Submitted by Sharon Ray, SNI DOT
On March 7, 2020 a group of Cornell University students held a community forum at the Ray Evans Theatre. The event engaged the community on downtown areas on planning aspects. The focus area is on drafting a Downtown/Riverfront Revitalization Plan for the City of Salamanca.
The Seneca Nation and City of Salamanca have been coordinating efforts with Cornell University since 2018 for this workshop class.
The Land Use & Environmental Planning field workshop class is an advanced course for upperclass undergraduates and graduate majors in planning, design, environmental studies and public policy at Cornell.
The course is designed to provide technical assistance to communities in Upstate New York, and to give students the opportunity to apply knowledge gained in the classroom to planning issues in communities throughout Upstate New York.
The students were scheduled to present their draft plan to local officials and the public to receive comments on their proposals in May, however, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Cornell is closing campus for the semester. We will follow up as soon as more information becomes available.
For more information on the project and the class, contact George Frantz, Cornell University Department of City & Regional Planning. Phone # 607 227-4652, or via email at grf4@cornell.edu or Seneca Nation at 716-945-1790 ext. 3137/3056 or City of Salamanca Mayors Office 716-945-3110.
