Many people have been asking how the Fulton Block Challenge Grants will work and what they can do to help. Since it is just over a month before the eligible blocks will be announced (March 1, 2017), there are things you can be doing today to get ready.
TFN is home to Reality Check, a New York State youth led movement that targets tobacco companies and their marketing strategies that appeal to youth. The local Reality Check program is preparing to send four students from the catchment areas to Albany, NY for Legislative Day on February 7. One student from G. Ray Bodley High School in Fulton, one student from Paul V. Moore High School in Central Square and two students from ITC in Syracuse will travel to the state capitol to meet with state legislators along with 25 other contracts from Reality Check programs throughout the state.
The deadline to submit an intent to propose for the countywide grant opportunity under the Municipal Consolidation and Efficiency Competition has come and gone without a submission from Oswego County.
The Fulton Common Council has announced a public hearing in regards to a proposed zone change on a one block stretch on the city’s west side. The city block surrounding West Broadway, West Third Street, Beech Street and West Fourth Street is currently zoned C-2, Commercial. The proposed zone change intends to make all properties on the block C-2A, Commercial allowing partial residential uses of the properties.
The city of Fulton was awarded $350,000 to assist with infrastructure costs at the Nestle’s site on 481 and the village of Phoenix was awarded $500,000 to rehabilitate two dilapidated properties and turn them into commercial and retail use.
Today’s News: National Honor Society Induction Tonight; Paint Night Fundraiser Tomorrow; The Baby Egg Project is Back; and more in today’s edition of The Raider – written by students in the GR Bodley Journalism Club and Journalism class.
A grassroots organization in Fulton is aiming to revitalize neighborhoods throughout the city while building pride and community camaraderie. Based on the Healthy Neighbors Initiative, the Fulton Block Builders is a neighborhood revitalization program with modern conveniences that allow homeowners to target exterior home improvements for multiple houses on a one block stretch.
Just one day after the official inauguration of the 45th President of the United States, a record setting number of people across the country and throughout the world stood together and walked in unison in what has been named, “Women’s March on Washington.” Many Oswego County natives and residents participated in Women’s Marches throughout the country, sharing with us the stories of their experiences.
After news came out of a consolidation grant opportunity for Oswego County that potentially considered conducting a study to better understand the option to dissolve the city of Fulton, residents approached the Common Council in opposition.
Today’s News: Bringing Attention to Cyberstalking; Making and Keeping New Year’s Resolutions; Fake News in the Headlines; and more in today’s edition of The Raider – written by students in the GR Bodley Journalism Club and Journalism class.
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