt every aspect of life in an affected region. Especially now, in the wake of recent catastrophic events, engineers, architects, and city leaders face the critical task of creating resilient cities.

The award-winning Future City® Competition, now in its 26th year, is asking middle school students to respond to the issue of Resilient City by designing a city…

First Place
Sponsored by Capital District Engineers Week
Richard H. O'Rourke Middle School
"Spartageneria" 

Second Place
Sponsored by the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE), Albany Section
Flood Brook Middle School
"Kaha'u" 

Third Place
Sponsored by AECOM
Broadalbin-Perth Middle School
"Fountainous" 

Fourth Place 
Sponsored by Siemens Industry, Inc. 
Acadia Middle School
"Tochi To Mizu" 

…

Capital District Region Middle Schoolers Compete in Future City Regional Finals Saturday, January 13, for a Chance to Win a Grand Prize in Washington, D.C.

This Year’s Theme is:
The Age Friendly City

Albany, New York– Long-held assumptions about aging are being radically redefined. Older adults are living longer, staying in the workplace longer, and living independently for longer than ever. The population is also growing and altering society’s overall demographics. By 2050, older adults will outnumber children under the age…

Registration for 2017-2018 Future City® Competition is Now Open

This Year’s Theme, “The Age Friendly City,” Asks Middle School Students to Envision an Urban Environment that Keeps Older Adults Active, Engaged, and Independent

Albany, New York– Long-held assumptions about aging are being radically redefined. Older adults are living longer, staying in the workplace longer, and living independently for longer than ever. The population is also growing and altering society’s overall demographics. By 2050, older adults will outnumber…

Congratulations to New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School for winning the 2016-2017 Capital District Future City Competition! Their city, "Renswyck" took first place overall in the competition January 21. A list of the top five winners is as follows: 

First Place
New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School
"Renswyck" 
Sponsored by Capital District Engineers Week

Second Place
Richard H. O'Rourke Middle School
"Quintus Spartis"
Sponsored by American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE)

Third Place
Flood…

George Amedore; Kathleen Jimino; Angelo Santabarbara; Carrie Woerner Support Capital District Middle School Students as they vie for national recognition in annual Future City® Competition Regional Finals, January 21 at Proctors

This year's theme is:
The Power of Public Space

 Albany, New York – Public spaces have the capacity to revitalize a city’s economy by introducing new businesses and bringing in new visitors. They can also help reduce crime, ease traffic congestion, improve pedestrian safety,…

Albany, New York– Albany City School District’s William S. Hackett Middle School was recently awarded a $500 grant stipend from the Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction. Teacher Allison Griner submitted the application in the hopes of using the money in this year’s Future City® Competition.

“We are very excited about Future City this year at Hackett and couldn’t be more thrilled about having that stipend to help further our program,” said teacher Allison Griner. Together, teacher and students have decided to use the grant money towards the purchase…

Albany, New York– Local 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students with the Future City Competition will have the opportunity to engage in a hands-on tutorial on Saturday, October 22nd from 9 am until noon at the Albany Heritage Area Visitor Center in Albany. This year’s tutorial is an immersive discussion of this year’s Future City topic: The Power of Public Space. The topic comes at a timely moment for the Capital District, as more attention is focused on “zombie properties” and Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara’s “Be a Good Neighbor” campaign. Recent publicity has called attention to vacant…

Registration for 2016-2017 Future City® Competition is Now Open

This Year’s Theme, “The Power of Public Space,” Asks the Nation’s Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Graders to Envision Urban Public Spaces of Tomorrow

Albany, New York– Public spaces have the capacity to revitalize a city’s economy by introducing new businesses and bringing in new visitors. Public spaces can also help reduce crime, ease traffic congestion, improve pedestrian safety, promote healthy living, improve the environment, and enhance…

The Capital District's New Lebanon team was featured in a recent article in MUSE Magazine (Cricket Media). The article features New Lebanon's 2015-2016 city, Marhielo. "Originally we wanted to set our city in the Pacific Ocean, but we did some research and picked Antarctica. I was rooting for Antarctica because there's a lot of space and it's basically uninhabited. We wanted to do someplace where we could deal with climate change. With the advent of global warming, we are one of the last places in the world with snow,…

Albany, New York– The Capital District Future City® Competition will be attending the 10th Annual Games in Education Symposium on Tuesday August 2nd and Wednesday August 3rd at Troy Middle School in Troy, New York. Representatives from the Future City Competition will be discussing how Sim City™ software is used in the development of the program in order to enhance science, technology, engineering, and math skills.

Using Sim City™ software, middle school students are asked to design a virtual city of the future. There are no…

Washington, D.C.– A city of the future—Marhielo—engineered by students from the New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School in New Lebanon, New York—has taken fourth place nationwide at the 2016 Future City® Competition, beating out over 1,300 teams from across the country. The students, Daniel Truax, Jaden Tompkins, and Lydia Loverin, teamed with teacher Ms. Mary Beth Liles to earn the fourth place prize. The team also walked away with a specialty award, a NSPE award for Engineering Ethics.

Winners of 37 regional competitions held throughout January participated in the Future City National…

Future City National just announced that the New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School, our team representing the Capital District Future City Competition, has just made the Top Five at the national competition! That means that the New Lebanon school has beat out all the other teams in the nation for one of the exclusive top five spots!   

The top five teams, including New Lebanon, will make final presentations this morning. Wish our local team good luck! 

Teacher: Ms. Mary Beth Liles 

Presenters: Daniel Truax, Jaden Tompkins, Lydia Loverin,…

Congratulations to New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School for winning the 2015-2016 Capital District Future City Competition! Their city, "Marhielo" took first place overall in the competition on January 9. A list of the top five winners is as follows: 

First Place
New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School
"Marielo"
Sponsored by Capital District Engineers Week 

Second Place
Richard H. O'Rourke Middle School
"Spartopia"
Sponsored by American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) 

Third Place
Niskayuna…

There will be no weather delays this morning for our competition at Proctors in Schenectady! The radar shows that most of the rain has blown through our area, with clear skies after 5 am this morning. Be safe traveling to the competiition in case the roads are a little wet and slick, and we will see you between 7:30 and 8:20 am this morning as planned!