Flood Insurance
South Side homeowners might be asked to purchase costly protection Aggie Lane has lived along Onondaga Creek for 20 years and has never experienced a single flood. “I’ve never had waters from the creek come anywhere near my house,” Lane said. Lane’s property is on Midland Avenue on the South Side along Onondaga Creek, an [...]
Construction to begin for South Side Food Cooperative
A blue tarp kept the mud at bay during the groundbreaking ceremony for the South Side’s Eat to Live Food Cooperative Friday morning, as organizers and local officials voiced their support for the project. Linda Littlejohn of Syracuse University’s South Side Initiative said the day reminded her of the lyrics to a Sam Cooke song: [...]
Fresh Food
Food cooperative set to break ground May 4, open early next year After about five years of planning, the South Side Food Cooperative, a division of the Southside Community Coalition, and the South Side Initiative are gearing up to build a food co-op in the neighborhood. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled May 4 at 2327 [...]
Food For Hungry
Syracuse community members depend on pantries for nutrition Verleen Innis has a fresh and deep, pink scratch near her left eye. It’s not her first — nor is the story behind it a new one. The 54-year-old South Side resident says she tries to ration the food she gets from pantries, but it is tough [...]
Providing Nutritious Meals
Meals on Wheels shows it cares by making deliveries for 52 years A good morning rush doesn’t require a hot cup of coffee — just a kitchen full of volunteers and staff at Meals on Wheels, where 1,000 free meals are made and delivered every week. Meals on Wheels of Syracuse is a not-for-profit agency [...]
Citizen Review Board Names New Administrator
Today the newly revamped Citizen Review Board is excited to announce the appointment of the administrator that will lead the group forward. Joseph L. Lipari will be assuming the position of administrator on May 15, 2012.
Strolling the South Side
Community can help create a local, healthy snack garden April 14 Frank Raymond Cetera — board member and co-founder of The Alchemical Nursery — loves the outdoors. That is why before he attended a recent class sponsored in part by the nursery — Community Training on Ecological Design — he waited in the center’s garden.
Director's Blog
Current Issue
Issue No. 19 of The Stand is packed with 24 pages of South Side updates, spotlights and timely stories.
Read about how former convicts are earning themselves a second chance while working at Omanii’s Lemonade Heaven, read about how South Side homeowner may be asked to purchase costly flood insurance and many other local stories.
To view the entire issue as a pdf, click on the cover to download a copy.
And you can find copies of our free Summer Print Issue distributed throughout the South Side or feel free to contact ashley@mysouthsidestand.com to request a stack.
Environment
Community Air Screen Program Introduced
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is often contacted by citizens regarding the quality of the air in their community. To help address many of these concerns, DEC is initiating a new community-based program, the Community Air Screen (CAS). This program uses local volunteers to gather air samples for laboratory screening to identify possible air pollutants. The screening results will help both the community and DEC better understand and address specific local concerns about air quality.
Events
Summer Workshops
Three workshops are planned this summer for those in the community interested in getting involved with The South Side Newspaper Project and contributing to The Stand. The first, offered at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 19, at the South Side Communication Center, will provide a lesson in journalist writing and discuss additional ways to contribute to the project.
Health
Grant to Fund Hearing Aids for Youth
The Gifford Foundation recently awarded $13,000 to Aurora of CNY, Inc. to support its Low Cost Hearing Aid Program for Youth who are Hard of Hearing.
Voices
Deterring Crime
Businesses could benefit from potential installation of security cameras
Corcoran High School senior Delores Woody, who lives near the intersection of Midland Avenue and West Colvin Street, lost three family members to violent crime: two shootings and one stabbing. She’s heard that surveillance cameras were installed on the West Side, and thinks it could help deter crime on the South Side, too.
“That would work. I would support it, because I recently lost my own cousin to it, and my other one, here. Right there, at that pole, and the other one down here,” said Woody, pointing to the intersection, and then pointing a few hundred feet away. Woody said she also lost her uncle to a shooting in the neighborhood.
