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F.O.C.U.S. GREATER SYRACUSE 
Forging Our  Community’s United Strength 
COMMUNITY REPORT,  October 2006 
Submitted by: Charlotte (Chuckie) Holstein, F.O.C.U.S. Executive  Director

HOLD THE  DATE 
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2007 
SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT  2007 
PANDEMIC FLU  FORUM: F.O.C.U.S. IS CURRENTLY RECRUITING  CITIZENS FOR 
PARTICIPATION IN DETERMINING PROCEDURES FOR EARLY CONTROL FOR  PANDEMIC FLU: 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2006, 9:00  A.M.-3:00 P.M., ONCENTER COMPLEX, MEETING 
ROOMS 1, 2,  3 
EVERYONE IS WELCOME. YOU MUST SIGN UP. A  FLYER AND REGISTRATION FORM IS 
ATTACHED. FAX, E-MAIL, OR PHONE YOUR  RESPONSE. 
F.O.C.U.S. Greater  Syracuse has been selected as the only citizens’ 
organization in the  United  States to convene 100 citizens to meet for one  day to 
advise the federal government on Early Control Measures for Pandemic  Influenza. 
This is a great honor for our community. In the other three cities,  the 
citizens’ forums are sponsored by State or federal agencies. We offer an  
opportunity for ordinary citizens to shape public health policy. The CDC (Center  for 
Disease Control) contacted F.O.C.U.S. to work with them on this public  
engagement project. Let us know if you wish to participate. Be sure to download  the 
flyer. Make copies for your family, neighbors, work colleagues, and friends.  
Call if you need more information or more flyers: 448-8732.   
SDAT  (Sustainable Design Assessment Team) VISITS SYRACUSE: 
AIA experts from all  over the country came to work with local community 
participants to seek  information that will lead to a collective direction in 
urban planning and  design. Syracuse  was chosen by AIA as one of only eight 
cities in the country to receive the  expertise of a professional team. F.O.C.U.S. 
is participating on the local  Steering Committee. 
CITIZENS’  ACADEMY: 
During October class  members ate the same dinner as the inmates in the 
Public Safety Building as they learned about the law  enforcement and judicial 
system. They met with large and small figures at the  Open Hand Theater where they 
learned how important arts and culture are to the  economic, social, and 
educational climate of a community. The Ida Benderson Center for Senior Citizens 
was the setting  to learn about Human Services and Community Development. At 
the State Office Building the class found out about the  vast opportunities 
available locally and regionally for public transportation  and how plans for land 
use and infrastructure occurs. They have completed seven  sessions with three 
more to go. 
NOVEMBER CORE GROUP CANCELLED  (holiday) 
NEXT CORE GROUP  MEETING 
Friday, December 8,  2006 
7:30 a.m. – 8:45  a.m. 
CITY HALL COMMONS, 7th floor  conference room EVERYONE IS WELCOME 
“Building a Sustainable Community – New  Energy Resource for Green Schools” 
PRESENTERS: Jim Olcott,  Siemens and Nick DiBello, Syracuse City  School  
District
 
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Gay  Nicholson, Ph.D. 

607-533-7312 (home office)
607-279-6618  (cell)

1 Maple Avenue
Lansing, NY  14882
gaynicholson at aol.com

Sustainable Tompkins 
Program  Coordinator 
w_ww.sustainabletompkins.org_ (http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/) 

Southern Tier Energy$mart Communities
Regional  Coordinator
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
615 Willow  Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
agn1 at cornell.edu