New York: FINGER LAKES 2019 Progress Report FINGER LAKES REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS LIST: Table of Contents CO-CHAIRS Anne Kress List of Council Members ...................................................................................... 2 Monroe Community College Message from the Co-Chairs ............................................................................ 4 Bob Duffy I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................. 6 Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce II. PROGRESS ..................................................................................... 10 APPOINTED MEMBERS General Progress in the Region ......................................................................12 Status of Past Priority Projects .........................................................................15 Ginny Clark Wade Norwood A. Douglas Berwanger Leverage of State Investment Past Priority Projects .................................15 Wild Star Partners Foundation Common Ground Health Wyoming County Board of Supervisors Chair Status of All Projects Awarded CFA Funding .............................................16 Matt Cole Peter Robinson Aggregated Status of All CFA Projects .........................................................16 Commodity Resource Corp. University of Rochester Cheryl Dinolfo Leverage of State Investment in All CFA Projects ......................................17 Monroe County Executive Job Creation .........................................................................................................17 Paul Fortin Hilda Rosario Escher Mapped Status of Past Priority Projects ........................................................18 Precision Packaging Products Ibero American Action League Eugene Jankowski (Former) Batavia City Council President Upstate Revitalization Initiative (URI) Update .............................................21 Steve Griffin III. IMPLEMENTATION AGENDA ......................................................22 Finger Lakes Economic Jaime Saunders Lynne Johnson Strategies and Actions Related to State Priorities .....................................24 Development Center United Way of Greater Rochester Orleans County Legislature Chair Childcare Needs and Potential Solutions .....................................................24 Economic and Environmental Justice Strategy ..........................................27 Matt Hurlbutt Bill Strassburg David LeFeber Greater Rochester Enterprise Wegmans Food Markets Livingston County Board of Community Placemaking and Downtown Revitalization .........................31 Supervisors Chair Support for the Workforce Development Initiative ....................................35 Steve Hyde Dawn Taubman Implementation of Key Regional Priorities ...................................................37 Steve LeRoy Genesee County Economic RocCity Coalition Business Support, Retention & Expansion ...................................................37 Development Center Wayne County Board of Supervisors Chair Proactive Business Attraction ..........................................................................39 Erin Tolefree Tony Jackson Baldwin Richardson Foods Business-led Talent strategy/Workforce Development ............................40 Panther Graphics Jack Marren Unifying Messaging/Regional Branding & Marketing ...............................42 Ontario County Board of Supervisors David Young, Jr. Focus on Downtown Development ...............................................................43 Chair David Mansfield Rochester Building and Construction Lake Ontario Flooding, Resiliency, Three Brothers Winery & Estates Trades Council Douglas Paddock and Economic Development Initiative ..........................................................44 Yates County Legislature Chair Theresa Mazzullo EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IV. PROJECTS ......................................................................................46 Excell Partners Map of Proposed Priority Projects ..................................................................48 Robert Shipley Harry Bronson Crosswalk Chart ...................................................................................................50 Seneca County Board of Augustin Melendez NYS Assembly, 138th District Supervisors Chair Crosswalk Chart of Other Projects Relating to State Priorities ...............52 Hillside Family of Agencies V. PARTICIPATION ......................................................................................58 Joseph Robach Jon C. (Chuck) Verkey Work Groups .........................................................................................................59 David Munson NYS Senate, 56th District Arcadia Town Supervisor Rochester Institute of Technology Public Outreach and Engagement .................................................................64 Robert Bausch Downtown Revitalization Initiative ..................................................................65 Lovely Warren John Noble Genesee County Legislature Chair City of Rochester, Mayor Appendix ...............................................................................................................74 Noblehurs Farms The seeds sown through eight years of the regional council process are now to bring with them economic success. Each Ovitz to establishing operations in Rochester for DRI community has created a greater sense of at least the next 18 months with our hopes of growing and prospering. There is a restored pride of place in our region... momentum and generated private investment in securing the company’s presence here for many their downtown district: becoming destination years to come. MESSAGE FROM CO-CHAIRS Community College’s innovative approach to communities. Reducing poverty, growing jobs, increasing linking real-time labor market information to The Rochester and Finger Lakes region is well regional wealth, and driving private investment We are honored to lead the Finger Lakes Regional real career pathways has already been lauded known as a hub of innovation. The new Grow- stand as the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Economic Development Council (FLREDC) team, as a state-wide model, and this past year, our NY Ag and Food Business Competition teams Development Council’s goals. The seeds sown which has achieved another year of wonderful region became the first to host a Workforce up the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, and Central through eight years of the regional council accomplishments for our region. Our thanks go to Development Summit, drawing over 200 business, New York regions with a focus on the food, process are now growing and prospering. Governor Cuomo for his leadership and support education, non-profit, and community leaders beverage, and agriculture innovation cluster. There is a restored pride of place in our region, in creating and nurturing the Regional Economic together in collaboration on building stronger and The competition connects entrepreneurs with whether reflected in an energized and revitalized Development Council process, which has more inclusive workforce pipelines. The Finger local industry partners and mentors to work on downtown, a prize-winning Finger Lakes wine, or engaged local stakeholders in each region in the Lakes’ efforts over the past and coming months cutting-edge ideas. In its inaugural year, Grow-NY an exciting new job in a high demand, sustaining decisions that matter most to New York families will continue to position our region as a national received 200 applications from 23 states and 16 wage career pathway. Thanks to the investment seeking stronger and more prosperous futures. leader in this area. We also thank Empire State Development Finger countries. Rochester is hosting the 18 finalists of Governor Cuomo and the NYS Assembly and Lakes Regional Director Vinnie Esposito and his The FLREDC has also served as a responsible to share their pitches at the Grow-NY Food and Senate, the regional council model is working, great team for their support and encouragement. steward for the Finger Lakes region’s Upstate Ag Summit in November. This summit builds and the Finger Lakes’ forward momentum Our gratitude also goes out to each and every Revitalization Initiative victory. We are pleased on model made successful by the Luminate NY has kept us united for success. We both feel one of the Finger Lakes Regional Economic to report that $500 million in State funding is Accelerator Competition, which recognized the very fortunate to be part of this important and Development Council members and leaders in our now committed to transformative projects across optics, photonics, and imaging innovation of impactful effort to create a stronger future for our communities for volunteering their valuable time our community including the AIM Photonics Rochester’s own Ovitz as the winner of round two. communities and our state. to help move the Finger Lakes Forward. TAP Facility, LiDestri-Crop’s, ROC the Riverway, The $1 million prize funded by the URI commits Revitalize Rochester, FLX Venture Fund, and the The greatest economic opportunity for our region REMADE Clean Energy Institute at RIT among is to retain and expand existing businesses in many others. These projects are just a sampling New York State. The FLREDC has seen many of the FLREDC’s commitment to optics, photonics, successes over the past year including Z-Axis, and imaging, agriculture and food production, ITX, Security Risk Advisors, Fieldtex, Tompkins next-gen manufacturing