Plan Elmira - Downtown Revitalization Initiative

Plan Elmira - Downtown Revitalization Initiative To promote the efforts to administer the Planning Initiatives for the City of Elmira. Welcome! Thank you in advance for contributions to our page.

This page is operated by the members of the Elmira Planning Group that have been tasked to administer the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) Award for the City. The main purpose of this page is to share information with the Public regarding the development of the DRI Plan including opportunities for the public to participate. The City welcomes the community's contributions to its Fa

cebook page through the use of comments. Community-contributed comments are solely the opinion of the author and do not represent the City of Elmira. Basic ground rules:
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06/02/2026

Happening this month! Rain or shine, we will be hosting the Grand opening & Ribbon Cutting for The Annex!

06/02/2026
06/01/2026

‼️SUMMER COHESION‼️ - Registration for Summer Cohesion has begun! Please see attached the schedule for when each site will open for registration.

UPDATE 6/3 at 2:37pm - GARDNER ROAD IS FULL. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IS FULL. THOMAS EDISON IS FULL.
Registration website: https://chemungcountyny.myrec.com/info/default.aspx

05/20/2026

IT’S BACK!

The Chemung County Ice Cream Trail returns for year two THIS WEEKEND and we could not be more excited to kick off the sweetest summer tradition in the region!

Starting Memorial Day Weekend, you have all summer long to visit 15 local ice cream shops across Chemung County, collect stamps on your passport, and earn some seriously good prizes.

🍦 4+ stamps: Ice Cream Trail Sticker
🍦 8+ stamps: Reusable Ice Cream Cup
🍦 All 15 stamps: Exclusive 2026 Ice Cream Trail T-Shirt

Grab a passport, eat ice cream across the county, and then turn it in at the Chemung County Visitor Center (400 E. Church St., Elmira) September 8–12 to claim your prize! 🏆

There’s a bonus contest too! 📸 Share your ice cream adventures on Facebook or Instagram using all summer long for a chance to win a gift card to one of the participating shops. Multiple winners will be chosen!

A huge thank you to this year’s participating shops for making the trail possible:
Bella's Ice Cream Parlor | Djs Golf Center / Bethies Place | Big Top Ice Cream | The Dairy Barn | Fairshake | Grand Central Creamery | King Kone | The Last Stand | The Lilly Pad Ice Cream Shop | Maple Lawn Dairy | On The Way SP | Rita's Italian Ice | The Royal Treat | Turquoise Sweets | Weird Walters Handcrafted Ice Cream

And thank you to Dataflow for printing our passports for the second year in a row! 🙌

Passports will be available starting this Friday 5/22 at participating shops and the Chemung County Visitor Center during regular business hours.

Which ice cream shop are you visiting first this weekend? Drop it in the comments! 👇

05/14/2026

WE ARE FULL!! If you have been thinking about adopting a dog now is the time! Please see the following post for some of our adoptables!

05/13/2026

ELMIRA, NY (WENY) — Despite the partial collapse of the new Visitor Center at the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp on May 5th, members of the Friends of the Elmira

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