Jayme Breschard,

Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council

50 West Main Street, Suite 8107

Rochester, NY 14614

http://www.gflrpc.org

585-454-0190

jbreschard@gflrpc.org

Presentation Topics: Introduction to the Historic Preservation Commission, Protecting Natural Resources through Land Use Regulations

Jayme Breschard is from the East End of Long Island where most of her experience in environmental and historic preservation planning has developed.  She began her career with computer-aided design and drafting and hazard mitigation analysis at Dewberry in Fairfax, Virginia.  She worked on the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program contract and participated in FEMA’s Public Assistance program during active hurricane seasons and the 2001 World Trade Center disaster.  Other experiences include representation on the Town of Brookhaven Historic District Advisory Committee, as an environmental planner with a planning firm in Southampton, NY, and project consultation including cultural landscape survey and documentation, cultural resources survey and documentation for Long Island’s South Shore Estuary Reserve, and the development of teacher resource guides on vernacular architecture.  Her current projects at G/FLRPC include the Western Erie Canal Alliance (WECA) Regional Main Street Coordinating Program, development of the Community Centers Program, and regional historic preservation planning support.

Rob Brooks, Senior Community Developer
Office of Community Development
Hampton Plaza, 9^th Floor,  38-40 State Street   
Albany, NY 12207
rbrooks@dhcr.state.ny.us
518-474-2057

Presentation Topic: New York State Water and Sewer Infrastructure Co-Funding Initiative

Rob Brooks is a Senior Community Developer with the Office of Community Development (formerly the Office for Small Cities) in Albany, New York.  His responsibilities have included grant application review and grant administration for communities seeking funding under New York State=s Community Development Block Grant program.  Mr. Brooks has served in this position since the State began administration of the program with the first application round in 2000.

Mr. Brooks is a graduate of SUNY Plattsburgh with a degree in Geography and concentration in Planning.  He has served as the Director of Planning & Community Development for Washington County, a planner for Jefferson County, as a Municipal Management Consultant for the New York State Tug Hill Commission, as the Planner for the Fort Drum Area Council of Governments, and as a planning intern with the Clinton County Planning Department.  Mr. Brooks has been involved in grant writing and administration of grants for villages, towns and counties throughout New York State.  He has also served on the Board of Directors of P.R.I.D.E. of Ticonderoga and of HomeFront Development, rural preservation housing corporations providing housing assistance in Essex, Washington, Warren and Saratoga counties.  In addition, he is the former Vice-Chairman of the Greater Adirondack Resource and Conservation Development Council, involved with providing grant and development assistance to a broad area in northern New York.

The New York State Office of Community Development (formerly the Office for Small Cities) administers the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for the State of New York. The NYS CDBG program provides financial assistance to eligible cities, towns, and villages with populations under 50,000 and counties with an area population under 200,000, in order to develop viable communities by providing decent, affordable housing and suitable living environments, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate income.  This includes assistance for public water and sewer projects in areas where, at minimum, 51% of the service population has incomes at 80% or less of the median area income (low- to moderate-income areas).

Clinton E. Brown
Clinton Brown Company Architecture, PC
The Pierce Building
653 Main Street, Suite 104
Buffalo, NY 14203
716-852-2020
clintonbrown@clintonbrowncompany.com

Presentation Topic: How to Finance Historic Rehabilitations in Your Community

Historic preservation architect Clinton Brown leads Clinton Brown Company Architecture, a full service historic preservation architecture firm that specializes in collaboratively designing the revitalization of heritage buildings and communities throughout upstate New York and southern Ontario. He frequently lectures on facilities issues for not-for-profits, on downtown revitalization for municipal leaders, and on historic rehabilitation strategies.

Dwight Brown, Funding Coordinator

NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation

625 Broadway

Albany, NY 12207

518-402-7438

800-882-9721

brown@nysefc.org

Presentation Topic: New York State Water and Sewer Infrastructure Co-Funding Initiative

Dwight Brown is the Co-Funding Coordinator in the Community Assistance Unit at the NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC).  He has served in this capacity since 1999.   As Co-Funding Coordinator, his job is to facilitate the coordination of multi-agency grant and loan financing for municipal drinking water and waste water projects.  Dwight also works directly with the “New York State Water and Sewer Infrastructure Co-Funding Initiative.”  Several State agencies and one federal agency are jointly participating in this effort to improve and streamline the co-funding process.

Prior to joining EFC, Dwight’s career included working for the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets, for the NYS Senate Agriculture Committee, and the New York Farm Bureau, a farm advocacy organization. 

In 1985 Dwight received a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Systems Economics and Management from the Honors College at Michigan State University.  In 1989 he received a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University.  He resides in Berne, New York with his wife, Kathy, and children, Trevor and Paige. 

EFC is a public benefit corporation that promotes environmental quality by providing low-cost capital and expert technical assistance to municipalities, businesses and State agencies for environmental projects in New York State.

Linda King is a Land Use Training Specialist with the New York State Department of State's Division of Local Government .  Prior to joining
the Municipal Management Unit, Ms. King did work in the Division of Coastal Resources on the local waterfront revitalization plans,
education and outreach.  Prior to joining the Department of State, Linda was employed by the Troy School District, where she worked as a
Secondary Education Social Studies Teacher.  She has also worked as an Environmental Planner for the Albany County Environmental Management
Council, and was employed by  Champagne Associates Transportation Engineering Firm.  Linda has a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and
Environmental Science from Plattsburgh State University College of New York, a Master of Arts in Planning from Arizona State University, and
Certification as a Secondary Education Social Studies Teacher from Siena College.