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$750,000 in Economic Development Funding for Rensselaer County Project

Economic Development, Grants and Funding, News, Planning & Community Development /

Laberge Group partnered with the Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency to secure $750,000 in Community Development Block Grant Economic Development (CDBG-ED) funding to support the Hudson River Foods Project. Hudson River Foods is a leader in developing healthy food-related products to meet national food trends and demand. The company sought assistance to relocate a facility […]

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Spencer Village Dissolution Interim Study Yields Surprising Results

Local Government Efficiency, News /

The primary aim of undergoing a village dissolution is typically to provide tax savings for village residents. The April 6 issue of the Ithaca Journal reported on a recent Village Board meeting of the Village of Spencer during which Laberge Group’s Ben Syden and Kathleen Rooney shared surprising results from the Study of Dissolution Interim

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Laberge Group retained by Town and Village of Rhinebeck to study Potential Court Consolidation and Shared Services

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Laberge Group was retained by the Town and Village of Rhinebeck, New York to study the feasibility of Court Consolidation and Shared Services opportunities. Laberge Group’s Local Government Operations & Efficiency team will assess the municipalities’ current judicial courts and analyze the efficiencies that may be realized by potential consolidation. The study will also examine

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Local Government Operations Expert Addresses the IGA of Otsego County, NY to Deliver Insights on their Search for a County Administrator

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Ms. Kathleen Rooney, a Local Government Operations Specialist with Laberge Group’s Local Government Operations & Efficiency (LGO&E) team, has been asked by Otsego County, NY to aid in their search for a County Administrator, which will be formally launched on Monday, March 2, 2020. Ms. Rooney was invited to address the County’s Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA)

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The Deep Connection between Infrastructure and Economic Development

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Laberge Group delivered a pair of presentations exploring the deep connection between infrastructure and economic development for New York communities at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Association of Towns (AOT). The two-part presentations explored the age-old “chicken-and-egg” question asked by elected officials, developers, and tax payers in municipalities across the State, “Does Economic Development Lead

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Laberge Group Welcomes Kathleen Rooney as Local Government Specialist

Local Government Efficiency, News, Planning & Community Development /

Laberge Group is pleased to welcome Ms. Kathleen A. Rooney to the firm in the capacity of Local Government Specialist within our Local Government Operations and Efficiency team. Ms. Rooney is an experienced municipal manager with more than 30 years of county management, policy development, budget, finance, and inter-municipal-cooperation experience. As County Manager for the

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