Pittsford on the bigger map

From the blog · Adam Stetzer

This week’s two stories share a thread: Pittsford has never been a place apart. The canal running through the village is about to anchor a national anniversary, and the trail that follows it turns out to move nearly $1.9 billion a year. Both are reminders that what passes through here connects us to something bigger than the village line.

The Erie Canal and Pittsford: What America's 250th Means for a Village Built on the Water

On June 22, 2026, a hand-built Seneca Chief replica passes through Pittsford on a 22-day bicentennial voyage retracing the Erie Canal's 1825 opening route from Waterford to Buffalo.

The Empire State Trail's Economic Impact: $1.87 Billion a Year — and Pittsford's Small, Real Place in It

The Empire State Trail pumps $1.87 billion a year into New York's economy — and the Erie Canalway corridor Pittsford sits on accounts for $687 million of that.

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