“The NYS Redevelopment Summit provided me with an overview of the players, processes and strategies of community development, potential funding sources and tips and tricks for accessing them, examples of inspirational development in other communities, a bevy of online resources that will be useful as we explore funding for Philmont, and an opportunity to confer with the Philmont team attending the conference to share our take-aways from the conference and plan our next steps.”
Debra Gitterman 6/14/18
“Immersion in this learning opportunity brought many new insights, but my most potent take away from the conference was about having a cohesive vision that comes from the community, that is based on a shared understanding of existing assets and can be articulated in a convincing story about collective identity and vision for future revitalization that builds a network of private and public funding sources and support to achieve those goals.”
Julia Sedlock (& Mark Rowntree) – Cosmo Design Factory 6/15/18
“I appreciated being able to be part of NYS redevelopment summit. In the sessions I attended what came into focus was that localities, and their networks of expertise, need to rally together and take hold of their particular challenges in order to be successful. The government programs and policies appeared clearly as fulcrums, not levers, flint that can draw the spark, not the fire. Thank you for inviting me to be part of this I will try to make good use of what I learned in Philmont.”
Nathaniel Williams - Free Columbia 6/16/18
