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Focuses on Dia: Beacon, an art museum to open in Beacon (N.Y.) along the banks of the Hudson River. Comments from Michael Govan, director of the Dia Art Foundation; Architectural description of Dia: Beacon, which was an abandoned factory; Amount paid by Dia for an environmental cleanup at the site; Role of New York governor George Pataki in persuading the International Paper Company, owners of the building, to donate it to the foundation; Description of Beacon (N.Y.) economically depressed; Amount of money donated by the state to construction of the museum; Tourist trade benefits the state is hoping to accrue from this project in the Hudson River Valley.

Focuses on early 2000 proposals for industrial plants in New York's Hudson River Valley, including a power plant in Athens, a paper recycling and power plant in Ulster, and a cement factory in Greenport. Governor George Pataki's recruitment of the industries; Environmentalists' concerns about the impact on efforts to reclaim the Hudson from industrial pollution and promote tourism; Public relations efforts in towns along the river.