Early Childhood and School Readiness: Creating a Community Where All Children Thrive By Five. Monday, April 14, 2014, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m., WCNY Broadcast and Education Center. Join us for a talk with Sherry M. Cleary, Co-chair of the New York State Early Childhood Advisory Council, a panel discussion with local stakeholders and early childhood... Read more »
CNY’s Regional Business Plan and Emerging Job Sectors – March 25 Study Committee Meeting The March 25 meeting of OCL’s new study, Understanding the Employment Skills Gap in CNY, will feature a discussion with Rob Simpson of CenterStateCEO and Nora Spillane of the Onondaga County Office of Economic Development on the region’s economic opportunity agenda,... Read more »
OCL’s Nominating Committee is seeking suggestions for candidates for the OCL Board of Directors, to be elected to a three-year term at the OCL annual meeting in June. Nominees should be civically engaged community members who will support OCL’s mission and actively participate in board meetings, committees and studies. The deadline for submission of nominations is... Read more »
OCL has launched its 2014 study, Understanding the Employment Skills Gap in CNY – what it is, why it exists, what is being done about it. Karen Knapik-Scalzo, Associate Economist with the NYSDOL, will speak on the local employment and jobs picture at the next study committee meeting on March 13. Interesting in joining the... Read more »
The Commission on Local Government Modernization, an outgrowth of OCL’s 2005 study on Strategic Government Consolidation, has been formed to launch a comprehensive study of government structure in Onondaga County. The initiative, called Consensus, is the result of the efforts of Syracuse 20/20 and CenterStateCEO to develop a government structure that will provide better services... Read more »
