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The Syracuse Art, Literacy, Technology (SALT) District o theNear Westside is directed by the Near Westside Initiative Inc.(NWSI), a not-or-prot organization. Syracuse Universityand The Giord Foundation jump started this initiative. SU

School o Architectures UPSTATE, the Syracuse Center oExcellence and Home HeadQuarters play pivotal roles in theproject.

The NWSI leverages the resources o SU, the state, the city,private oundations, businesses, not-or-prot corporations,and neighborhood residents to achieve its goals. Acreative community is converging here to oster economicdevelopment, jobs and stability or the neighborhood, andrich academic experiences or SU students. Within thisneighborhood, the premise that art and culture can unite tocreate a revitalized community is being tested and is provingto be true.

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Diverse cultures will converge and thrive on the NearWestside. Residents will help design and becomeully vested in the project.

The revitalization will be ueled by interdisciplinaryscholarship, international connections, and the seedcapital and commitment o Syracuse University.It will be sustained by the residents, businesses,oundations, and the local government o Syracuse.

A community o artists and innovators will becomeproperty owners within a cluster o renovated

warehouses and new structures centering in andaround West and Wyoming Streets, creating a linkbetween the Near Westside and Armory Square..

Many new and/or renovated homes will beconstructed or owner occupancy throughout theneighborhood. The historic architecture o this, theoldest neighborhood in Syracuse, will be preservedwhenever possible.

New construction and neighborhood planning willdemonstrate sustainability in urban design and

serve as a test bed or green and clean technoloemerging rom the Syracuse Center o ExcellencEnvironmental and Energy Systems.The project will create jobs, home ownershipopportunities, and beautiul public spaces or thpeople who live in the neighborhood.

A vital neighborhood association will be the cataor creating bridges between new and currentresidents, students, and businesses involved in eort.

Combine the power of art,

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Syracuses Near Westside.

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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY AS ANCHOR INSTITUTIONAs an anchor institution in the cityo Syracuse, Syracuse University isbuilding on its historical strengthsand pursuing collaborations thatsimultaneously enrich scholarshipand change the ace o this olderindustrial city. Through extensivepartnerships with the public, private

and non-prot sectors, SU is creatingmeaningul opportunities or studentsand aculty to learn and discover,

while tackling pressing issues incommunities like the Near Westside,that resonate in our nation andworld. The collaborations are ocusedin ve key interlocking areas: art,design, technology, environmentalsustainability, global collaboratories,inclusive urban education, and

neighborhood and culturalentrepreneurship.

Syracuse University is driven byits vision, Scholarship in Action- a commitment to orging bold,imaginative, reciprocal, andsustained engagements with ourmany constituent communities, localas well as global. SU is a publicgood, an anchor institution positioned

to play an integral role in todaysknowledge-based, global society byleveraging a precious commodity -

intellectual capital - with partnerrom all sectors o the economy:public, private, and non-prot. Eapartner brings its strengths to thetable, where collectively we addrthe most pressing problems aciour community. In doing so, weinvariably nd that the challenge

ace locally resonate globally.

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Sean Branagan- Communigration, Inc.

Ed Bogucz - Syracuse CoETim Carroll - City o SyracuseBill Delavan - Delavan Art GalleryPeter Dunn

- CNY Community FoundationTanya Eastman

- Green & Seiter Attorneys P.C.Regina Gabrielle, Lac, DHom

- Onondaga Community CollegeKathy Goldarb-Findling

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

- Green & Seiter Attorneys P.C.Karla Green

- Huntington Family CenterMarilyn Higgins, President NWSBoard - Syracuse University

Carole Horan, Secretary NWS Board- Resident

Michael Kelleher - SUNY ESFFather Jim Mathews

- St. Lucys ChurchKevin McAulie

- Hiscock & Barclay, LLPPaul Nojaim, Vice President NWS

Board - Nojaims MarketKerry Quaglia - Home HeadQuarters

Maria Revelles - Resident

Mark Robbins - Syracuse UniversitySchool o Architecture

Isaac Rothwell - ResidentBen Sio - CEO CenterStateGladys J. Smith - ResidentMary Alice Smothers - PEACE IncDirk Sonneborn - Rosamond Giord

