The 2014 CGA Forum is this Wednesday July 16 at the Sabattis Pavilion in Long Lake.  For those of you who would like to have the materials distributed at the Forum electronically, we are posting them here.  The theme of the Forum is Collaboration Works and the main focus of the day is a workgroup activity organized around 14 topics chosen through an online survey.

Everyone at the Forum will receive the following:

Slides used at the Forum, including workgroup exercise instructions.

The ADK Futures Vision Statement.

The CGA Amendment Working Group White Paper and FAQ

In addition, if you participate in a workgroup you get a set of handouts specific to the workgroup topic.  The 14 workgroup topics and their associated data packets are:

1. Backing off the back country, promoting hamlet life.

2. Recreation and Destination Planning.

3. Thwarting invasive species.

4. The Adirondack response to Climate Change

5. Scaling up the local food sector

6. Forging a regional identity

7. Financing innovations for small businesses

8. Water:  waste treatment, storm management, drinking water

9. Enhancing the stability of our Forest and Agriculture industries

10. Transportation infrastructure improvements

11. Renewable energy

12. Making small school great yet affordable

13. State Land Master Plan update

14. Arts, culture and heritage as drivers of Park revitalization

Hope to see you there.