Green Infrastructure | Partnership for Onondaga Creek

Wednesday January 25, 2012 by Aggie

NYSDEC Awards POC and Its Partners a 2012 Environmental Justice Grant

The Partnership for Onondaga Creek (POC) and Onondaga Earth Corps (OEC) are pleased to announce the award of $49,967 by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to their joint project called “Growing Syracuse’s Next Generation of Environmental Justice Leaders”. Out of 123 state applicants, the POC/OEC project is the sole winner for the Central New York region. The award will be administered by the groups’ fiscal sponsor, the Onondaga Environmental Institute.

“OEI is pleased to serve as the fiscal sponsor on this project,” stated Onondaga Environmental Institute President Edward Michalenko. “The project’s goals to empower youth to be active participants in creating positive change for their communities and the environment aligns nicely with OEI's mission to advance environmental research, education, planning and restoration in Central New York. Amy Samuels, OEI’s Education and Outreach Coordinator, is excited to provide youth technical training and mentoring.”

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NYSDEC awards Environmental Justice grant

Wednesday January 25, 2012 by Aggie

The NYSDEC granted $49,967 to the POC, the Onondaga Earth Corps and our fiscal sponsor Onondaga Environmental Institute. This two-year grant will help the POC run our Young Eco-'Cuse Explorer program.

Rain Barrel Workshop

Street:: E. Washington St.
City:: Syracuse
Province:: New York
Postal Code:: 13202

Contact Info

Carissa Matthews

443-3507

cmatthews@syracusecoe.org

Onondaga Environmental Institute and the Onondaga Earth Corps will lead a workshop on rain barrels. All are welcome to attend and city residents can receive a free rain barrel. Art supplies will be available for those who want t decorate their ran barrel.

Community meeting on the design plan for the Delaware Rain Garden

Street:: South Geddes & Rowland St.
City:: Syracuse
Province:: New York
Postal Code:: 13204

Contact Info

Aggie Lane

478-4571

aggielane@verizon.net

Onondaga County has designed a Rain Garden for the area of Delaware and Grand Ave. on the Westside. They want to show the design to the community and get input.

Community Meeting on county's W. Castle St. Restoration Plan

Street:: 401 South Avenue
City:: Syracuse
Province:
Postal Code:: 13204

Contact Info

Mercedes Bloodworth

315-478-4571

The community meeting answering the question: After the County pipeline goes in what will our neighborhood look like?

This community meeting is especially for the residents near W. Castle Street but it is free and open to the public. Refreshment will be provided. Onondaga Earth Corp youth will present an introduction on Green Infrastructure followed by a county presentation on the proposed restoration plan.

Sunday June 19, 2011 by Aggie

POC strategy meeting

On May 21 from 9 am to 2pm, Partnership members reviewed its mission and the issues that it is committed to.

With facilitating help from Bob Graham and Jessica Maxwell, the POC examined its mission and the issues that the group wants to work on. We also looked at sustainability and community recruitment. Some useful ideas and recommendations came out of this meeting, namely, how to share the burden of various initatives and how to recruit more community members and train our future EJ leaders.

See the attached summary document for this meeting.

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Onondaga County's Green Infrastructure "Save the Rain" Initative

URL/Address:

http://www.savetherain.us

By 2018 through its "Save the Rain" initative, Onondaga County will keep 250 million gallons of stormwater out of Syracuse's combined sewer system. This green infrastructure effort combined with the construction of grey infrastructure projects, such as combined sewage storage tanks, sewer separation projects and pipelines, will boast the capture of the combined system to 95%, up from 74%. This capture will markedly improve the water quality of Onondaga Lake and some of its feeder streams, Onondaga Creek, Harbor Brook and Ley Creek.

Onondaga Earth Corps

URL/Address:

http://www.onondagaearthcorps.org

The Onondaga Earth Corps (OEC) is a youth development and employment program for youth ages 15 - 19 living in the City of Syracuse. As youth work on community and environmental service projects, they learn valuable job and life skills, civic engagement, environmental stewardship and technical skills in urban forestry and other urban green infrastructure.

Light a Candle for Literacy Festival

Street:: 309 West Brighton Avenue
Additional:: Parade starts at Key Bank
City:: Syracuse
Province:: New York
Postal Code:: 13205

Contact Info

Geneva Hayden

382-6703

ahayden4@twcny.rr.com

The Literacy Parade will start at noon and march from Key Bank at the corner of Colvin and S. Salina Streets to Danforth School.

The festival will be held at Danforth School from 1 - 3pm. There will food, games, prizes, free books and information about health and the environment. There will also be a variety of special entertainment.

POC members and the youth going to NYSDEC summer camp will march in the parade.

How to Go Green in the 'Cuse with Green Infrastructure

Street:: 1453 S. State Street
City:: Syracuse
Province:: New York
Postal Code:: 13205

Contact Info

Amy Samuels

433-1757

asamuels@oei.org

Hosted by the Dunbar seniors this free workshop will explain how green landscaping and building techniques benefit local neighborhoods and waterways, like Onondaga Creek.

Presentations from Onondaga Environmental Institute staff and Onondaga Earth Corps youth will talk about several local uses of green infrastructure, including rain gardens, rain barrels, green roofs, and porous pavement, as well as a tour of practices used at the Dunbar Center.

The workshop will include complimentary lunch for participants who RSVP by May 11th.