Charitable CorporationMark Sweeney - Steri-PharmaPeter Thompson - ResidentBill Veit - Scottsman PressSuzanne Williams

- Habitat or Humanity

Alvenas Bell - ProLiteracy

Anne Messenger- Messenger AssociatesDarlene KerrMatt Ural - Near Westside

Sustainable SolutionsBrian Anderson - National GridRick Destito - Gear FactoryChris Clemans - CAB FabHilary Mansur - Home HeadQuartersJuan Cruz - Patch Up StudiosLuke Dougherty - City o SyracuseSheena Solomon - Rosamond Giord

Charaitable Corporation

Tywana Mother Earth James- ProLiteracy

Annie E Casey FoundationArtPlaceBoys & Girls ClubCab FabCenterState CEOCooperative Federal Credit UnionCNY Community FoundationEducation Foundation o AmericaCity o SyracuseGiord FoundationGreen & Seiter AttorneysHabitat or HumanityHabitat or Humanity SU & ESFHiscock & Barclay, LLPHome HeadQuartersHuntington Family CenterImagine Syracuse

King + King ArchitectsLa CasitaLerner CenterMessenger AssociatesNational GridNojaim Bros. SupermarketNorthside UPNWS Business AssociationOnondaga Earth CorpsPEACE Westside Family Resource

CenterProLiteracy InternationalQueri Development

Red House Arts CenterSay Yes to Education

Second Olivet MissionaryBaptist Church

Spanish Action League oOnondaga County

Steri-PharmaSt. Lucys Church & Learning CenterSyracuse Center o ExcellenceSyracuse UniversityUPSTATE: (School o Architecture)WCNYWestside Arts CouncilWestside Family Health CenterWestside Residents Council601 Tully

Mark Robbins - School oArchitecture

Anne Clarke -College o VisualPerorming Arts

Elisabeth Liddy - School oInormational Studies

George Langord - College o Arts andSciences

Douglas Biklen - School o EducationDiane Murphy - David B. Falk College

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Bea Gonzalez - University CollegeJames Steinberg - Maxwell School

THE TEAMBOARD OF DIRECTORS

ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Jacobs Architectural WoodworkThe Landscape ElSzozda GalleryWRKDesignsThe Art o Massage / Spa at 500UltracleanSignature Band and Choir CampDelavan CenterWCNYNojaim Brothers Grocery Store831 West Fayette Street, LLCOnondaga Small Business

Development CenterAgency Specialist Insurance GroCentral New York Services, Inc.Isaiahs TableKing and King

Proliteracy

Maarten Jacobs - DirectorDon Western - Finance DirectorBeverly Everding - Senior

AdministratorDan Queri - ConsultantStephen Klimek - Engagement F

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Annie E Casey FoundationArtPlaceCourts 4 KidsCNY Community Foundation

Charles and Patricia NojaimEd and Sue BoguczEducation Foundation o AmericaDarlene KerrFather Jim MatthewsJim and Juli boeheim oundationLa CasitaLiteracy Coalition o Onondaga CountyNojaim Bros. SupermarketProLiteracyRich and Gardner ConstructionThe Rosamond Giord oundationSpanish Action League o Onondaga County

Syracuse Housing AuthoritySyracuse UniversitySyracuse University Chancellor Nancy CantorWCNY ConnectedWellCare

SALT SHAKER DONORS

ADDITIONAL DONATIONS

Sean BranaganTanya EastmanEddie & Joan GreenKarla GreenMarilyn HigginsCarole HoranMichael Kelleher

Maria RevellesIsaac & KaralineRothwellDirk SonnebornBill VeitSuzanne Williams


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The NWSI is ormed as a collaborative eort among Syracuse University, the Giord Foundation, the Center o Excellence (CoE), the School oArchitecture (SoA) and area residents and civic leaders

Certifcate o Incorporation fled or West Side Initiative, Inc.First NWSI board meeting held at St. Lucys Rectory - adopted bylaws and elected ofcers o the board; added board members

Board votes to pursue purchase o Case Supply Warehouse, Lincoln Supply as well as the vacant lot at 201 Wyoming

