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It's Time to Sign Up for Leadership Tioga

The Tioga County Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the Leadership Tioga Class for…

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Sundaes At The Farm

July 26, 2009 ( 1-4 pm) TLC Blueberry Farm, 2053 Route 17C, Barton 

For the second year in a row, the Tioga…Read more...

Concerned About the Public Impacts of Gas Drilling, Tioga County Takes Action

A facilitated effort is underway in Tioga County to address natural gas drilling impacts and opportunities. A small working group assembled in…Read more...

Hinchey Announces Four Year Extension of Sullivan-Wawarsing & Tioga REAP Designations

Washington, DC -- Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development agency…Read more...

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Neighbors Helping Neighbors...a new Networking Opportunity

2008 has been a year of formidable challenges.  An old song…Read more...

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CONTACT TIOGA REAP
Martha Brennan
Executive Director
56 Main Street
Owego, NY 13827
Phone: 607-687-8258
Fax:     607-223-7079
 







Congressman Hinchey and REAP Board of Directors

Congressman Hinchey and REAP Board of Directors

Congressman Hinchey and REAP Board of Directors Congressman Hinchey and REAP Board of Directors

Nichols Park Gazebo

Community Care Network of Nichols & Girl Scout Gold Award Project - Nichols Schoolhouse Senior Apartments Gazebo (Glen Stark, Kailin Richter, and Cyera Richter)

Nichols Park Gazebo Nichols Park Gazebo

Nichols Planning

Nichols community workshop - developing the Nichols Comprehensive Plan

Nichols Planning Nichols Planning

Baseball Park Renovations

Tom Ryan and Bret Welsh work on baseball park renovations in Berkshire.

Baseball Park Renovations Baseball Park Renovations

Rawley Park

Community volunteers build Rawley Park Playground

Rawley Park Rawley Park

Youth Program

Laura Wolfe, from Cornell Cooperative Extension, leads youth in a horticulture activity during the summer youth program

Youth Program Youth Program
REAP (Rural Economic Area Partnership)
What is REAP:
  • A unique economic and community development organization; there are only 5 REAP Zones in the entire United States.  The Tioga County REAP Board has representatives from each of our towns and villages and six county wide interest areas.  These representatives are liaisons between the communities and the REAP Board.  Our Executive Director makes the REAP mission—to help local grassroots leaders plan and implement their own projects—come alive.
 
What REAP does:
  • Helps local grassroots leaders organize and plan their own projects.
  • Offers community development training opportunities
  • Connects communities to the resources they need.
  • Assists in grant preparation
  • Facilitates community strategic planning
 
How REAP has made a difference:
  • Over 20 million dollars has been brought into Tioga County for projects in the REAP Strategic Plan. A few highlights are:
  • Town of Barton received funds to upgrade/improve its sewer and water infrastructure.
  • Berkshire renovated its baseball field, got new town signs, plantings, and created a newsletter.
  • Village of Newark Valley renovated the town square and made park improvements.
  • The county received funding to build infrastructure at Lounsberry site to attract development.
  • A Mobile Dental Van to be on-site at schools during school year and at Tioga Opportunities in Owego during the summer…serves needy children and adults 
  • Two new “neighbors helping neighbors projects in Richford/Berkshire and Spencer
  • Small business owners throughout the county can learn how to improve their operations through workshops sponsored by REAP.
 
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