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Village Awarded $4.5 Million In NY-Forward Funding

On Tuesday, January 24th, the Village of Lindenhurst was awarded $4.5 million as part of the first round of funding in New York State’s NYForward program.

As per the State’s website, the NY-Forward program “provides funding to communities in an effort to invigorate and enliven downtowns in New York’s smaller and rural communities - the type of downtowns found in villages, hamlets and other small, neighborhood-scale municipal centers.”

Mayor Lavorata spoke at the press conference announcing the Village’s historic award and would like to once again thank Governor Hochul and the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council for

Do You Have A GPS Plan For 2023?

this opportunity, along with Trustee RJ Renna and Assistant to the Mayor Katie McCaffrey for their work on the application and presentation.

The Village looks forward to using this funding to continue the revitalization of our downtown and making our community an exciting place to live, work, and play!

Last month I wrote about starting the year on a strong note. My advice included reviewing your goals from last year, organizing your business and home, and moving all your correspondence to the digital world.

Today, I want to share something I learned a few months ago; how to write a GPS plan to help you achieve your goals in 2023. To be successful in business, you must continue to learn and grow. The month-long workshop I took helped me create a roadmap for success and identified potential obstacles that I might run into along the way. Here are a few of the key takeaways:

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using social media, etc. Once you have everything written down and broken out by month, you have a GPS plan for your business. The key is to follow it! Don’t put it in a filing cabinet.

VILLAGE AWARDED $4.5 MILLION IN NY-FORWARD FUNDING - On Tuesday, January 24th, the Village of Lindenhurst was awarded $4.5 million as part of the first round of funding in New York State’s NY-Forward program.

1) Have a Strategic Goal for December 31st: Where do you want to be with your business at the end of the year? Write down specific, measurable goals (e.g., revenue, profit, number of items sold). This exercise helped me visualize what success will look like on 12/31/23.

2) Write Your GPS Plan: It’s the same idea as using your phone when you need to drive somewhere that you haven’t been to before. When you get into the car, you don’t put your phone away, you put it on the dashboard and follow every direction. Write your strategic goal at the top of a page, then include everything you will need to do during the year to hit that goal. This includes sales, expenses, finding new customers, opening a new location, buying equipment,

3) Identify Obstacles. In my workshop, we played something called the “What If” game. We had to write down 10 things that kept us up at night. For example, what if…my building burned down? What if…my computers were hacked? What if…the housing market crashed? For every question, we had to write a response on how we would handle it. After I was done, I wrote “Emergency Response Plan” on the front of my paper. Now, if something bad happens, I won’t panic. I’ll know what to do.

It helps to have fewer surprises in business, and to know where I want to be at the end of the year. It means a lot less stress and a lot more focus on what I love to do.

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