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Welcome to the SALT District


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OverviewThe Syracuse Art, Literacy, Technology (SALT)

District of the Near Westside is directed by theNear Westside Initiative Inc. (NWSI), a not-for-profit organization. Syracuse Universityand The Gifford Foundation jump started thisinitiative. SU School of Architectures UPSTATE,the Syracuse Center of Excellence and HomeHeadQuarters play pivotal roles in the project.

The NWSI leverages the resources of SU, the

state, the city, private foundations, businesses,not-for-profit corporations, and neighborhoodresidents to achieve its goals. A creativecommunity is converging here to fostereconomic development, jobs and stability for theneighborhood, and rich academic experiencesfor SU students. Within this neighborhood, thepremise that art and culture can unite to createa revitalized community is being tested, and isproving to be true.

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October .....................11

November ................. 12

December ................. 13

January .................... 14

February ................... 15

March ....................... 16

April .......................... 17

May .......................... 18

June ......................... 19

July ..........................2

August ...................... 2

September ................2

The Near Westside Initiative

Mission & Vision .................................4

SU as an Anchor Institution .................5

A Non-Traditional Team ......................6

Donors ................................................7

NWSI History ......................................8


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Diverse cultures will converge and thrive on

the near Westside. Residents will help designand become fully vested in the project.

The revitalization will be fueled byinterdisciplinary scholarship, internationalconnections, and the seed capital andcommitment of Syracuse University. It willbe sustained by the residents, businesses,foundations, and the local government ofSyracuse.

A community of artists and innovators willbecome property owners within a cluster ofrenovated warehouses and new structurescentering in and around West and Wyomingstreets, creating a link between the NearWestside and Armory Square.

Many new and/or renovated homes will be

constructed for owner occupancy throughoutthe neighborhood. The historic architectureof this, the oldest neighborhood in Syracuse,will be preserved whenever possible.

New construction and neighborhoodplanning will demonstrate sustainability inurban design and serve as a test bed forgreen and clean technologies emergingfrom the Syracuse Center of Excellence in

Environmental and Energy Systems.

The project will create jobs, home ownershipopportunities, and beautiful public spaces forthe people who live in the neighborhood.

A vital neighborhood association will bethe catalyst for creating bridges betweennew and current residents, students, andbusinesses involved in this effort.

Combine the power of art,

technology, and innovationwith neighborhood valuesand culture to revitalizeSyracuses near Westside.

Mission Vision

Mission & Vision

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Syracuse University as Anchor Institution

Scholarship In Action

As an anchor institution in the city ofSyracuse, Syracuse University is buildingon its historical strengths and pursuingcollaborations that simultaneouslyenrich scholarship and change the faceof this older industrial city. Throughextensive partnerships with the public,private and non-profit sectors, SUis creating meaningful opportunitiesfor students and faculty to learn anddiscover, while tackling pressing issuesin communities like the near Westside,that resonate in our nation and world.The collaborations are focused in five

key interlocking areas: art, design, andtechnology, environmental sustainability,global collaboratories, inclusive urbaneducation, and neighborhood and culturalentrepreneurship.

Syracuse University is driven by its vision,Scholarship in Actiona commitmentto forging bold, imaginative, reciprocal,and sustained engagements with ourmany constituent communities, local aswell as global. SU is a public good, ananchor institution positioned to play anintegral role in todays knowledge-based,

global society by leveraging a preciouscommodityintellectual capitalwithpartners from all sectors of the economy:public, private, and non-profit. Eachpartner brings its strengths to the table,where collectively we address the mostpressing problems facing our community.In doing so, we invariably find that thechallenges we face locally resonateglobally.


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A Non-Traditional Team

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Sean Branagan - Communigration,Inc.Ed Bogucz - Syracuse CoETim Carroll - City of SyracusePeter Dunn - CNY Community

FoundationTanya Eastman - Green and Seifter

Attorneys P.C.Regina Gabrielle, Lac, DHom

- Onondaga Community CollegeKathy Goldfarb-Findling

-Allyn FoundationBea Gonzalez - University CollegeEddie Green, Treasurer NWS Board

- Green & Seifter Attorneys P.C.

