Regional Engagement Project Overview
Project Description
- Regional approach to economic and community development planning
- Assessment and profile of existing conditions
- Identify opportunities to advance economic development
- Prioritize future revitalization efforts within the Region
- Final strategy identifies priorities, projects, and action items
- Approximately a 24 Month Process- 8 months for each sub-region (Central, East, West)
- Establish project Steering Committee
- Complete profile of existing conditions
- Sub-regional forums
- Draft strategies
- County level forums
- Final strategies
- Profile of existing conditions
- Socio-economic, demographic and employment indicators
- Current community features and conditions
- Economic and land use development trends
- Inventory of currently engaged Department of State programs within the Region
- Forum for stakeholders within each sub-region
- Overview of existing conditions and community overview
- Opportunity for input and revisions
- Opportunity for input and revisions
- Dissemination of information on regional and federal programs
- Breakout sessions for each county to provide feedback:
- What are the goals of the county?
- What new projects are desired by the community?
- What are the areas of need of the county?
- What are the goals of the county?
- Define issues and solutions
- Project overview and description
- Overview of existing conditions
- Needs assessment
- Goals and objectives
- Recommendations of priorities, projects, and action items for consideration of New York State and federal programs
- Priority areas of focus include:
- Brownfields
- Redevelopment and revitalization
- Tourism
- Environmental considerations
- Natural resources
- Land use
- Infrastructure
- Individual county meetings held for each of the nine counties
- Review and discussion of the draft county strategy
- Comments and feedback will help development of final strategy for each county