$2.9m Restore NY unds awarded or housing and Lincoln Supply projectHHQ announces $2,500 Neighborhood Initiative grants or NWS homeowners to improve energy efciencyHHQ oers $5,000 Neighborhood Initiative grants to NWS homeowners to make exterior home improvementsFirst Resident Engagement Public Meeting held at St. Lucys GymRep. James Walsh & Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll announce $250,000 o $1.2m in ederal unds or NWS neighborhood improveEarth Day Clean-Up NWSI Board members volunteered to clean up the city lot at 201 Wyoming StreetJulia Czerniak o UPSTATE in the SoA starts work with students on an alternative neighborhood planCounty Executive Joanne Mahoney stops $12.8m sewage treatment acility next to the NWS, proposing alternative green inrastruct

By May, HHQ had or made plans to buy 64 o the 217 parcels in the horseshoe around Skiddy ParkSyracuse CoE & HHQ plan deconstruction o a NWS house, including workorce development, market development, and policy initi

HHQ Block Blitz brings 100+ volunteers to clean up a block o Tully Street across rom Skiddy ParkNWSI Board organizes a committee to work on eorts to keep Blodgett on the Joint Schools Construction Boards list to be renovated

Julie Eizenberg teaches studio with SoA students on Case Supply WarehouseNWSI & SNI Press Conerence held at St. Lucys announcing $2.2m SNI unds to HHQ or NWS

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

NWSI Press Conerence at City Lot/Wyoming Street announcing WCNYs commitment to move to the NWSMarilyn Higgins starts new position at SU as VP o Community Engagement & Economic DevelopmentGov. Spitzer announces that he would commit $2m to WCNY in the NWS as part o his Revitalization o Cities InitiativeSoA & HHQ announce partnership to transorm 223 Marcellus into a neighborhood revitalization inormation center

SoAs From the Ground Up Competition (FTGU) fnalists selected to build three homes; Livework house, Ted House, and R-HouseDOT agrees to repaint and fx up walking intersections rom downtown to the NWS

Strategic Plan is adopted as an Operational Plan by NWSI BoardSchumer announces inclusion o the NWS in The Community Regeneration, Sustainability and Innovation Act

Syracuse enters $3m program to purchase and renovate vacant homes on the NWSFirst HHQ renovation project sold on NWS - 422 Marcellus Street

Wall Street Journal Article The Green House o The Future - eatures FTGU homesThe Near Westside Arts Council holds Creative Bike Showcase at Shonnard Street Boys & Girls Club

The Link House, a modular home designed by SU architecture students delivered and installed at 521 TullyRain Garden installed on Walrath amilys property on Tully Street

SALT District businesses inventoried and surveyed to develop Small Business AssociationCNY Works & Nojaims organize Youth Workorce Development Program - Artworks, Greenworks, Foodworks

HHQ Block Blitz held on 400 Block o Otisco Street

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Syracuse Art Literacy Technology 10AUGUST 2011

2011 NWS MULTICULTURAL BLOCK PARTY HITS RECORD ATTENDANCE

The third annual Near Westside Multicultural Block Partybrought ood, un and music to Skiddy Park again this

August. The Block Party has quickly become the largestannual event in the NWS, drawing over 1,200 community

members in 2011. This years event was sponsored by theNWSI, the Spanish Action League, La Casita Cultural Center,Peace Inc., and ProLiteracy.

Each year the Block Party serves as an opportunity or theNear Westside to celebrate progress in the neighborhoodand recognize those individuals and organizations who havecontributed to the community. The 2011 Groundbreakerawards were presented to ProLiteracy and The Red HouseSubCat Studios and the Youth o the Year Award waspresented to Leah Tucker.

Dozens o volunteers rom across Syracuse acilitatedactivities including entertainers or the children, a D.J.showcase, childrens games, bouncy houses, a parade andood. The popular salsa band Grupo Son Boricua was themain act beore the Block Party segued to Jazz in the Cityon Oswego Street.


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OTISCO STREET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION BEGIN

The Otisco Street Green Corridor is the rst residentialgreen project to be constructed as part o OnondagaCountys Save The Rain program, an initiative to reduce thaects o storm water run-o pollution to local water ways

and improve water quality in Onondaga Lake.

The existing curb lines along Otisco Street at theintersections o South Geddes, Ontario, and Seneca Streewere extended approximately 6 eet into the road. The necurb stormwater inlets allow stormwater to drain into newbioretention areas between the new curb and existing curreducing runo while creating a new area or plants.

