FOCUS began 2020 with a Forum on the Future on Friday Jan. 31. Attendance at FOCUS Forums roughly doubled year-over-year in 2019 driven by topics of vital interest to the community, coordination with like-minded organizations, and introductions to new leadership in city and county government, police, and broadcasting. Thank you to Syracuse University’s Office of […]
Emergencies come in many different forms. Onondaga County Emergency Management Commissioner Dan Wears and Chris Gorman, Principal Program Manager for Community and Customer Management at National Grid, spoke about the coordinated work it takes to be prepared for anything whenever it may happen. They were the featured speakers in the February Forum.
The Sept. 12 FOCUS Forum with Thursday Morning Roundtable featured renewable energy projects going on in Central New York right now. An audio version airs 8 p.m. Sunday Sept. 15 on WCNY-FM and will be on the web at wcny.org Chris Carrick of the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board and Lindsay Speer […]
The Syracuse Surge was the topic of the July 19, 2019, FOCUS Forum. Sam Edelstein, Chief Data Officer for Syracuse, spoke about the technology aspects of the Syracuse Surge and what it means to be New York’s Flagship Smart City. Inclusive Growth is the theme of the proposal that made Syracuse one of five out […]
The June FOCUS Forum featured the ReZone Syracuse project on Friday morning June 21. That included the final draft map and information about the illustrated zoning guidance text before it goes up for consideration by the Planning Commission and Syracuse Common Council. You can find the documents and maps at the ReZone portion of the […]
The April 25, 2019, Forum featured the new CEO of WCNY Mitch Gelman Mitch Gelman was named CEO of the region’s biggest public broadcasting station in January. He and WCNY are in the midst of a project to gain community input on what viewers and listeners want from their information sources. Gelman comes to Central […]
Forums and other events have brought together community members and experts to produce reports on topics such as 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 in the future.
The April 4 Forum with Thursday Morning Roundtable drew a crowd to learn more about the Rescue Mission Alliance and Housing and Homeless Coalition. Dan Sieberg of the Rescue Mission and Megan Stuart of the coalition spoke. Dan Sieberg, chief executive of the Rescue Mission Alliance, and Megan Stuart, executive director of the Housing and […]
Citizens Review Board Chair Peter McCarthy and Administrator Ranette Releford explained the history, structure and work of the board that reviews citizen concerns about police conduct in Syracuse. About 60 people attended. You can learn more about the Citizens Review Board Here!
FOCUS FORUM and THURSDAY MORNING ROUND TABLE Syracuse Police Chief Kenton Buckner Syracuse’s new police chief adroitly addressed questions for a standing-room-only crowd at the Syracuse University Community Engagement Offices. He offered a fresh point of view and covered the bases on this community and police strategies. Among the topics he addressed were adding officers, […]