Melanie Littlejohn of National Grid and Maarten Jacobs of the Allyn Family Foundation are the 2019 Wisdom Keepers. FOCUS honors their devotion to community and invites you to celebrate with them in a unique event Wednesday Oct. 2 at the Everson Museum.
Applications for the 2019 class are open through July 31. To apply and to learn more about this 8-week interactive course on how local governments work, click the Citizens Academy header. Participants share a meal and thoughts with the decision makers.
The Syracuse Surge and what it means to be New York’s Flagship Smart City was the topic for the FOCUS Forum on July 19. The city’s Chief Data Officer and Centerstate CEO’s Director of Community Engagement and Empowerment led the discussion.
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.
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.