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January FOCUS Forum: Forum on the Future 2023

January 10, 2023

On Friday, Jan 20th, FOCUS held a community dialogue on future forum ideas and heard from different community members on a variety of topics.

Participants were passionate about topics such as environmental conservation and climate change, early childhood development, green infrastructure, water preservation, youth violence prevention, representing the voices of leaders in the Hispanic, Latino/a, and black communities, and more.

Community members connected over passions for common issues and topics, and we were grateful for the opportunity to host such an electric conversation! We thank our incredible participants for sharing their ideas and concerns with FOCUS.

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Each year, FOCUS conducts a virtual “Forum on Future Forums,” which guides our forum planning. Last year, we listened and provided forums on: affordable housing needs, infrastructure plans, local media, and more!

TOPICS SUGGESTED INCLUDED:

  1. Public Transportation and bus rapid transit
  2. Families, pregnancy support, and early childhood support/child care
  3. Hispanic and Latino/a Leaders
  4. Lead poisoning
  5. Environment, climate change, food systems, and energy efficiency/green infrastructure
  6. How out community has solved issues
  7. Affordable housing, hosing developments, and home ownership
  8. Health equity
  9. Aging in place: support for our seniors
  10. Route 81, local DBE participation, and the community grid
  11. Blueprint 15
  12. Poverty
  13. Early childhood education, development, and educators
  14. Embracing, supporting, and promoting diversity
  15. Micron – impact on Cicero/Clay, job cuts, plans for other businesses
  16. Water, wetlands, waterways, and watersheds – Skaneateles, City of Syracuse, etc.
  17. Tourism – present and future
  18. Youth violence prevention
  19. Public engagement methods and how to activate unengaged residents
  20. Immigrant and New American local leaders
  21. Census 2020 – the growth of our diverse populations
  22. Meet you new Council Districts
  23. Utilization of abandoned houses
  24. Garbage collection/litter
  25. Columbus statue
  26. CNY Connected Community Schools
  27. Consolidated CNY community planning
  28. Black community leaders and their work
  29. Business development for impoverishes neighborhoods
  30. Job train programs
  31. Veterans
  32. Future of Parkside Commons
  33. Sustainability of the community – environment, economics, equity
  34. How can the community re-engage with FOCUS Greater Syracuse and collaboration with other
    groups
  35. Mental health, workforce mental health

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  • Previous December FOCUS Forum: Micron and the Community2 years ago
  • Next Celebrating 25 Years of FOCUS Greater Syracuse, Inc.2 years ago
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