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Mohawk Valley MOHAWK VALLEY REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Cool Places. Smart People. -2016 PROGRESS REPORT- Mohawk Valley REDC MOHAWK VALLEY REGIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS Regional Council Chair Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul Mohawk Valley Regional Co-Chairs Lawrence T. Gilroy III- President Gilroy, Kernan & Gilroy, Inc. Dr. Robert Geer- Senior VP and COO SUNY Polytechnic Institute Council Members Ladan Alomar, Centro Civico Inc. Katharine Landers, New York Central Mutual Insurance Juanita Bass, Juanita's Soul Classics Inc. Carolyn A. Lewis, Basset Healthcare Network Laura Casamento, Utica College Nicholas O. Matt, Matt Brewing Company* Steven J. DiMeo, Mohawk Valley EDGE* Ken Meifert, National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum Charles Green, Assured Information Security* Mary Morse, Kwik-Kut Mfg* Sarah Goodrich, Schoharie Area Long Term Inc. (SALT) Nancy Pattarini, The Paige Group Wally Hart, Lexington Center* Dr. Renee Scialdo Shevat, Herkimer Diamond Mines Mark Kilmer, Fulton-Montgomery Chamber Dr. Dustin Swanger, Fulton-Montgomery Com. College* * Denotes Executive Committee Membership Ex-Offcio Charles Potter, Chairman, Fulton County Board of Supervisors Bernard Peplinski, Sr., Chairman, Herkimer County Legislature Kathleen Clark, Chair, Otsego County Board of Representatives Joseph Griffo, NYS Senate- District 47 Dayton King, Mayor, City of Gloversville William Magee, NYS Assembly- District 111 Matthew Ossenfort, County Executive, Montgomery Co. Board of Supervisors Robert Palmieri, Mayor, City of Utica Anthony Picente, County Executive, Oneida County Michael Villa, Mayor, City of Amsterdam* Earl VanWormer III, Chairman, Schoharie Co. Board of Supervisors Executive Staff Michael Reese, Executive Director Delores Caruso, DOL Representative and Team Leader NY State Senate Representing MV NY State Assembly Representing MV Joseph Griffo, Senator, 47th District Ken Blankenbush, Assembly member, 117th District Hugh Farley, Senator, 44th District Anthony Brindisi, Assembly member, 116th District James Seward, Senator, 51st District Marc Butler, Assembly member, 117th District George Amedore, Senator, 46th District Peter Lopez, Assembly member, 127th District David Valesky, Senator, 49th District William Magee, Assembly member, 121st District Angelo Santabarbara, Assembly member, 111th District Claudia Tenney, Assembly member, 115th District 2 2016 - Progress Report he MVREDC—in fact, in our opinion, perhaps all of Upstate — exists for times like these - times that are defned by transforma- tional investments and the revitalization of our core communities. For the last fve years, the MVREDC has been expanding on its early successes and growing the regional economy. T Our perspective has been to take the long view, which is one of the hallmarks of strategic economic development. But on August 20, 2015, our region, with the help of New York State, bore the fruit of more than two decades of labor. At the ams AG announcement, something told us we were dealing with a new economic reality the likes of which none of us had ever seen. We vowed then and there to expand on that momentum to invest and de- velop strategies to beneft our entire region. We sensed, correctly, that in preparation for ams AG, our region’s communities would be confronted with a combination of immediate needs and long term concerns, in their attempt to capture the secondary and tertiary impacts of the region’s biggest economic development project in more than a century. It was at that time we agreed we would develop the Marcy Nanocenter while not neglecting our established, regional economic development priorities. It is in that visage that we humbly present the 2016-2017 Mohawk Valley Re- gional Economic Development Plan. You’ll notice that this year’s plan and our 2017 strategy is aligned with a series of New York State priorities. downtown redevelopment, workforce development, expanded opportunities, veterans, global exports and our regional cluster plan are initiatives that are moving our region forward and are already making the Mohawk Valley vibrant once again. RESPECTFULLY The Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council 3 Mohawk Valley REDC CONTENT 06 16 24 84 92 106 4 2016 - Progress Report I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY II. PROGRESS STATE OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY STATUS OF PAST PRIORITY PROJECTS STATUS OF ALL PAST CFA PROJECTS JOB CREATION III. IMPLEMENTATION AGENDA 2016 STATE PRIORITIES REGIONAL PRIORITIES PROPOSED PRIORITY PROJECTS IV. PARTICIPATION WORK GROUPS ENGAGEMENT GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT V. DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE DRI AWARDEE: ONEONTA REGIONAL PRIORITIES APPENDIX A. ITEMIZED PAST PRIORITY PROJECT STATUS B. URI STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FROM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN C. PRIORITY PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS 5 Mohawk Valley REDC ams AG rendering 6 2016 - Progress Report I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MVREDC PERFORMANCE SINCE 2011 375 Projects 6305 Jobs Created & Retained $915,024,697 Total Investment $170,881,869 CFA Awards 5.4:1 Leverage 7 Mohawk Valley REDC n 2015, the Mohawk Valley Region was one of seven competitors in the Governor’s Upstate Revital- ization Initiative. Although not a grand-prize winner, the experience grew our participation, strength- ened our bonds, deepened our commitment and yielded powerful strategies to leverage toward future prosperity. IEarlier in the year, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a combined $4 billion investment by Austria-based ams AG and by GE Global Research in the Marcy Nanocenter and the Computer Chip Commercializa- tion Center at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. The event marked the culmination of more than a decade of persistent planning and bold, consistent regional investment in strategic site development. The initiatives were lifted by four successive years of investment by the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council, and fnally brought to life by a $650 Million economic development incentives from New York State. The cornerstone of transformation had been set. In April, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated the ams groundbreaking in Marcy, helping bring to life the hope of economic rebirth in our region. In the past year, the Governor and Legislature have introduced or revived two vital programs: The Down- town Revitalization Initiative and the RESTORE NY Communities Initiative. Both programs are well aligned and will help to propel a core driver identifed in “Sparking Transformation,” and that is Vibrant Communities. And so you will learn in the pages ahead that our Progress Report & Implementation Plan will focus heav- ily on creating vibrant, diverse, creative, innovative and safe communities. We see this as perhaps the most important building block upon which to build a culture of innovation and opportunity. The Mohawk Valley Region also emerged from the URI competition with $50 million to advance the strat- egies introduced in its URI plan, which we labeled: “Sparking Transformation.” Those strategies have now been formally embraced as the Regional Council’s roadmap to the future. STRATEGY ONE: BUILDING THE STEM ECONOMY Consider this: The American Bald Eagle, was nearly extinct by the 1960s – surviving only in remote niches of the landscape. Strong leadership and bold policy decisions to improve air, water, and habitat were fol- lowed by commitment and capital investment by the public and private sector over a period of decades. The Bald Eagle now thrives once more in North America. Likewise, advanced industry: Nearly extinct after generations of economic decline, destructive policies, and the deterioration of critical infrastructure, a clear vision and bold leadership – backed up by commit- ment and capital – have prevailed. The ams project at Marcy Nanocenter marks the return of world-class technology to the Mohawk Valley. Fertile Soil for Foreign Direct Investment: Continued Build-Out of Marcy Nanocenter. The importance of the single-largest foreign direct investment in the history of the Mohawk Valley is im- possible to understate. For 2017, the MVREDC has prioritized $5.1 million for the construction of a 12" steel gas main to the Marcy-SUNY Parkway, which will leverage more than $297 million in new investment. The new gas main is necessary to support the ams AG project along with full build out of the Marcy Nano- center site and growth of Quad C and SUNY Poly Innovation Acceleration Center. Looking beyond 2017, the MVREDC is proposes a four-year capital support program to ensure comple- tion of the Marcy Nanocenter site and on-site supply chain development. Full build-out of SUNY Poly's nanotechnology initiatives will support 4,000 to 5,000 direct jobs and approximately 8,000 to 10,000 indirect jobs. ams AG - the frst tenant at the Marcy site - will create 740 direct jobs over ten years and is expected to attract another 500 indirect supply chain jobs. 8 2016 - Progress Report 2016 MVREDC STRATEGIES: STEM INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES AGRICULTURE AND CRAFT FOOD/BEVERAGE TOURISM DRIVERS: VIBRANT COMMUNITIES EXPANDED OPPORTUNITY STEM Intensive Industries Ecosystem MVREDC has a commitment to enhancing the total ecosystem - strategic site development, diverse STEM employment opportunities, vibrant thINCubator communities and a culture of entrepreneurialism. Hot Spot Griffiss Institute Innovation Hot Spot MVHS Site Assembly Metal Solutions Modernization Smart Walk Green Infrastructure Marcy Nanocenter & QUAD C General Electric Build Out Tryon Vireo Tech Park Health Expansion Start up Indium Corp. Manufacturing NCI Group Expansion Square Stamping Modernization 9 Mohawk Valley REDC Modernization of Core Industry Concentrations to expand
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