As part o the construction work new sidewalks will beinstalled on both sides o Otisco Street. The sidewalkswill become a great neighborhood asset and increase thevalue o homes. The curb extensions will not only providesubstantial stormwater capture, but they also act as tracalming devices by slowing trac at intersections, makinit saer or pedestrians and children in the community.

The curb extensions bioretention area will be planted withrain garden plants, beautiying the neighborhood while

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Syracuse Art Literacy Technology 12OCTOBER 2011

NEW HOMES BUILT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

In collaboration with the NWSI Home HeadQuarters buildsand sells new aordable homes, buys, rehabs and resellsexisting homes, helps people secure mortgages, providesassistance with down payments and closing costs, and

oers a range o educational services, among othereorts. Since 1996, Home HeadQuarters has renovatedor constructed over sixty-ve homes in the Near Westsideneighborhood, ten o which were completed in 2012.

Following the success o building innovative and aordablehousing through the From the Ground Up Competition,Home HeadQuarters partnered with VIP Structures andSchool o Architecture Proessor Tim Stenson and visitingcritic Fred Stelle to rehabilitate two homes on the 600 blocko Otisco Street as part o a design-build studio. Studentsdesigned renovation plans or 609 and 615 Otisco, utilizinggreen building technology and introducing new elements toincrease quality o lie and provide or modern amily livingall while maintaining aordability.


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CASE SUPPLY COMPLEX BEGINS TRANSFORMATIO

The Case Supply Complex renovationnanced by JPMorgan Chase onMarcellus and Wyoming Streets willsoon become a new cornerstone orthe Near Westside neighborhood.In 2011, construction began totransorm several buildings into thenew headquarters or Central New

Yorks public broadcasting station,WCNY, and ProLiteracy, the largest

international literacy organization inthe world.

WCNY is a community asset, thecommunity owns it and we want thecommunity to use it, says Robert J.Daino, president and CEO o WCNY.The new acility will be a destinationin the community eaturinginteractive community production, apublic courtyard, a wireless ca, aconcert auditorium, and more.

WCNYs learning center will oereducation programs or students oall ages. It will eature a program that

will allow middle and high schoolstudents to become employers,employees and consumers in a mockcity designed to give them hands-onbusiness experience.

Ater ProLiteracy reexamined itsmission and decided that the bestway to improve adult literacy wasthrough a community oriented

approach, and ocused specically oncentral New York. They launched theRuth J. Colvin Center or Innovation

and Excellence in Adult Literacywhich will be housed at their newheadquarters in the Case Supplybuilding.

Our sta will be more directlyinvolved with the people weultimately serve, says Mark CasVice President o CommunityEngagement or ProLiteracy. We

believe its going to change thequality and depth o what we do.

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Syracuse Art Literacy Technology 14DECEMBER 2011

NOJAIMS GROCERY & ST JOSEPHS WESTSIDE CLINIC PLANEXPANSION FOR HEALTHY NEIGHBOHROOD

Nojaim Brothers Supermarket is aninety year-old grocery store and acornerstone o the Near Westsideneighborhood. In December 2011,Nojaim Bros was awarded a $1million grant rom the New York StateRegional Economic DevelopmentCouncil to expand its operations andadvance healthy neighborhoodinitiatives in the NWS in collaboration

with the St Josephs Westside FamilyHealth Center. The project is part oa larger transormative blueprint orthe regions economic development

which is leveraging key assetsand developing strong regionalcollaborations.

The expansion will continue Nojaimscommitment to serving Syracuseas the last independently ownedgrocer in the city. It will be urtherenhanced by St Josephs Hospitalsplan to expand their Westside Health

Center to 18,000 sqt to run jointwellness, nutrition and educationprograms or neighborhood residents.Nojaims has adapted its business

to be sustainable, by ocusing onthe specic needs o the localcommunity and oering high demandspecialty produce items used inethnic cooking. Nojaims has workedclosely with community partners toestablish a workorce developmentprogram in the ood industry orneighborhood youth.

