County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo has renewed Budget Week again this year – three days of talking up what she views as the highlights of her 2020 spending plan – and she opened Monday by discussing jobs programs. The full budget, or anything beyond its basic $1.2 billion figure, isn’t available yet. Dinolfo will talk about […]
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Bike shop peddles opportunity
Bicycles are a socially conscious form of transportation. They aren’t as personally isolating as cars, they’re better for the environment, and they’re accessible to a broader range of people. Bicycles can also improve lives. That’s the idea behind Dream Bikes, a nonprofit shop that opened this month at 1060 University Avenue. The shop’s inventory of […]
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Finger Lakes region gets $80.5 million for priority projects
The Finger Lakes region will get $80.5 million in state funding to support key industries, economic and community development projects, and anti-poverty programs. The state held its annual Regional Economic Development Councils awards ceremony – sometimes called the state’s economic development Hunger Games – this afternoon. The Finger Lakes council’s plan was named a top […]
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Finger Lakes council meets on Friday
The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council will hold its first meeting of 2016 at 10 a.m. on Friday. The council hasn’t released an official agenda yet, but it’s a safe bet that a chunk of the meeting will be devoted to the $500 million Upstate Revitalization award that the Finger Lakes region won last […]
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Next step: making sure we don’t blow $500 million
It sounds like a lot of money, but in terms of government spending, $500 million really isn’t, which is why careful investment in projects that move the Finger Lakes economy forward and finally shake off the region’s Rust Belt past is so important. The Finger Lakes is one of the three regions to win $500 […]
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Finger Lakes council backs projects
The proceedings of the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council have, over the past few months, been a little confusing. It was bound to happen: the council has been working on several different-but-intertwined plans and efforts meant to guide state investment in the region. Each year, the council develops a list of priority economic and […]
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Mind the skills gap
The Buffalo Billion led to some big money, high-profile economic development projects in the Buffalo area. But the region’s leaders say that the effort has also helped workforce development. As the leaders developed detailed plans for investing the state money, they learned that key industries in the region faced shortages of qualified workers. They studied […]
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Local colleges moving forward on START-UP NY plans
Three local colleges could soon be active in START-UP NY, a state program that provides substantial tax breaks for businesses while linking them with public and private higher education institutions. Schools that want to participate have to develop a plan and submit it to state officials. The plans are supposed to identify the type of […]
