The March Forum on Housing is on hold. The Forum on Onondaga County’s health assessment scheduled for April 24 is pending, but you can read about how in 2007 FOCUS and Syracuse residents provided input on pandemic response strategy in a CDC study. FOCUS Forums are free and open to all.
The Citizens Academy Class of 2019 was amazing! The overview began at Skä·noñh – Great Law of Peace Center. Participants share a meal and meet decision makers. To learn about this 8-week interactive course on how local governments work, click this headline.
CNY-CAN brings together patients and caregivers with researchers and health professionals to advance patient-centered outcomes research and help older adults live well and longer at home. The Community Health Information Connection is our current focus.
Melanie Littlejohn of National Grid and Maarten Jacobs of the Allyn Family Foundation are the 2019 Wisdom Keepers. FOCUS honors their devotion to community. FOCUS and the community celebrated with them in a unique event Oct. 2 at the Everson Museum.
Forums and other events have brought together community members and experts to produce reports on topics such age-friendly planning, transportation, sustainability, and the flu. FOCUS goes beyond convening people and collecting ideas to produce a clearinghouse of information that can be drawn upon for the information needed about public concerns and interests regarding a project. […]
In 1997-98 thousands of people offered up goals for the Greater Syracuse community that boiled down to 87 categories. Our community is still tackling them, but here are 20 highlights.