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Journey Fitness has relocated and renovated another old building and now has opened a centrally located improved fitness center located just off the Clemens Center in Elmira.
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Gallery 421 is a new gallery that opened in August 2019. It is located at 421 West Church Street.
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Nutmeg Upcycling is another business that has brought new innovation to the area with its combination of an art gallery, an antique shop and a second-hand store where it recycles products and makes them into new products. It is located at 149 West Gray Street in Elmira.
Significantly, pre-COVID-19, the area was in a revitalization era and continues to attract new businesses and major advancements in the area of medical facilities such as LECOM. Summary of Agency Survey Process As stated in our Agency Survey Process, evaluative information is gathered formally through surveys, phone calls and focus groups. Several types of surveys are used as well. In response to COVID-19, the Zoom platform was utilized to conduct and update the community assessment process. Virtual surveys, focus groups and polling of diverse stakeholders and participants was the result. The Zoom platform supported larger numbers of stakeholder feedback and ongoing opportunities to gather feedback and prioritize the strategic focus for 2020-20201. Some surveys are distributed agency-wide while others are program specific. It is not always possible to determine which program(s) is/are being utilized by respondents unless the survey is program specific. The actual number of program respondents is underestimated as this does not include the anonymous agency-wide surveys. Included in Survey Type Grid (Appendix II) is the type of survey used along with the number of respondents. Summaries of several survey groups are provided below.
EOP, Inc. Community Needs Assessment 2019-2021
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