Karla Green - Huntington FamilyCenter

Marilyn Higgins, President NWS

Board- Syracuse UniversityCarole Horan, Secretary NWS Board

- ResidentMichael Kelleher - SUNY ESFFather Jim Mathews - St. Lucys

ChurchKevin McAuliffe - Hiscock & Barclay,

LLPPaul Nojaim, Vice President NWS

Board - Nojaims MarketKerry Quaglia - Home HeadQuartersMaria Revelles - ResidentMark Robbins - Syracuse University

School of ArchitectureIsaac Rothwell - Resident

Ben Sio - CEO CenterStateGladys J. Smith - ResidentDirk Sonneborn - Rosamond Gifford

Charitable CorporationMary Alice Smothers - PEACEPeter Thompson - ResidentBill Veit - Scottsman PressSuzanne Williams - Habitat for

Humanity

Finance & Commercial Construction

Rick DeStitoJoe SiskoPeter Thompson

Marketing & Recruitment

Rick DeStitoSteve HerwoodBrian HokeAlison JacksonStephen MahanTom Seeley

Neighborhood Improvement/Housing

Chris Clemens

Jessie KeatingEntrepreneurial Services

Frank CeteraRon EhrenreichRobert E HerzCarolyn May

Board of Directors PartnersAnnie E Casey Foundation

Boys and Girls Club

Cab Fab

CenterState CEO

Cooperative Federal Credit Union

CNY Community Foundation

City of Syracuse

Gifford Foundation

Green & Seifter Attorneys

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity SU & ESF

Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

Home HeadQuarters

Huntington Family Center

Imagine Syracuse

King + King Architects

La Liga

Messenger Associates

National Grid

Nojaim Bros. Supermarket

Northside UP

NWS Business Association

Onondaga Earth Corps

PEACE Westside Family Resource

Center

ProLiteracy International

Queri Development

Red House Arts Center

Say Yes to Education

Second Olivet Missionary Baptist

Church

Steri-Pharma

St. Lucys Church and Learning

Center

Syracuse Center of Excellence

Syracuse University

UPSTATE: (School of Architecture)

WCNY

Westside Arts Council

Westside Family Health Center

Westside Residents Council

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Maarten Jacobs - DirectorDon Western - Finance DirectorBeverly Everding - Senior

AdministratorDan Queri - ConsultantMichael Short - Program CoordinatorStephen Klimek - Engagement Fellow

NWSI StaffCommitteeMembers (Non Board)


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DonorsSalt Shakers

Annie E Casey FoundationCNY Community Foundation

Ed and Sue Bogucz

Darlene Kerr

Father Jim Matthews

Charles and Patricia Nojaim

Nojaim Bros. Supermarket

ProLiteracy

Rich and Gardner Construction

The Rosamond Gifford foundation

Syracuse Housing Authority

Syracuse University

Syracuse University Chancellor

Nancy Cantor

WCNY Connected

WellCare

Additional DonationsSean Branagan

Tanya Eastman

Eddie and Joan Green

Karla Green

Marilyn Higgins

Carole Horan

Michael Kelleher

Maria Revelles

Dirk Sonneborn

Bill Veit

Suzanne Williams


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First NWS Green Train Graduation

78 trees planted at St. Lucys

National Grid Press Conference Demolition at Case Building

ProLiteracy and Red House/SubCat awarded the Groundbreaker Award

Red House Grand Re-Opening & Courts For Kids Ribbon-Cutting at Skiddy Park

Caf Kubal opens for business in 601 Tully & Grand Opening 601 Tully

Annual NWS Picnic held Renamed to NWS Multicultural Block Party NWS Board authorizes president to execute term sheet with First Niagara Bank for a construction loan for $1.9m

Annie E Casey Foundation approves a grant of $75,000 to be used for the Say Yes Learning Lots on the NWS

Skiddy Park Fundraiser launched City of Syracuse will match $40,000 for new playground equipment

Board approves Loan Loss Reserve Agreement with Syracuse Cooperative Federal Credit Union to support small business micro-loans

NWS board approves permanent loan agreement on the Lincoln Building for $1.8M with the Community Preservation Corporation

Senator Gillibrand Tour of the NWS

Zoning Board approves plans for 601 Tully Writing Center, a business incubator for Fowler students and community teaching garden

CMD 352 students make presentations on solutions to improve NWS to the community, NWSI Board and SU Board of Trustees

A Love Letter to Syracuse public art project on the NWS train trestles by Steve Powers

