Community Letters

New Roots has broad-based support from the Ithaca community and surrounding areas. Scroll down to "Related Files" to read letters of support from local educators, business owners, and non-profit organizations. Many have offered apprenticeships and other educational opportunities for New Roots students.

Letter-writers include:

• Tristram Coffin, CEO, Alternatives Federal Credit Union
• Community School of Music and Arts
• Catherine Creeger, Owner/Operator, Kestrel Perch Berries
• EcoVillage at Ithaca
• Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute
• Maria Gasser, Vice President, Choice Computing
• Jon Harrod, Owner, Snug Planet energy efficiency consulting, and parent
• Carl Haynes, President, Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3)
• Ithaca College Partnerships in Sustainability Education
• Ithaca Green Building Alliance
• Robert Morache, Senior Partner, Connect Ithaca LLC sustainable city planning
• Northern Light Learning Center 
• Sara Pines, Director, Friendship Donations Network
• Sustainable Tompkins
• Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce
• Tompkins County Workers' Center
• Kelly Wessell, Chair, TC3 Environmental Studies Program, and parent
• Jennifer Wilkins, Director, Cornell Farm to School Research and Extension program