Partnership for Development Serving Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua Counties
As a unit of government, Southern Tier West Regional Planning & Development Board was created in 1969 by a resolution of the County Legislatures of Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua Counties in New York State under the authority of Article 12B of the NYS General Municipal Law.    The Southern Tier West Board consists of sixteen members, with five members appointed by each of the three County Legislatures and one Board member appointed by the Seneca Nation of Indians.  Southern Tier West was founded on the philosophy that efforts on the regional level can effectively augment those of the counties and communities in solving problems and improving the total environment.  Southern Tier West is headquartered in Salamanca (Cattaraugus County) and serves Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua Counties of NYS.

Our MISSION is to help coordinate and enhance planning and development activities in Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua Counties, so as to promote social, physical, and economic development in these counties.

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* * LOCAL FOODS SURVEY * *

Dear Farmer, Grower, or Food Producer,

Southern Tier West Regional Planning & Development Board has been working with our constituents in Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua Counties to assess the current capacity of local food production and to gauge the feasibility of developing several new strategies and programs geared to grow the local food economy. We would like to ask you to take a few minutes to respond to the Food Producer Survey. Your responses are logged in anonymously, and we would appreciate your honest and thoughtful responses so that we have valid results that can inform our future strategies. You have the option to provide your contact information if you would like us to add you to the list of stakeholder conversations or if you would allow us to contact you for future input and idea sharing.

·         Please respond to the survey by Monday, June 4, 2012
·         Please submit only one completed survey per farm/household/business
·         Please only respond if you are a farmer, grower, or food producer
·         Please only respond if your business or home is located in either Allegany, Cattaraugus, or Chautauqua County
·         Please feel free to forward this email and the survey link to other eligible people so that we can make sure we   have enough   responses to have a valid analysis

A print version of the survey is available (with postage paid return envelopes!). Please let me know if you would like to have a printed survey(s) mailed to you for distribution to people who do not have access to electronic media or if you would like to distribute the surveys by hand to several other people.

Please be honest in your responses!   We look forward to sharing the survey results in the coming months and to broadening the scope of assessment and planning for growing the local food economy. 

FALL PLANNING & ZONING CONFERENCE - - November 13 & 14, 2012   Details to come . . .