Free public picnic celebrating Art Shark installation and Rebirth of Syracuse mural

NWSI Board approves purchase of Community Gardens at 410 and 412 Gifford Marion Wilsons class design plans for 601 Tully Street to include space for a classroom, caf, gallery and offices

Leaving a Legacy A History of Syracuses Near West Side produced by Onondaga Historical Association Syracuse, New York

SU Board of Trustees authorizes Syracuse University to enter into a agreement for Say Yes to Education to lease space in Lincoln Building

Development agreement executed between NWSI and WCNY for development of the WCNY broadcast and education center in the Case complex

Open House for From the Ground Up Homes on the NWS

Construction begins on Juan Cruz live/work residence

Home HeadQuarters Block Blitz

Schumer announces inclusion of the NWS in The Community Regeneration, Sustainability and Innovation Act

Syracuse enters $3m program to purchase and renovate vacant homes on the NWS

First HHQ renovation project sold on NWS - 422 Marcellus Street

Wall Street Journal Article The Green House of The Future - features FTGU homes

The Near Westside Arts Council holds Creative Bike Showcase at Shonnard Street Boys & Girls Club Modular Home designed by SU architecture students delivered and installed at 521 Tully

Rain Garden installed on Walrath familys property on Tully Street

SALT District businesses inventoried and surveyed to develop Small Business Association

CNY Works & Nojaims organize Youth Workforce Development Program - Artworks, Greenworks, Foodworks

HHQ Block Blitz held on 400 Block of Otisco S

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The NWSI is formed as a collaborative effort among Syracuse University, the Gifford Foundation, the Center of Excellence (CoE), the

School of Architecture (SoA) and area residents and civic leaders

Certificate of Incorporation filed for West Side Initiative, Inc.

First NWSI board meeting held at St. Lucys Rectory - adopted bylaws and elected officers of the board; added board members

Board votes to pursue purchase of Case Supply Warehouse, and to acquire Lincoln Supply and attached properties, as well

as the vacant lot at 201 Wyoming

$2.9m Restore NY funds awarded for housing and Lincoln Supply project

HHQ announces $2,500 Neighborhood Initiative grants for NWS homeowners to improve energy efficiency

HHQ offers $5,000 Neighborhood Initiative grants to NWS homeowners to make exterior home improvements First Resident Engagement Public Meeting held at St. Lucys Gym

Rep. James Walsh & Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll announce $250,000 of $1.2m in federal funds for NWS

neighborhood improvements

Earth Day Clean-Up NWSI Board members volunteered to clean up the city lot at 201 Wyoming Street

Julia Czerniak of UPSTATE in the SoA starts work with students on a neighborhood plan

Onondaga County Executive Joanne Mahoney stops $12.8m sewage treatment facility next to the NWS neighborhood

proposing alternative green infrastructure solution

By May, HHQ had or made plans to buy 64 of the 217 parcels in the horseshoe around Skiddy Park

Syracuse CoE & HHQ plan the deconstruction of a NWS house, including workforce development, market development,

and policy initiatives needed to support the process

HHQ Block Blitz brings 100+ volunteers to clean up a block of Tully Street across from Skiddy Park

NWSI Board receives information that the Joint Schools Construction Board is considering closing Blodgett. NWSI Board organize

a committee to work on efforts to keep Blodgett on the list to be renovated

Julie Eizenberg teaches studio with SoA students on Case Supply Warehouse NWSI & SNI Press Conference held at St. Lucys announcing $2.2m SNI funds to HHQ for NWS

The ESDC approved a $13.5M debt reinvestment to the NWS

NWSI Press Conference at City Lot/Wyoming Street announcing WCNYs commitment to move to the NWS

Marilyn Higgins starts new position at SU as VP of Community Engagement & Economic Development

Gov. Spitzer, announces that he would commit $2m to WCNY in the NWS as part of his Revitalization

of Cities Initiative

SU Architecture & HHQ announce partnership to transform 223 Marcellus into a neighborhood revitalization

information center

Winners of the School of Architectures From the Ground Up Competition (FTGU) announced

DOT agrees to repaint and fix up walking intersections from downtown to the NWS

Strategic Plan is adopted as an Operational Plan by NWSI Board

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NWS Business Association Launched

The Near Westside Initiativelaunched a comprehensivearray of new entrepreneurship

programs aimed at sparkingbusiness development in theneighborhood.

