General Links

 Reports

 

• The Brookings Institution: Restoring Prosperity, The State Role in Revitalizing America's Older Industrial Cities.  "Restoring Prosperity" aims to mobilize governors and legislative leaders, as well as local constituencies, behind an asset-oriented agenda for reinvigorating the market in the nation's older industrial cities.  
   

• Transforming Metropolitan Governance in Syracuse: A Roadmap for Prosperity - (.pdf)Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution

  

• Confronting the Realities of Core Cities in Weak Markets Rebuilding Upstate NY: What Works II Symposium, Syracuse, NY, May 2, 2005 – Bruce Katz, Brookings Institution

 

• Unlocking Upstate's Interlocking Challenges: Economy, Population, Sprawl -  May 17, 2006 - Rolf Pendall, Cornell University (PowerPoint Presentation)

      

• Leveraging Better Outcomes for Downtown

   Onnondaga Citizen's League 2006 Study - The report recommends a number of public policy initiatives that will enhance the prospects for critical new investment in the downtown core over the next decade. These recommendations include implementation of a sound and thoughtful downtown masterplan, establishment of a municipal parking entity for coordinated management of parking resources, enactment of an effective NYS historic tax credit to help spur the rehabilitation of downtown’s historic building stock, as well as enhanced public improvements and marketing efforts.

    

• Syracuse Sustainable Design Assessment Team Report: Communities Making Connections at the Crossroads of Upstate New York

 
This report discusses the issues facing Syracuse covering economic development, governance, environment, transport systems and urban form.  The report offers some thoughts on how the community can best move forward to address the range of issues and recommendations covered in the report.

Websites

• City of Syracuse
  
  • www.syracuse.ny.us
• Onondaga County
  
  • www.ongov.net
• Syracuse City School District
  
  • www.syracusecityschools.com
• SUNY College of Environmental Science
  
  • www.esf.edu
• Syracuse University
  
  • www.syr.edu
• Le Moyne College
  
  • www.lemoyne.edu
• Onondaga Community College
  
  • www.sunyocc.edu
• SUNY Upstate Medical University
  
  • www.upstate.edu
• Syracuse Newspapers
  
  • www.syracuse.com
• Leadership Greater Syracuse
  
  • www.leadsyr.org
• F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse
  
  • www.focussyracuse.org
• Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
  
  • www.syracusechamber.com/
• Metropolitan Development Association
  • www.mda-cny.com/
• Onondaga Citizens League 
  • www.onondagacitizensleague.org/

 

 

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Education

Reports

• SYRACUSE 20/20 and the Shea Community School Collaborative Model: Year Two Report to the Community
• The Westside Community School Strategy's Plan for Achieving Student Outcomes

 

Education Related Websites

• Syracuse City School District

• Syracuse Partnership for Better Education

• New York State Education Department

• United States Department of Education

• The Statewide School Finance Consortium

• The Education Trust

• Coalition for Community Schools

 

 

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Government Modernization

Reports

• Intermunicipal Cooperation and Consolidation: Exploring Opportunities for Savings and Improved Service Delivery
  New York State Comptroller (Alan Hevesi)
• Local Government Management Guide on Intermunicipal Cooperation
  New York State Comptroller (Alan Hevesi)
• Making Government Work: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Partnering and Consolidation in New York State
  NY State Attorney General
• Consolidation for Towns and Villages
  New York Department of State Division of Local Government Services
  Addresses considerations that relate to town and village consolidation, including a cost savings checklist and steps for consolidation.
• Intergovernmental Cooperation
  New York Department of State Division of Local Government Services Provides practical suggestions, ideas and information.
• Governance in Erie County A Foundation for Understanding and Action
  The Governance Project.
  State University of New York at Buffalo
  The University at Buffalo Governance Project, initiated in 1994, was an interdisciplinary research effort that brought together faculty members from the University at Buffalo 's School of Law, School of Architectureand Planning and the Center for Urban Studies to study governance issues in Erie County, New York. The Governance Project was founded upon the premise that a vigorous region with a hopeful future requires competent, informed decision making, especially in the public sector.

•   Why the Next Governor Needs an Urban Agenda, Bruce Katz, New York City, December 16, 2005 

 

Government Modernization Websites

 

• New York State Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness

• Alliance for Regional Stewardship

• Brookings Institute Metropolitan Policy Program

 

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Housing & Downtown Development

 Reports

• Leveraging Better Outcomes for Downtown

  Onnondaga Citizen's League 2006 Study - The report recommends a number of public policy initiatives that will enhance the prospects for critical new investment in the downtown core over the next decade. These recommendations include implementation of a sound and thoughtful downtown masterplan, establishment of a municipal parking entity for coordinated management of parking resources, enactment of an effective NYS historic tax credit to help spur the rehabilitation of downtown’s historic building stock, as well as enhanced public improvements and marketing efforts.

            

• City of Syracuse 2006-2007 consolidated plan
  A Consolidated Plan is the result of a collaborative process whereby the city establishes a unified vision for housing and community development needs. A plan describes community needs, resources, priorities, and proposed activities to be undertook with the Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnership Grant, and the Emergency Shelter Grant.

 

Housing and Downtown Development Websites

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