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Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council FLREDC-2017 Rpt_1 Exec Sum 23 PMS.qxp_Layout 1 9/26/17 1:35 PM Page A Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council Annual Report & Recommended Priority Projects Year 7 | Sept.2017 FLREDC-2017 Rpt_1 Exec Sum 23 PMS.qxp_Layout 1 9/26/17 1:35 PM Page B Renovations at Rochester Public Market Photo by: Communications Bureau, City of Rochester, NY Finger Lakes | Regional Economic Development Council FLREDC-2017 Rpt_1 Exec Sum 23 PMS.qxp_Layout 1 9/26/17 1:35 PM Page i Table of contents iii Message from the Co-Chairs 1 Executive Summary 1 United for Success Progress 5 State of the Region 2 10 Status of Past Priority Projects 10 Priority Project Progress 15 Summary of All Past Priority Projects 15 Leverage of State Investment in All Past Priority Projects 16 Status of All Projects Awarded CFA Funding 16 Aggregated Status of All CFA Projects 17 Leverage of State Investment in All CFA Projects 17 Job Creation 18 Upstate Revitalization Initiative (URI) Update 20 Mapped Status of Past Priority/URI Projects Implementation Agenda 23 Implementation of 2017 State & Regional Priorities 24 Workforce Development 3 26 Pathways to Prosperity 31 Higher Education, Research, & Healthcare 43 Life Sciences 46 Optics, Photonics, & Imaging 49 Agriculture & Food Production 55 Next Generation Manufacturing & Technology Eastman Business Park Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) Downtown Innovation Zone 61 Entrepreneurship & Development 62 Global NY 68 Tourism & Arts 73 Infrastructure & Transportation 78 Sustainability 82 Proposed Priority Projects 83 Overall Investment Ratio for Proposed Priority Projects 83 Proposed Priority Projects Relating to State Priorities 84 Map of Proposed Priority Projects 86 Additional Priority Projects Participation 90 Community Engagement & Public Support 4 92 Interregional Collaboration 93 Work Team Descriptions & Membership Lists 98 Downtown Revitalization Initiative 2017 Annual Report & Recommended Priority Projects i FLREDC-2017 Rpt_1 Exec Sum 23 PMS.qxp_Layout 1 9/26/17 1:35 PM Page ii Council Members Bob Duffy, Co-Chair Eric Gott (Ex-Officio) Wade Norwood President and CEO, Greater Rochester Chair, Livingston County Board of Supervisors Chief Strategy Officer, Finger Lakes Health Chamber of Commerce Steve Griffin Systems Agency Anne M. Kress, Co-Chair CEO, Finger Lakes Economic Development Center Joseph E. Robach President, Monroe Community College and Yates County Industrial Development Agency State Senate, 56th District Danny Wegman, Co-Chair Tony Jackson Peter Robinson Chairman, Wegmans Food Markets President, Panther Graphics Vice President of Government Relations, Eugene Jankowski (Ex-Officio) University of Rochester A. Douglas Berwanger (Ex-Officio) President, Batavia City Council Robert Shipley (Ex-Officio) Chair, Wyoming County Board of Supervisors Steven LeRoy (Ex-Officio) Chair, Seneca County Board of Supervisors David B. Callard (Ex-Officio) Chair, Wayne County Board of Supervisors Bill Strassburg Chair, Orleans County Legislature Tom Macinski Vice President, Wegmans Food Market Raymond Cianfrini (Ex-Officio) President, Standing Stone Winery Erin Tolefree Chair, Genesee County Legislature Jack Marren (Ex-Officio) Executive Vice President, Baldwin Richardson Foods Co. Ginny Clark Chair, Wayne County Board of Supervisors Jon Verkey (Ex-Officio) Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Theresa B. Mazzullo Supervisor, Town of Arcadia Constellation Brands CEO, Excell Partners, Inc Lovely Warren (Ex-Officio) Matt Cole Augustin Melendez Mayor, City of Rochester Vice President, Commodity Resource Corp. President, Hillside Work Scholarship Gary Westfall (Ex-Officio) Charles Cook Andrew Moreau Chair, Seneca County Board of Supervisors President, Liberty Pumps Inc. CFO, Precision Packaging Products Christine Whitman Timothy Dennis (Ex-Officio) Joseph D. Morelle President, CEO & Chairman, Complemar, Inc. Chair, Yates County Legislature State Assembly Majority Leader, 132nd District David Young Cheryl Dinolfo (Ex-Officio) David Munson President, Rochester Building & Construction County Executive, Monroe County President, Rochester Institute of Technology Trades Council Hilda Rosario Escher John Noble Vincent Esposito President & CEO, Ibero American Action League CEO, Synergy, LLC Regional Director, Empire State Development ii Finger Lakes | Regional Economic Development Council Photo by: Jon Hrichak FLREDC-2017 Rpt_1 Exec Sum 23 PMS.qxp_Layout 1 9/26/17 1:35 PM Page iii Message from the co-chairs Cross-sector partnerships and business development, seeded by State funding and sustained by private dollars, have changed the economic reality for our residents and our region. Thanks to transformational investment by Governor Andrew Production—is growing at an astonishing