The first of these programs isthe Near Westside BusinessAssociation. Intended to unifyneighborhood businesses tobetter serve individual andcollective needs, the programis supplemented by a microlending program and an

entrepreneurship program.

UPSTATE plants trees on Otisco

Street following their design of the

neighborhood plan. Recycling Art

project installed on the fences of

Skiddy Park.

HHQ Annual Block Blitz on

Otisco Street.August 2010

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A Love Letter to Syracusewww.lovelettertosyracuse.comIn September, Steve Powers, aninternationally renowned artist, and his crewof painters came to Syracuse to transformwhat once was a colossal barrier betweenthe near Westside and downtown, into apoint of interest, a gathering spot, and aconversation. In total, three train bridgeswere painted with phrases based oncomments given by NWS residents about the

community. The combined bridges createdA Love Letter to Syracuse.

The project received great attention, bothlocally and nationally. Nationally, it waspicked up by ABC News, GOOD Magazine,Juxtapoz Magazine, Richard Florida, andFast Company.

NWSI Board approves development

agreement between NWSI and

WCNY for development of the WCNY

broadcast and education center in the

Case complex.

Board approves nominations of NWS

residents and business owners to the

NWSI Board Tanya Eastman, Karla

Green, Liz Nolan, Maria Revelles, Isaac

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Lincoln Supply Building Opens

October 2010 Majora Carter visitsand meets with NWSresidents. Ground breaking 601 Tully.Salt City Arts & Crafts Marketheld in Case Supply.

In early October of 2010, ourfirst large-scale mixed useproject was completed withthe renovation of the Lincoln

Building. The Lincoln Buildingis a complete renovation ofthe 100 year old, four-storyLincoln Supply Warehouseinto 30,000 square feet ofmixed-used commercial andresidential space completedby Brininstool + Lyncharchitects with Rich andGardner Builders.

Floors one and two containfirst-class office space andfloors three and four havebeen transformed into a 10

unit live/work space forartists and other tenants. Theunits range in size from 1,151to 1,270 square feet and rentfor about $1 a square footper month, including utilities.

The Syracuse Center ofExcellence provided muchof the funding and expertise

in the selection of thebuilding systems, whichinclude a geothermal field,solar panels, hot water on-

demand, an innovative livingwall screen over part of thebuilding, rain water recyclingcapacity, and others. TheLincoln Building will applyfor LEED certification by theUSGBC and it will join thecountless other great andgreen projects taking placeall over the neighborhood.


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November 201Open House for From the GroundUp Homes on the NWS.Rick DeStito hosts an open

house at his renovated $1

home on the NWS at 721

Otisco Street.

King & King hosts reception for the

completion of their Green Roof.

The From the Ground Upproject, a design competitionpresented by HomeHeadQuarters, in conjunctionwith Syracuse Center ofExcellence and SU Schoolof Architecture, has broughtthree new, innovative greenhomes to Syracuses NWS,transforming the facade of theneighborhood, and offeringa glimpse into the future ofsingle-family home design.

The goal of the competition

was to come up with designsfor sustainable, affordable,energy-efficient homesthat would replace blightedproperties and attractnew residents to the nearWestside. The homes alsowould be a template for future

development in the NWSneighborhood.

The TED house (right)designed by Onion Flats iscurrently being modified forreplication in the NWS. TheR-House (left) by ARO hasan airtight envelope and ahighly efficient heating systemwhile the Live-Work Homeby Cook+Fox is wrappedin a perforated sun screenand is partially built fromdeconstructed lumber.

Rick Destito opened thedoors of his newly renovated$1 HHQ home to thecommunity. Destito wants toshow people the possibilitiesof what Syracuse can be.

Open House for From the Ground Up& 721 Otisco


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December 2010 NWSI hosts public open houseat the Lincoln Building.David Harvey and Leonardo Moraleshost open house in their LincolnApartment Unit 401.

NWS Holiday Celebration held in Lincoln Supply

The Near Westside Initiativeand the Board of Directorshosted the annual HolidayParty for the community atthe newly completed LincolnSupply Building. It markeda major success for theneighborhood and providedan opportunity to show off thecommercial and residentialredevelopment.


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NWS Micro Loan Program Launched

Brendan Rose begins work as

first Syracuse Public Artist in

Residence.