I view my entire store as acommunity center says Paul Nojaim.The expansion will help the storeunction even more like a community

center as it partners with the CoHealth Department, the Lerner Cand the FAULK School o Sport &Human Dynamics to make healthood and nutrition inormation moaccessible to residents. A newNeighborhood Navigator systemunded by the Annie E CaseyFoundation will supplement Nojacommunity partnerships and bec

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NWSI BOARD RETREAT ENERGIZES PLANS FOR NEIGHBORHOO

On January 12, 2012 members o the Near WestsideInitiative Board and community residents and stakeholdermet to review what was accomplished in 2011 andestablish priorities or 2012 and beyond. Through an

entire day o charettes and brainstorming, our words weridentied as goals or 2012: connectability, innovation,livability and sustainability.

With these broad goals in mind, we asked ourselves twoquestions. First, what services, businesses, or ventureswould really energize and activate the Near Westside?Priority projects to urther investigate included recreationaacilities & youth programs, rehabilitating the Skiddy Parkclubhouse, a child care center, a new dollar home program

and a neighborhood business directory.

And second, what projects or programs would make theNear Westside have the greatest number o vocal andengaged residents in the city? Suggestions included a 5Kundraiser walk throughout the neighborhood,Taste o the Westside Festival, Skiddy Park summer movienights, Take Back Our Streets saety program, civicengagement and political education program, neighborho

navigators, and a Boys & Girls Club youth based citizensacademy.

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NWSIBA DELIBERATES WEST STREET CHANGES

The Near Westside Initiative Business Association inviteddozens o businesses and residents located along WestStreet to a presentation o proposed changes along theWest Street arterial and gathered their input.

West Street is a high-volume North-South corridor or WestSide and South Side residents and commerce; it mustunction saely or all motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians.Proposed changes include reducing the number o carlanes on West Street and creating a 2-way cycle trackwith area businesses and residents. The benets o whichinclude increased green space and porous suraces, moretrees and shade, improved access into the neighborhoodsor pedestrians and bicyclists, and a trac-calming eect

that will slow trac and make it easier to cross West Street.

The NWSI Business Association members and guestswere able to provide eedback to the City on the detailso the lane reduction, Otisco Street crosswalk and otherinrastructural elements o the design. Suggested additionsto the streetscape included more trees, a plaza, more on-street or o-street parking and wider sidewalks.


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LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES INSTALLThe Near Westside o Syracuse is blessed to have a publilibrary at the edge o its community. The Mundy Library,located on Geddes Street, has done a wonderul job servinhundreds o amilies each year.

The Little Free Libraries project goal is to supplement theresources o our community libraries by promoting literacyand conversation in the community. The libraries theme isto take a book and leave a book, encouraging books tocycle throughout the neighborhood. Empty phone boothsthat once dotted the NWS are being lled with books, whiresidents can borrow or ree. The idea is that when olksare done, theyll return them or others to read.

Little Free Libraries is a collaboration between SyracuseUniversitys iSchool, the Visual and Perorming Artsprogram and the Near Westside Initiative. The rst LittleFree Library at 323 Giord St. is the rst o its kind inNew York State. Two additional locations include 601 Tullyand 300 Otisco. Books will be available in English andSpanish, to accommodate the multilingual makeup o theNear Westside. This is a way o putting books out into thecommunity, said Jill Hurst-Wahl, director o the Library an

Inormation Science graduate program.

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Syracuse Art Literacy Technology 18APRIL 2012

In May 2012, Near Westside residents gathered in SkiddyPark to celebrate the opening o a new playground anddedicate it to Westside native Paul Seymour. Seymourwas a great American basketball player and coach, a

three-time All-Star and the team captain o the 1955 NBAChampionship Syracuse Nationals.

In 2011, the NWSI raised a total o $40,000 in privateand corporate donations within two weeks or the newplayground which was matched by The Syracuse ParksDepartment. Karen Armstrong, architect or the playground,and Glen Lewis, o Syracuses Parks department, met withchildren who live on the west side to get some input asto what they would like to see incorporated into the new

playground.

The event included remarks rom Mayor Steanie Miner,Baye Muhammad o the Syracuse Parks Department andsports legend and Seymour teammate, Dolph Schayes.This is obviously a great day memorializing the history oCuse and the legacy o Paul Seymour, said Dolph Schayes.He was a wonderul player and a wonderul man. We arehonored with this playground.

