F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse, Inc. has a contract with Onondaga County to work with you, the citizens of Onondaga County, to identify and collate 40 years of reports on citizen ideas for improving the area around the lake.  Many voices: residents, local and state governments, the private sector, and organizational stakeholders will be heard resulting in a collaborative blueprint for the development of the lakeshore.

Onondaga County owns approximately 90% of the land around Onondaga Lake and has expressed its committment to organize the needs and desires of its citizens into a planning document that will be used as a blueprint to move forward with  implementation.

F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse has 15 years of demonstrated success in gathering and evaluating citizen participation and formulating citizen driven action plans that enhance the quality of life for all of Onondaga County.  In 1997, a visioning process involving all county residents identified a clean and accessible Onondaga Lake as a top considerationfor our City and County.

F.O.C.U.S. is honored to be an integral part of this process.  More information will follow regarding these planning sessions.  If you have read this far, know that your participation is an essential component in this process.  Together we will restore a local treasure to be enjoyed for generations. 

For more information you may contact F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse at (315) 448-8732 or at focus@ci.syracuse.ny.us.

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]]> http://www.focussyracuse.org/2012/01/wisdom-keeper-sponsors-2/feed/ 0 http://www.focussyracuse.org/2012/01/wisdom-keeper-registration/ http://www.focussyracuse.org/2012/01/wisdom-keeper-registration/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:43:42 +0000 admin http://focus.bentleyhoke.com/?p=226 Please use the form below to register for the 2012 Wisdom Keeper Award, to be presented on April 4, 2012, to Judith C. Mower at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center at Oncenter.

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No meeting in July

SMART GROWTH is development that positively serves a local economy, community and the environment.  It achieves to create economic development and jobs, strong neighborhoods, healthy communities and alternate modes of transportation.  Smart growth does not hinder growth, rather, it is sensible growth that marries economic development and environmental conservation.

Smart growth principles:

-  Mix land uses
-  Take advantage of compact building design
-  Crate a range of housing opportunities and choices
-  Create walkable neighborhoods
-  Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place
-  Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and critical environmental areas
-  Strengthen and direct development towards existing communities
-  Provide a variety of transportation choices
-  Make development decisions predictable, fair and cost effective
-  Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions (EPA 231-F-01-001A, April 2001, www.epa.com)

To join in the discussion, please contact the F.O.C.U.S. office at 448-8732.

Judy will be honored on Wednesday, April 4th at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center at the Oncenter. The annual WISDOM KEEPER award is presented to citizens who show true leadership, continual caring, an understanding of the importance of a vision for tomorrow and by being an engaged citizen.

Past wisdom keeper awardees are: Charlotte “Chuckie” Holstein, the Honorable William Sanford and Syracuse University Chancellor and President, Nancy Cantor. Their awards are commemorated with plaques placed in the City of Syracuse – F.O.C.U.S. Wisdom Keeper garden on the east side of City Hall Commons.

The event will be held on April 4, 2012 from 5 – 8 p.m. at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center at Oncenter.

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The garden is located on the east (Montgomery Street) side of City Hall Commons. 

Recipients are honored at the annual F.O.C.U.S. Wisdom Keeper event.  Each has helped to educate other citizens in the responsibilities of taking trusteeship of our community and in the importance of being an engaged citizen.

Wisdom Keepers to date are: Charlotte “Chuckie” Holstein (2010), the Honorable Bill Sanford (2011) and Syracuse University Chancellor and President, Nancy Cantor (2011).

Chuckie Holstein

Nancy Cantor and Bill Sanford

February 17, 2012
March 16, 2012
April 20, 2012
May 18, 2012
June 15, 2012
July 20, 2012
August 17, 2012
September 21, 2012
October 19, 2012
November 16, 2012 (City Hall Common Council Chambers)December 14, 2012 (2nd Friday – Common Council Chambers)

Please contact us to be added to our mailing list for announcements of upcoming forums.

Everyone is Welcome!

Friday, February 17th: 7:30 – 8:45am
City Hall Commons, 201 E. Washington St.
1st Floor Atrium

Dr. Tina Nabatchi, Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Faculty Research Associate at the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) and co-f0under of CNY Speaks.  Her research interests include public management, public policy, and law; particularly in relation to citizen engagement, collaborative governance and conflict resolution.

Professor Grant Reeher is Director of the Campbell Public Affairs Intitute andprofessor of political science at Syracuse Maxwell’s School.  He is host and producer of The Campbell Conversation, a public affairs radio program airing on WRVO.  He writes and teaches about the democratic process, citizenship participation and legislative politics.

Greg Munno, is co-founder of CNY Speaks with Tina Nabatchi and Grant Reeher.  Through their efforts the project has attracted thousands of particants who offered over 10,000 ideas for improving Syracuse.  Greg recently earned an Executive Master’s of Public Administration along with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Conflict Resolution.

“Bring Back Civility,” a project focusing on public discourse, is a working group of individuals with a goal of strengthening our community’s capacity to ensure that respect-based norms for individual and group behavior are known and voluntarily adhered to at public events of any and every kind throughout our region.

Everyone is Welcome!

Please watch this website for more information or call at 448-8732.