Lincoln Supply Live/Work

Apartments featured in the

Post-Standard.

The NWSI launched a microloan program this monthfor existing businesses andaspiring entrepreneurs in theNWS neighborhood. Theself-sustaining programprovides vital business creditfinancing to spur economicdevelopment in the 9th poorestneighborhood in the UnitedStates.

The micro loan program issupported by a $25,000seed grant from the CNY

Community Foundationand a key partnership withthe Syracuse CooperativeFederal Credit Union. It isthe final piece of the NWSIscomprehensive business andentrepreneurial developmentprogram, operated by theSmall Business DevelopmentCommittee in partnership withexisting business incubators.


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February 2011The NWSI Business Association

began a partnership with

Syracuse First to help create

community through local

economy and business.

NWS approves an agreement

to enter into a permanent loan

on the Lincoln Building for $1.8

million with the Community

Preservation Corporation.

Upstate Snow Down

On February 5th over 150people gathered in Lipe ArtPark on the near Westside

to participate in a snowsculpture competition andgeneral fun in the snow. Theweather was bearable (34degrees), over a foot anda half of snow was on theground, and hot chocolateand coffee were readilyavailable; it was the perfectformula for a winter event inSyracuse, NY.

For three hours the Stewardsof Lipe Art Park and the 40Below Public Arts Task Force,

in partnership with the NearWestside Initiative, hosted asnow sculpture competition.Eight sculptures were createdincluding a re-creation ofthe Spirit of Syracuse (thestatue on the National Gridbuilding), a replica of theGear Factory, a boat on theErie Canal, and a giant hand(with colored fingernails).

The new Micro Loan Program

and new NWS businesses it

has helped launch and grow are

featured in the Post-Standard.

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March 20Nine 24 hour police securitycameras are installed in thenear Westside neighborhood.

Annie E. Casey Foundation funds Say Yes Learning Lots

Frank Ceteras renovation of

his home and center for green

teaching at 717 Otisco featured

in CNY Green Magazine.

Yvonne Buchanan and Dorene Quinn,both area professors, spent the summerworking with seven high school andpost-high school students to teach themabout the arts and the power it has on acommunity. The program, titled LearningLots has been generously made possible

by the Annie E. Casey Foundation ofBaltimore, MD.

The students spent four days a weekat the converted art studio at 831 WFayette Street practicing their artisticskills, presentation techniques, and

creating a high quality portfolio for collegeapplications and their future careers.Their work culminated in the design andinstallation of public art in the recentlytransformed vacant lot at 617 Tully Street,as well as a small mural in Lipe Art Park.


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April 2011Say Yes to Education moves

headquarters from SU into the

Lincoln Supply building in the

NWS.

Westside Arts Council

formed and Free Art &

Music classes offered to

NWS residents.

NWSI Featured in CNY Magazine

Syracuse Grows cleans up community

gardens throughout the NWS and Lipe

Art Park using food production as a

tool for community development.

The NWSI is featured in theMarch/April edition of theCentral New York Magazinewith a 23 page article titled

Near Westside Story.

Written by Walt Wasilewski,the article gives an in-depthdescription of the NWSIssuccesses and challengessince its inception in 2005,while highlighting the projectsand personalities that aremaking a difference in thiscommunity.

Without hiding the good, thebad or the ugly, Wasilewskipaints the portrait of acommunity in the middle ofa transformation. He linkseach piece of this unique

collaborative endeavourfrom youth engagementto business development,community art, innovative

housing and reinvestmentprojects. But with eachstunning success he remindsus of the many challengesstill facing the neighborhood,the same challenges thatinspire everyone involvedin the NWS community tocontinue their work.


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May 20King + King Architects new

NWS Headquarters is awarded

LEED Platinum status, the first

in Onondaga County.

Green Job Training Graduation

3rd Annual Bike Showcase in

Skiddy Park.

NWS Board hosts reception for

Steri-Pharma.


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June 2011 NWSI Micro Loan Programcreates new company & 8 jobsfor neighborhood residents. King & King receives PACNYaward and HHQ wins the HopeAward. Red House reopens at 219West Street with the addition ofSubCat recording studios.78 trees planted at St. Lucys

Church and more tree planting

is planned throughout the

neighborhood.