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ART PLACE GRANT ANNOUNCED FOR SALTQUARTERS

The ormer Shermans Restaurant, located at 115 OtiscoStreet will be transormed into The SALTQUARTERS, acenter or the arts, with artist studios, exhibition spaceand aordable housing, thanks to a $400,000 grant rom

ArtPlace. The grant is one o 47 ArtPlace has released tosupport creative placemaking initiatives in 33 communitiesnation-wide.

The 4,000-square-oot ormer restaurant space will houseartists-in-residence and provide them with studio space,and will eature an art gallery at the ront to showcase theirwork and the work o other local artists. By building on theexisting talents and assets o the area, the NWSI hopes toattract artists, musicians, businesses and entrepreneurs to

the area.

Through this ArtPlace grant, a vacant building on thenear Westside will become a vibrant community space,says Chancellor Nancy Cantor. We are excited aboutthe opportunity to leverage the arts to urther strengthenand transorm the near Westside neighborhood.SALTQUARTERS will build on the already bustling artscommunity in the NWS and urther enliven the streets

by having the studio spaces and gallery on the rst fooropen to the public. Not only will SALTQUARTERS exempliythe best in creative placemaking it will cement the nearWestside as the new epicenter o art in Syracuse.

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The NWSI reached a new milestonein July as ProLiteracy, the largestinternational literacy organizationin the world relocated to the CaseSupply building bringing more than65 Syracuse-based employees tothe SALT District. Operating out othe NWS will give ProLiteracy theplatorm it needs to get involved inlocal projects or the rst time. Its

one reason why we moved to theWest Side. ProLiteracy wanted to

make a contribution locally, whichweve not done in the past, saysDavid Harvey, ProLiteracy presidentand chie executive ocer.

As part o its local contribution,ProLiteracy will open its newcomputer lab to the public or reeat least 20 hours each week, saidMark Cass, director o ProLiteracys

Ruth J. Colvin Center or Innovationand Excellence in Adult Literacy.

ProLiteracy will oer ree computerliteracy courses and will make thelab available to other adult literacyprograms and community agencies.

The Near Westside Initiative coveredthe $2.1 million in renovation costsand it has signed a 10-year leaseor the 20,000 square oot space.ProLiteracy raised more than $1

million rom local and national donorsto equip the space. ProLiteracy

has begun partnerships withorganizations such as the WestsResidents Coalition, the LiteracyCoalition, Home HeadQuarters anSay Yes to Education. Otentimepeople know what they need, butthey dont have the resources to it, Cass explains. With this spacwe are trying to make things asaccessible as possible.

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SUMMER MOVIES STARTED IN SKIDDY PARKThe NWSI Neighborhood Improvement Committee hostedan evening movie series in Skiddy Park or neighborhoodresidents, amilies and riends to enjoy. The the project grewout o an idea rom the 2012 NWSI Board Retreat and wasrealized through a collaboration o community stakeholders,aculty and students in the School o Visual and Perorming

Arts.

Once a month at dusk a big screen and a projector are setup in Skiddy Park, screening new release movies such asPuss in Boots and The Muppets. The rst movie in Julydrew over one hundred residents. Residents brought lawnchairs, blankets and snacks or a great outdoor amilyevent. The 2012 movies were sponsored by ProLiteracy

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SAY YES SUPPORTS SUMMER ARTS PROGRAThis summer a group o 18 artists in training participatedin Talent Agency, an intensive 5 week visual art portolioprogram. The young artists worked under the guidance oSyracuse University art proessor Yvonne Buchanan and

visiting SUNY Oswego art proessor, Dorene Quinn, in aconverted artist studio at 831 West Fayette Street.

Launched ater a pilot program sponsored by the Annie ECasey Foundation the ocus o Talent Agency is to build thskills to create high quality portolios or application intocollege, university and training programs or youth o allbackgrounds, with ability and interest in visual art. A greaportolio, that shows the skills that programs are looking oin prospective students, is the key to choices, scholarship

and uture careers in the creative eld.

Suburban teenagers have access to good artsprogramming in their schools and through ater-schoolprogramming. We elt we had to level the playing eld, saBuchanan. Talent Agency is unded by Say Yes to Educatioand the NWSI. The students selected or the programparticipate tuition ree.

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