*Organizing Committee: City of Syracuse, Onondaga County- Office of the Environment, NYS DEC, NYS DOS, U.S. It was a perfect blend of exciting flavors: good company, craft beer and food. Thank you to C&S Companies for hosting a pre-workshop reception at Buried Acorn Brewery. If you have any questions or want to learn more about CCLR’s technical assistance capabilities, please contact Jean Hamerman at 64.ĬCLR gratefully acknowledges the speakers, sponsors, Organizing Committee*, attendees, and the OneGroup Center for offering us their wonderful venue for the workshop. Resources and powerpoints are listed below. NYC DEC got an email while presenting about the Environmental Restoration Program awardees and publicly announced that three municipalities present at the workshop had been selected as grantees. The Show Me the Money and Updates on NYS Programs, Policies and Regulations panels provided essential information on funding for redevelopment, including public grants and tax incentives. Several municipalities shared updates on their projects, including Syracuse, Schenectady, Canajoharie, Lockport, Auburn, Rome, Utica, Amsterdam, and Cortland. The conference initiated a “Stand and Tell” panel that encouraged attendees to share information about their projects’ successes and challenges. Re-imagining Reuse Options Panel featuring David Aitken, Michael Katz, Houtan Moaveni and Bob Murray. – Focus on long term goals when working with regulators on near term solutions – Align with broad community goals and look for opportunities to form partnerships – Plan and coordinate between public/private at multiple levels Honeywell, presented on public –private partnerships and had these lessons to share stemming from their work with the City and County: Private sector representatives included David Aitken of Pyramid Management, whose Destiny USA site has catalyzed redevelopment in Syracuse’s Inner Harbor, representatives of Racer Trust, who created a “marketing sheet” resource for this workshop. Public officials included Syracuse Mayor, The Honorable Ben Walsh and Onondaga County Executive, Ryan McMahon as well as our federal and state partners from NYS DEC, NYS DOS, NYSERDA, ESD, US EPA and US HUD. The importance of aligning a revitalization project with a robust mix of assets was stressed repeatedly by participants across all lines of expertise.Ĭommunity assets were well-represented at the conference. CCLR’s “Igniting Revitalization” workshop on Novemin Syracuse attracted 93 redevelopment stakeholders and focused on connecting to community assets.
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