On the ground

DCDC Chairwoman Cindy Lockrow-Schimmerling chats with Governor David Paterson during his 2009 holiday party in Albany.

Governor Paterson greets DCDC Chair Cindy Lockrow-Schimmerling at holiday party.

When she told us that she “luvs the guv,” we asked her why and this is what she wrote:

“I have been honored to work with our Governor over the past several months. I have found him to be responsive to the needs of Upstate and keenly interested in building relationships with the Upstate party leadership. He has had to make very tough decisions and I have found him to be a voice of reason and responsibility in these hard economic times for our state.”

We’ll be sure to hear more about all of the above over the next 11 months, during the Governor’s campaign for election!

The Sidney Democratic Committee is pleased to announce that it will sponsor a Meet the Candidates event in the Village of Sidney.

The Committee will hold the event to provide members of the community with an opportunity to meet all three Democrats running for local office in this year’s general election, coming up on November 3rd. The candidates — Dawn Rivers Baker for Supervisor, C. Pete Cordes and Veronica Crandall for Town Council — are all expected to attend the event.

The ‘meet and greet’ will be held at the Sidney Memorial Public Library on October 24, 2009 from 1 pm to 3 pm in the Smart Community Room. Refreshments will be served.

WHO: Sidney Democratic Committee

WHAT: Meet The Candidates: Dawn Rivers Baker, C. Pete Cordes, Veronica Crandall

WHERE: Sidney Memorial Public Library, Main and River Streets, Smart Community Room

WHEN: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Farm Catskills has invited author and economist Michael Shuman to speak in Delhi (at the Legion Hall) on Saturday October 24th at 2pm, on the topic of “Building Living Local Economies”.

They would like to get feedback from as many locally owned businesses as possible prior to the event to help tailor Michael’s talk to the needs and interests of Delaware County.  There is a short online survey for business owners, available at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=aO6RyE1MI_2bENzDWiAbJSJg_3d_3d

FMI, call Amy Kenyon, 607-643-1724

Building Local Living Economies
Free and open to the public!
Saturday October 24th 2pm
American Legion Hall, Delhi
Special Guest Speaker Michael Shuman
followed by local foods and business reception and book signing

From our farms to our Main Streets, locally owned small businesses are the foundation of our communities.  How can we do more to grow our local economy and encourage thriving local businesses?  Come to this event to learn more about what everyone, from local government leaders to banks, from business owners to consumers can do to be part of the movement to strengthen sustainable, vibrant communities in the Catskill region.

Michael Shuman is a dynamic speaker on local economy concepts. He is an economist, attorney, entrepreneur, and the author of several books including The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition and Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in the Global Age.

Shuman has been involved with a variety of projects related to small and locally owned business development and support, including: creating a small business venture capital fund in New Mexico; launching a community-owned company in Salisbury (MD) called Bay Friendly Chicken; organizing university-government-business collaborations in St. Lawrence County (NY) and in the Katahdin Region (ME) to study opportunities for import replacement; preparing a buy-local guide and coupon book for Annapolis (MD); and building the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE).

This event is organized by Farm Catskills, with funding support from the O’Connor Foundation and the Pure Catskills buy local campaign.

Rep. Scott Murphy visited the Delaware County Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 18, and was a guest of the fair’s board of directors at their annual luncheon. While there, he got a chance to speak with all those who were present, and is seen here chatting with Supervisors Tom Hynes (D-Roxbury) and Jim Eisel (R-Harpersfield).