rate and in surprising Cuomo and the New York State Legislature over the past six ways. When our regional council began, our central priority was T years, the Finger Lakes region has accelerated regional restoring life and vitality to the Eastman Business Park. Six years economic development and built an unprecedented spirit of public- later we could have never imagined that its newest tenant would private collaboration. Cross-sector partnerships and business be Clearwater Organic Farms, LLC, which will construct a new development, seeded by state funding and sustained by private eight-acre hydroponic commercial greenhouse at the Park. This dollars, have changed the economic reality for our residents and space age facility will produce fresh, locally grown, organic baby our region. Finger Lakes Forward is more than a slogan: it’s a leaf greens year-round. The $50.6 million project will result in 137 reality. Our region has added almost 20,000 jobs since 2011, new employees, many of whom will be recruited and trained increased private investment by 4%, seen unemployment fall through a collaboration among the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty dramatically, and grown regional wealth by 12%--outpacing the Initiative, Monroe County, and Monroe Community College that rest of Upstate. The story of our regional resurgence is attracting will educate and employ individuals currently living in poverty. attention from those who will drive our future success: millennials. George Eastman dreamed big, but he could have never imagined We have seen an almost 9% increase in 20-34 year olds who are that his industrial manufacturing park would become home to one excited to call the Finger Lakes home; faster growth than the rest of the largest organic commercial hydroponic greenhouse in the of Upstate and the national average. They are energizing our cities US. Clearwater Organic Farms is moving the and towns with renewed optimism, a spirit of innovation, and an Finger Lakes Forward, one new job at a time. 21st Century entrepreneurial culture. Everywhere we look, we see Finger Lakes Forward in action! The Finger Lakes region has been called the Jewel of New York State, and the sparkle in this jewel comes from the communities One local leader who exemplifies this drive is Tyrone Reaves. that dot our map, each filled with incredible history and—thanks to Tyrone is a proud Rochesterian, raised in the city and a graduate of New York’s investment—promising futures. Geneva is one such city schools. As a business owner, he is also committed to town. The commitment and collaboration of local leaders in Rochester. And as a community member, he is dedicated to government, business, community-based organizations, and providing city residents with pathways to prosperity. Tyrone could higher education had lit a small spark of renewal in Geneva. But, see young people dropping out of school with no future and this spark needed help to become a flame. It came in the form of unemployed parents lacking the means to support their families. Governor Cuomo’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative. With this Yet, at the same time, he was having difficulty filling entry-level powerful $10 million investment, Geneva is on fire. The city is advanced manufacturing jobs at his three growing businesses. preserving its historic charm while adding broadband infrastructure Tyrone saw a way forward and created the Young Adult to support tech businesses; building new energy efficient and Manufacturing and Training Employment Program, YAMTEP. In resilient housing for new residents; adding to its thriving food partnership with the City of Rochester, Monroe County, and culture with more microbreweries and restaurants, including FLX PathStone, he established this innovative training program that has Table—named the country’s best restaurant by USA Today; and trained 70 students, two-thirds of whom have found employment at linking the downtown to the lakefront, creating a walkable, over 15 businesses. Tyrone is moving the Finger Lakes destination community. The state’s support has catalyzed private Forward, one skilled young adult and one brighter investment and a city’s resurgence. Geneva is moving the future at a time. Finger Lakes Forward, one revitalized, busy block at a time. When we talk about regional economic development, it is no pun to say that one of our key sectors--Agriculture and Food Bob Duffy at Foodlink Ribbon Cutting Photo by: Communications Bureau, City of Rochester, NY 2017 Annual Report & Recommended Priority Projects iii FLREDC-2017 Rpt_1 Exec Sum 23 PMS.qxp_Layout 1 9/26/17 1:35 PM Page iv Even as we restore vitality to our communities, we have our eye investment will support early childhood interventions; quality on a digital horizon. Research-intensive universities like
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