RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

CNY RPDB Releases Final DRAFT of the Vision CNY Regional Sustainability Plan

The CNY RPDB released the final DRAFT of the Vision CNY Regional Sustainability Plan on Monday June 10th, 2013. The plan document can be accessed on the CNY RPDB agency website (www.cnyrpdb.org). The document will be reviewed at the June 19th meeting of the CNY RPDB.

CNY RPDB Releases DRAFT Regional Sustainability Plan

The Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board (CNY RPDB) released the first DRAFT of the Vision CNY Regional Sustainability Plan on Tuesday February 14th 2013. The DRAFT plan document will be reviewed at the February 20th meeting of the CNY RPDB. The DRAFT document is available on the Plan Documents page of the visioncny.org website.

CNY RPDB Annual Meeting Features Presentations from Vision CNY Consultant Team

CNY RPDB Annual Meeting Features Presentations from Vision CNY Consultant Team

The Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board held its annual meeting on Wednesday, December 12th from 9:00-1:30 pm at the Doubletree Hotel in East Syracuse. The meeting featured a series of presentations by technical consultants assisting the CNY RPDB with the preparation of the Vision CNY Regional Sustainability Plan along with a traditional holiday luncheon that featured Dr. Bruce Bailey, President and Chief Executive Officer of AWS Truepower, as the keynote speaker and the annual presentation of the CNY RPDB Rhea Eckel Clark Citizenship Award posthumously to Mr. Walter ...

Focus Group Meetings held throughout Central New York

Focus Group Meetings held throughout Central New York

The Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board (CNY RPDB) held a series of focus group meetings  for County representatives, as well as Regional Stakeholders to review draft goals, strategies, and project recommendations for the Vision CNY Regional Sustainability Plan during the last week in November 2012. In addition, several meetings of the agency’s 35-member board of directors have been held over the past six months for the purpose of providing input and monitoring progress on this initiative. To ensure that the Vision CNY Plan incorporates the many notable sustainability ...

Public Input Sought for Vision CNY

Public Input Sought for Vision CNY

Do you have ideas for the future of Central New York? What would make our region more sustainable? The Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board (CNY RPDB) is seeking public input in the development of the Vision CNY Regional Sustainability Plan.  Project ideas should create opportunities for achieving carbon reductions, energy efficiency savings and/or renewable energy deployment while enhancing job creation, economic investment and development consistent with a region’s sustainability and REDC strategic plan.  

Central New York Regional Sustainability Plan

  • Welcome to the website for Vision CNY the Regional Sustainability Plan for Central New York. Work on this plan was initiated in June 2012 and is scheduled for completion by January 2013. We welcome your participation. The Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board (CNY RPDB) has received funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop a regional plan for sustainable development to serve a five-county area in Central New York including the Counties of Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, and Oswego, through the New York State Cleaner, Greener Communities program.  

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READ THE PLAN

Click on the link above and download the final DRAFT of the Vision CNY Regional Sustainability Plan and Appendices.