In the Near Westside, nextto Blodgett Middle School,stands a small, blue house onTully Street that has slowly

been transformed into acommunity arts space. MarionWilson, a sculpture professorat Syracuse University, hasbeen renovating this housethrough her course, SocialSculpture: 601 Tully Design/Build, which teaches studentsto work collaboratively toredesign vacant structures.

The house, which wasonce gutted, now has walls,windows and doors, a fullstaircase, a bathroom,balcony and a porch, allthanks to the help of adiverse group of students.Wilson worked on 601 Tully

for almost two years. She hasled students in discussingpossible project ideas,creating design layouts, and

determining how to fund thehouse. This is the first yearthat students have had theopportunity to put forth theirideas and have had hands-onexperience in construction.Wilson describes theproject as a sustainablecommunity storefront for arts,publishing and emergingentrepreneurship.

Home HeadQuarters ownedthe house and partneredwith Wilson to renovate thestructure and has now beenturned over to the NWSI.Students from nearby FowlerHigh School, in particular

students from its businessacademy, use the buildingfor internships or to gainhands-on experience in

its commercial operations,Wilson says.

The lower floor is home toCaf Kubal, a local coffeeshop, where folks can relaxand check out the art-adorned walls. The upperlevel hosts a gallery for artiststo show their works, alongwith a pop-up bookstore.

Outside, visitors now findthe Say Yes to Educationteaching garden used by citystudents.

Grand Opening for 601 Tully


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Construction for WCNY Begins at Case Supply

Pride in Syracuse is founded, an initiative

of four major Syracuse businesses to

create volunteer cleanups throughout

Downtown and the NWS neighborhoods.

WCNY construction started July 2011 on a

$20 million project to transform an emptywarehouse on the edge of downtownSyracuse into its new home that willinclude a learning center, a concertauditorium, a cafe and other amenities.

The public broadcasting station closed onits purchase of part of the former CaseSupply Warehouse at West and Marcellusstreets on the near Westside. It expects to

move there from its headquarters at 506

Old Liverpool Road, Salina, in October2012.

This is a game changer, MarilynHiggins, president of the Near WestsideInitiative and an SU vice president, said ofWCNYs move. We are going to have thepublic broadcasting station of the futurein what was once one of the poorestneighborhoods in the United States.

Daino said he wants neighbors as well as

people who live further away to use thenew facility.

WCNY is a community asset, thecommunity owns it and we want thecommunity to use it, he said. We belongon a street corner.


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August 2011 Demolition begins at CaseSupply to make way forWCNYs new headquarters. Annual Block Party hosted atSkiddy Park on August 18th.

Skiddy Park as Community Hub

ProLiteracy and Red House/

SubCat awarded the

Groundbreaker award.

The second annual WestsideMulticultural Block Partywas hosted in Skiddy Parkin August with food, fun and

music, lots and lots of music.The party was sponsored bythe NWSI, the Spanish ActionLeague, La Casita CulturalCenter, Peace Inc., andProLiteracy.

In addition to theGroundbreaker Awards,announced at the BlockParty, the NWSI announced

that $40,000 was raisedin private donations, whichwas matched by the Cityof Syracuse for a newplayground at Skiddy Park.

Earlier in the month,Syracuse Universitybasketball coach JimBoeheim, with former players

John Wallace and DerrickColeman, dedicated thenew basketball courts atSyracuses Skiddy Park. Theevent was part of the Jimand Juli Boeheim Foundationand the Carmelo AnthonyFoundations Courts 4 Kidsprogram.

Courts for Kids ribbon

cutting at Skiddy Park


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Save the Rain Otisco Street

Green Infrastructure installation

begins. September 20

Home HeadQuarters Block Blitz: Otisco & Hoefler

Hundreds of volunteers,staff, skilled work crews andneighbors gathered on the700 block of Otisco Street

and 100 block of HoeflerStreet to paint, landscape,repair and do general cleanup on over 60 properties.

The Block Blitz is an annualfundraising effort organizedby the nonprofit housingagency Home HeadQuarters.It recruits volunteers whodonate time, money andmaterials to make an impactin select sections of the cityeach year.

In its fourth year, theBlock Blitz has become amajor engagement projectfor residents, as well as

businesses and organizationsthroughout the city that wantto make a difference. Theevent has replaced HomeHeadQuarters traditionalfundraiser dinner.


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