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a part of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County’s
Safe & Supportive Community initiative

Cornell Cooperative Extension offers these resources and opportunities, based on current research and experience, for community members of Tompkins County:

• Leadership development workshops, national satellite broadcasts, seminars, and conferences

• Expertise, resources and references on group dynamics, leadership skills, facilitation skills, goal setting and planning with groups, public issue education and other topics related to the process of building community capacity

• Expertise and resources on issues related to Tompkins County communities, e.g.:
  
  • environment and water quality
  • agricultural and land use
  • food security and safety
  • family well-being
  • healthy living and work environments
  • youth
    
    
• Consultation (limited) on your goals and strategies for achieving them

• Contracts with Tompkins County communities to assist with planning and facilitating community meetings to:
  
  • identify community issues and goals
  • involve community stakeholders with varying perspectives
  • identify and build on local assets
  • develop priorities and action plans to achieve goals
  • explore ways to leverage resources outside of the community

Contact: Nancy Potter, MS
Extension Educator, Family & Community Development
272-2292 x127
np20@cornell.edu

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County strengthens youth, families and communities through learning partnerships that put knowledge to work.