NY Forward
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WELCOME TO CANASTOTA’S NY FORWARD HOMEPAGE
The Village of Canastota is one of two communities in the Central New York region to be selected for the second round of the State’s NY Forward program. Canastota was awarded $4.5 million to help complete transformative and/or catalytic projects in and near downtown. NY Forward funds are also used to provide robust capacity-building and technical assistance directly to communities throughout each phase of the program.
This site will be updated throughout the planning process this year with information about upcoming meetings, ways to share your ideas and feedback, and past meeting summaries.
OPEN CALL FOR PROJECTS
SUBMIT BY JULY 21
Do you have a project for the Local Planning Committee (LPC) to consider? Interested project sponsors must fill out this form and submit by July 21, 2024 to be considered for potential NY Forward funding: https://canastota.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NYF_ProjectsForm_Canastota.pdf
Is your project less than $75,000? Please use this Small Project Fund interest form: https://canastota.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NYF_Small-Project-Fund-Interest_Canastota.pdf
The consultant team is hosting drop-in office hours on Wednesday, June 26 from noon until 2:00 p.m. to answer questions about potential projects or the forms. Stop by the former Red Onion storefront at the corner of Peterboro and Center streets.
The consultant team will also host a Zoom webinar on Thursday, June 27 from noon until 1:00 p.m. to describe the form requirements and answer general questions. Please register in advance here: https://stantec.zoom.us/webinar/register/7917182168018/WN_-AdOxoO2SjCFkuYOdNch0Q
THE LATEST
If you couldn’t attend our May 30 public kickoff meeting, a .pdf of the meeting presentation is available in the “Project Documents” section in the Table of Contents below.
The third Local Planning Committee (LPC) meeting will be held Wednesday, July 31 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the former Red Onion storefront at the corner of Peterboro and Center streets. This is a working meeting for committee members but is open to the public to observe. There will be a public comment period at the end of the meeting.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Click on the links below for information on various facets of the NY Forward program.
PLANNING PROCESS
HOW TO GET INVOLVED / SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
CANASTOTA’S FOCUS AREA
PROJECT DOCUMENTS
ABOUT NY FORWARD
This is the second year of New York State’s NY Forward (NYF) program to invigorate and enliven downtowns in New York’s smaller and rural communities. As a complement to the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI), NY Forward focuses on creating healthy, vibrant, walkable downtowns that catalyze sustainable economic development and accrue numerous economic, social, and environmental benefits to the locality, the region, and the State as a whole.
NY Forward is led by the NYS Department of State (DOS), in close partnership with Empire State Development (ESD), NYS Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). For more information, please visit https://www.ny.gov/programs/ny-forward.
For more details on Canastota’s NY Forward program, contact the village office:
– Phone: (315) 697-7559
– Email: village@canastota.com
– Address: 205 S. Peterboro Street, Canastota NY 13032