Leapfrog development that destroys good farmland This is the new Cayuga County BOCES site What once was the rural agricultural gateway to the City of Auburn, and some of the best farmland in Central New York, has been destroyed, while the nearby city of Auburn decays. Just to the right of this image is the brownfield of the former General Electric plant. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures209/sheet209/pages/20900_RJ.htm A textbook example of bad planning.