Ties To The Land: Planning For The Future Of Your Woodlands

On September 17 and October 22, from 9 am to 12:30 pm there will be a workshop on Planning For The Future Of Your Woodlands. The workshop will be held at the Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center, 71 Main Street in Petersburgh.
This workshop will explore Succession Planning – the human side of estate planning. It will focus on maintaining family ties to the land from generation to generation, on building awareness of the key challenges facing family businesses and on motivating families to address these challenges.
This interactive workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Shorna Broussard Allred, Cornell University Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Agricultural Stewardship Association, Rensselaer Land Trust and Rensselaer Plateau Alliance. It will provide effective tools that families can use to decide the future of their land. With DVD presentations by two leading experts, practical exercises and expert panel discussions and Q&A sessions with a local certified professional accountant, a tax attorney and a landowner incentive manager, the workshop coaches families to develop techniques and communications skills they need to address the tough issues.
The fee is $40 per person, $10 per each additional family member. The fee includes refreshments and a copy of the workbook and DVD “Ties to the Land: Your Family Forest Heritage.”
To register, please visit http://SuccessionPlanning.ning.com and click on the Workshops tab.  If you have trouble registering, or if you have questions, please call or email Maureen Mullen, Cornell University Cooperative Extension, at 607-254-6556 or  mlm394@cornell.edu.