Common Alliance Forum Agenda
3rd Annual Common Ground Alliance Forum on July 15, 2009
Dear Colleague,
We are writing to remind you the third Common Ground Alliance Forum is scheduled for next week, July 15, 2009 at the Mt. Sabattis Pavilion in Long Lake, New York. For your review prior to the session, attached please find the current registrant list as of the afternoon of July 8. Please consider using the list to see where there may be options for you to carpool. If you have yet to register, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible in that preregistration is required to ensure our luncheon count. 80 RSVPs as of July 8, 2009 (excel format).
The event will be hosted at the Mt. Sabattis Pavilion in Long Lake and we are hoping for great weather. Plan to dress casually for our Adirondack summer.
We hope you can attend and contribute to our grassroots dialogue to address the economic future of Adirondack Park communities. The forum agenda follows.
We look forward to talking with you in Long Lake on July 15. A registration form is attached for your convenience.
Sincerely, The Common Ground Alliance Core Team
Sustaining Adirondack Communities: Grassroots Dialogue to Collective Action
Forum Agenda
July 15, 2009
Mt. Sabattis Pavilion, Long Lake, NY
9:00-9:15 Welcome: Gregg Wallace and Lani Ulrich
· Review of Day’s Agenda
9:15-10:00 Blueprint Update: Brian Towers and Brian Houseal
· Common Ground accomplishments in 2008-2009
10:00-11:45 Where are the Jobs? Group discussion co-facilitated by David Kay, Senior Extension Associate, Community and Rural Economic Development Institute and James Pratt, Senior Research Associate, Cornell University
· Timely economic issues and critical needs for sustainable Adirondack communities
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Dialogue to Action: Group discussion facilitated by Rob Camoin, Principal, Camoin Associates
· Understanding economic and cultural sustainability
· Understanding barriers to action
· Developing a regional action plan
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Common Ground? Interest group, local government and state government perspectives on an action plan, introduced by Brian Houseal, moderated by Bill Farber, Ray Curran and Zoë Smith
· Is the Blueprint still valid?
· What important issues remain?
· Should the Alliance tackle the thorniest issues next?
3:45-4:00 Summarization and Next Steps: Lani Ulrich
Please return the attached reservation form now—by fax, email or regular mail—to save your place at the 2009 Common Ground Alliance Forum.
P.S. To assist with your travel plans, we have attached a listing of local lodgings.