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Industry Summit. Be IN...November 28th.
Thank you @sunymorrisville for hosting the 2018 Agricultural Summit yesterday! Pictured below: Commissioner of Ag. and Markets Richard Ball, panel of SUNY Morrisville Students, and Keynote Speaker; Zaid Kurdeich of Norwich Meadows Farm LLC. The future and present of Agriculture!
Special thanks to @SUNYDelhi ChiTau Chapter of Sigma Nursing Honor Society for hosting the "Rural Opioid Epidemic: Perspectives, Strategies and Hope for the Future" conference last Friday. Attendees heard from Keynote Dr. Yvonne Johnston of BU among others touched by this crisis.
Air Force Captains Terukina and Askins chat with Jerry Carr and Lance Cundy of the Spencer-Van Etten School District during an IRT site visit last Thursday. ST8 is working with the DOD, in leading 2 no-cost medical missions in Tioga and Cortland Counties during summer 2019!
ST8 staff attended the Otsego County Chamber's Workforce Summit yesterday! Co-hosted by Senator James Seward and staff. Special thanks to Barbara Ann Heegan for hosting the event at Cooperstown's @OtesagaHotel !
#workforcedevelopment
Yesterday ST8 welcomed Federal Co-Chair Tim Thomas, ARC Director Scott Hamilton and DOS employees to tour the Greater Binghamton Airport Project and Triplecities Makerspace.
#ARCFederalCoChairNYSVisit#makerspace@ARCgov@NYSDOS
We've created an entrepreneurship development dashboard that provides an inventory of resources including a description of the resources available to entrepreneurs, developers, and community leaders based on their respective #Appalachian counties https://t.co/9WsvXywDPl
We teamed up w/ @healthyky and @RWJF to bring you Health in #Appalachia, a new site that allows you to explore health data in your community. Find out more: https://t.co/En2qAT1aJh.
ST8 staff member Jaclyn C. attended the Annual @ARCgov conference, held in Tupelo, Mississippi. Some topics included Workforce Development, Economic Resiliency and the rapidly growing Opioid Crisis. Pictured below Federal Co-chair Tim Thomas and various attendees/presenters.
Southern Tier 8 staff attended an Ithaca Chamber event today! The event took place at @revIthaca , a business incubator and event space in Ithaca, NY. The incubator offers business mentoring, work space and startup resources for any new or growing businesses...
Breaking News:
CONGRATULATIONS Team Tioga, Village of Owego, and the Southern Tier! Pictured here being awarded a $10 Million Downtown Revitalization Initiative Investment, that @NYGovCuomo announced just moments ago!
#TeamTioga#OwegoNY#SouthernTierSuccessStories
“It’s the best little county that nobody knows about: beautiful land, active communities, and sense of pride.” Community pride and cohesion are a part of Tioga County, NY’s journey to building a #CultureofHealth: https://t.co/erpacmjcb7
#BrightSpots@TiogaCountyPH@ccetioga
NRHA member @ARCgov recently released a study on #health indicators for the 420 counties in Appalachia, finding 42 “bright spots” that defy statistical health predictions with better outcomes in underserved areas: https://t.co/ONBJdkz1rh #ruralhealth#healthcare#acces#health
.@ARCgov, @RWJF and @healthyky release three new resources offering a fresh approach to understanding health in #Appalachia by focusing on community strengths and identifying local factors supporting a #cultureofhealth https://t.co/YPPxPk6XXr