NYS Office of Community Renewal Announces Its 2010 Grant Application & Program Administration Workshops

ALBANY, NY (10/13/2009)(readMedia)-- The NYS Office of Community Renewal is conducting free workshops for the NYS Community Development Block Grant & NY Main Street programs. Topics will include effective program and grant administration and an overview of the 2010 NYS CDBG & NYMS grant application round. Members of the OCR program staff will be available to provide technical assistance.

The following four combined CDBG & NYMS workshops will run from 9:00-4:00 (CDBG 9:00-12:00 & NYMS 1:00-4:00).

Albany - Tuesday October 20 at Empire State Plaza Conference Rooms 2 & 3, Albany, NY.

Lake Placid - Thursday October 22, High Peaks Resort, 2384 Saranac Avenue in Lake Placid, NY.

Buffalo - Monday November 2, Millennium Airport Hotel, 2040 Walden Avenue in Buffalo, NY.

Syracuse Monday November 9, Renaissance Marriott Hotel, 701 East Genesee Street in Syracuse, NY.

The Long Island workshop will cover NY Main Street only, and will take place from 9:00 am-noon on Friday November 13 at the Holiday Inn, 369 Old Country Road in Westbury, NY.

To register for a workshop, or if you are interested in meeting with program staff to discuss a potential or current project while attending a workshop, please call (518) 474-2057.