Regional Economic Development Council Plans
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Regional EconomicAwards Development Council 2016 1 Table of Contents Regional Council Awards Western New York .........................................................................................................................10 Finger Lakes ...................................................................................................................................24 Southern Tier ..................................................................................................................................36 Central New York ..........................................................................................................................44 Mohawk Valley ...............................................................................................................................56 North Country .................................................................................................................................68 Capital Region ................................................................................................................................80 Mid-Hudson .....................................................................................................................................96 New York City ................................................................................................................................ 112 Long Island .................................................................................................................................... 130 3 2 2016 Program Descriptions Type of Resources Program Program Description Funding Available New York State Council on the Arts (Arts) Funds are available for arts and culture initiatives to eligible non-proit and local units of government. This Local Assistance support is provided under Article 3 of NYS Arts and Cultural Afairs Law for the planning, presentation and staing of the performing, literary Arts Grant Program Up to $5 and visual arts that encourage broader participation and public interest in the cultural Grant (Arts CHPG I; CHPG P; WIP) million heritage of NY State and promotes tourism and economic development. Funding Programs: Arts, Culture, Heritage New Initiatives - Planning (CHPG P); Arts, Culture, Heritage New Initiatives – Implementation (CHPG I); Workforce Investment (WIP) NYS Canal Corporation (Canals) The Canalway Grants Program is a competitive matching grant program available to eligible municipalities and 501(c)(3) non-proit organizations along the New York State Canalway Matching Grant Up to $1 Canal System. Funding is for capital projects that enhance economic and community Grant Program (Canals) million development along the canal corridor and are consistent with the goals of the Regional Economic Development Council Plans. Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), in conjunction with the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC), ofered grants DEC/EFC Wastewater to municipalities to help pay for the initial planning of eligible Clean Water State Infrastructure Engineering Up to $2 Revolving Fund (CWSRF) water quality projects. Up to $2 million has been made Grant Planning Grant Program million available for this round of the Wastewater Infrastructure Engineering Planning Grant (DEC EPG) (EPG) program. Grants will assist municipalities facing economic hardship with the engineering and planning costs of CWSRF-eligible water quality projects. The Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP) program is a competitive, statewide reimbursement grant program open to local governments and not-for-proit Water Quality Improvement corporations for projects that directly address documented water quality impairments. Up to $25 Grant Project Program (DEC WQIP) Projects eligible under the Water Quality Improvement Program include: municipal million wastewater treatment; municipal separate storm sewer systems; polluted runof abatement and control from non-farm sources; and aquatic habitat restoration. The Climate Smart Communities (CSC) program, funded under Title 15 of the Environmental Protection Fund, is a competitive grant program awarding 50/50 matching grants to eligible municipalities to implement climate adaptation and Climate Smart Communities mitigation projects across the state. Projects eligible under the CSC Grants Program Up to $11 Grant Program (DEC CSC) include: lood risk reduction, especially with natural resiliency measures; adaptation million of climate-vulnerable facilities and natural systems; reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation and food waste; and projects undertaking assessments and inventories necessary for Climate Smart Communities Certiication. Department of Labor (DOL) Grant funding is available to for-proit and not-for-proit businesses, training providers, and Local Workforce Development Boards to upgrade the skills of the workforce. Under Existing Employee Training (EET), current employees in low- and middle-skills positions will receive classroom-based occupational skills training to retain or gain middle-skills occupations. Under New Hire Training (NHT), dislocated workers will Workforce Development Grants Up to $5 be hired and receive on-the-job training to perform their required job duties. Under Grant (DOL EET, NHT, SPT, UWT) million both Unemployed Worker Training (UWT) and Special Populations Training (SPT), dislocated workers will receive classroom-based occupational skills training for positions that are open in the region, with a commitment from businesses to interview individuals who successfully complete the training. The SPT Program will speciically focus on training individuals with barriers to employment. Department of State (DOS) The Local Government Eiciency (LGE) Grant program assists local leaders identify best practices and implement actions focused on reducing municipal expenditures, Local Government Eiciency limiting the growth in property taxes and increasing eiciencies in service delivery. Up to $4 Grant Grants (DOS LGE) Projects can include local government reorganization, functional or service delivery million consolidation, cooperative service agreements, and establishment of regional service delivery mechanisms. 5 Type of Resources Program Program Description Funding Available The Department of State's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), funded under Title 11 of the Environmental Protection Fund, provides 50:50 matching grants on a competitive basis to eligible villages, towns, cities, and counties located along New York’s coasts or designated inland waterways to revitalize communities and waterfronts Local Waterfront Revitalization through planning, design, and construction projects. Grant categories include preparing Up to $19.5 Grant Program (DOS LWRP) or implementing a LWRP; updating an LWRP to mitigate future physical climate risks; million redeveloping hamlets, downtowns and urban waterfronts; planning or constructing land and water-based trails; preparing or implementing a lakewide or watershed revitalization plan; implementing a community resilience strategy; and celebrating the bicentennial of the Erie Canal - improving public waterfront access for canal communities. Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) The Green Innovation Grant Program (GIGP) provides grants on a competitive basis to projects that improve water quality and demonstrate green stormwater infrastructure Green Innovation Grant Federal Up to $10 in New York. GIGP is administered by NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) Program (EFC GIGP) Grant million through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and is funded with a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Empire State Development (ESD) Refundable tax credits are available for strategic businesses such as high tech, Excelsior Jobs Program bio-tech, clean-tech and manufacturing that create or retain jobs or make signiicant Up to $70 Tax Credit (ESD EJP) capital investments. Businesses meeting the eligibility criteria may apply for assistance million at locations throughout New York State. ESD has several grant programs that together make available $175 million of capital grant funding for the Regional Economic Development Council Initiative. Capital grant Up to $175 ESD Grant Funds (ESD Grants) funding is available for capital-based economic development projects intended to create Grant million or retain jobs; prevent, reduce or eliminate unemployment and underemployment; and/ or increase business or economic activity in a community or Region. Market New York is a grant program established to strengthen tourism and attract visitors to New York State by promoting destinations, attractions and special events. Up to $13.5 Market New York (ESD MNY) Funding is available for tourism marketing initiatives, capital/construction projects and Grant million the recruitment and/or execution of meetings, conferences, conventions, festivals, athletic competitions and consumer and industry trade shows. Designated NYS Certiied Business Incubators and Innovation Hot Spots will be eligible for operating grants from ESD for ive years. Designation as a NYS Certiied Incubator increases the ability for the incubator to support additional programming, Business Incubator and deliver incubation best practices to their client companies and be a part of the Up to $2.5 Innovation Hot Spot Program Grant regional and multi-regional ecosystem to help client companies