Re:[sustainable_tompkins-l] [C4SED] Fostering more employee-owned cooperatives

[élan Shapiro]

I’m out of town but good chance I can make it back on time for the meeting. I 
encourage someone to facilitate, that is keep us focused
Elan


> On May 17, 2018, at 10:59 AM, Theresa Alt  wrote:
> 
> The meeting is as always on the third Friday of the month, May 18th, at the 
> regularly scheduled place, the Workers’ Center above Autumn Leaves 
> overlooking the Commons. As usual, we do a little good deed by passing the 
> hat and collecting at least $10 for the Workers’ Center. 
> 
> And of course CLEAN has a rally and court date to report on and lots of fizz 
> around housing and development. There! Three things on the agenda already. 
> 
> Theresa
> 
>> On May 17, 2018, at 10:00 AM, Krys Cail  wrote:
>> 
>> Can you remind us when and where the meeting is scheduled?
>> 
>> If this will be on the agenda, we should also discuss whether or not we want 
>> to read up on and support Kirsten Gillibrands effort to legislate support 
>> for technical assistance for these efforts to create coops and employee 
>> owned enterprises to take over small businesses as their owners age. Can 
>> read recent press release on her webpage.
>> 
>> Krys
>> 
>>> On Thu, May 17, 2018, 9:10 AM Theresa Alt  wrote:
>>> and let’s put this on the agenda for Friday’s CSED meeting! I’ll have a bit 
>>> more to add.
>>> Theresa
>>> 
>>> 
 On May 16, 2018, at 11:50 PM, Elan Shapiro  
 wrote:
 
 These 3 short, informative and  encouraging  videos get to the nuts and 
 bolts of generating employee-owned businesses in which employees 
 successfully buy the company from a retiring owner. I believe this trend 
 toward shared ownership  is a key building block of a  possible  positive 
 future, so please share this empowering message.
 Elan
 
 
 My organization, the Democracy at Work Institute, has created three short 
 videos about small businesses in which employees successfully buy the 
 company from a retiring owner. We're hoping to give them a signal boost 
 this month. Please take a look and if you like them, please share widely. 
 Thank you! 
 A Child’s Place is keeping open the doors of a neighborhood daycare center 
 in Queens, NY by selling it to employees.
 A Yard and a Half Landscaping employees bought the business from a 
 retiring founder. It’s thriving in Boston!
 Metis Construction of Seattle is making its employees owners as it grows, 
 building ownership-quality construction jobs.
 One in three small business owners will retire in the next fifteen years. 
 These three stories illustrate how employee buyouts can save local small 
 businesses and help employees build assets. This strategy is particularly 
 meaningful in communities of color and low-and moderate-income communities 
 where asset ownership levels are well below average and legacy businesses 
 may be more fragile than they appear.   
 
 Joe
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 Joe Marraffino
 Co-director, Worker Cooperative Conversions Program
 Democracy at Work Institute 
 Office: 415.379.9201 x6  |  Cell: 607.280.9557 
 Email: jmarraff...@institute.coop 
 www.institute.coop | Facebook | Twitter
 
 
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 Ithaca, NY 14850
 
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Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus

[Charles C. Geisler]

Thanks, Hillary. You’re absolutely right about remaining work. I’ll write to 
our Albany Reps.
Chuck

Sent from my iPhone

On May 16, 2018, at 9:32 AM, Hilary Lambert 
> wrote:

Hi:
This good statement by Gov Cuomo is in fact just a first step.
It encourages legislators to step out of the shadows and support a necessary 
bill.
Almost all of the work to get that bill made into law this session still lies 
ahead.

I went to Albany yesterday with folks mostly from Seneca Lake (Cayuga - we must 
do better!!) to ask legislators to support this bill, to return local control 
by municipalities over proposed Article 10 energy projects like this proposed 
trash incinerator project - in this case, to the town of Romulus and Seneca 
County.
Home rule is essential to NYS and it needs to apply to Article 10 projects.

The developers of the proposed incinerator (the mysterious Circular EnerG) did 
not like the reception they were getting via the local permitting process in 
Romulus and Seneca County, so they withdrew from that and went to the 
state-level Article 10 process, maintaining that their imported-from-NYC trash 
burning plant is a “renewable energy” facility — thus evading the local 
community’s negative response to this project being sited 3200 feet from a 
school, in between our two lakes, hundreds more garbage trucks daily, affecting 
air quality and water quality, wineries, already harming real estate values - 
etc.

A press conference  was held yesterday morning in the Legislative Office 
Building, organized by Yvonne Taylor, Joseph Campbell, and MaryAnn Kowalski of 
the (new) Seneca Lake Guardian organization, and Judith Enck, retired US EPA 
admin for our region. Well attended, and boosted by the news of Cuomo’s 
statement.
Legislative participants/cosponsors: Pam Helming;  Brian Kolb, Phil Palmesano, 
Tom O’Mara, Mike Kusak.
If you are a constituent, please thank them.
Live stream of the press conference: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAGVQvZcimg=share

Our teams (again, thanks to Seneca Lake Guardian and allies) then spread out to 
present our request for support of the two bills - state assembly and senate - 
to numerous legislators.
A long day, lots of driving, really worth it.

(Note that I was there as private resident, not as exec director of the CLWN, 
because our org’s tax status does not allow lobbying.)

PLEASE understand that Gov Cuomo saying something encouraging is JUST THE START 
- and PLEASE help if you are asked to do so.
THIS AFFECTS Cayuga Lake as much as it does Seneca - and we all need to do our 
share.

For more info go to Seneca Lake Guardians website 
https://senecalakeguardian.org/
and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenecaLakeGuardian/


Thanks
HL
Hilary Lambert
Steward/Executive Director
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
POB 348 Aurora NY 13026

“It takes a Network to protect a watershed!”

stew...@cayugalake.org
www.cayugalake.org





On May 15, 2018, at 3:11 PM, Gay Nicholson 
> wrote:

Oh this is good news indeed


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Peter Mantius posted: "Gov. Andrew Cuomo today strongly condemned plans for a 
proposed $365 million garbage-burning incinerator in Romulus, joining a 
groundswell of opposition that now appears insurmountable.  “The trash 
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Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in 
Romulus
by Peter Mantius

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today strongly condemned plans for a proposed $365 million 
garbage-burning incinerator in Romulus, joining a groundswell of opposition 
that now appears insurmountable.[CuomoReady]

“The trash incinerator project is not consistent with my administration’s goals 
for protecting our public health, our environment, and our thriving 
agriculture-based economy in the Finger Lakes,” the 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] TONIGHT! 5/17: "Identifying and Managing the Emerald Ash Borer" at CCE-Tompkins

[Sandra J. Repp]

Identifying & Managing the Emerald Ash Borer

Thursday, May 17, 6:00-8:00pm

@ CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY

FREE! The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), an invasive pest that damages or kills ash 
trees, recently was found within the City of Ithaca. City Forester Jeanne Grace 
will teach you how to identify ash trees on your property, how to look for 
early signs of EAB infestation, and will discuss treatment options. FREE 
PRESENTATION but please preregister online at 
http://db.ccetompkins.org/programs/civicrm/event/info?id=1152=1 so we 
know how many to expect and are able to contact you if the class is postponed 
or cancelled. Questions? Contact Jennie Cramer at 
jr...@cornell.edu or (607) 272-2292 ext 146.



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