For community leaders across New York State, finding promising solutions to foster economic development that will create or retain jobs – and maintain or expand the tax base – has never been more vital to the economic health of your community. If you are exploring ways to stimulate your local economy, you won’t want to […]
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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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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As the designated Community Action Agency for Rensselaer County, the Commission on Economic Opportunity for the Greater Capital Region, Inc. (CEO) contracted Laberge Group to develop a Community Needs Assessment. The Needs Assessment will be utilized as a guide for CEO’s current and future program planning and resource development in areas of housing, economic development and
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The Town of Beekman is a rural bedroom community situated in southeastern Dutchess County, about 15 miles east of Poughkeepsie. Although the Town has been primarily rural and agricultural in nature, the later twentieth century has seen substantial residential growth as farms give way to new developments. A preliminary retail market analysis revealed that the
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Chemung County, located in New York State’s Southern Tier, is a predominately rural county comprised of 11 towns, 5 villages, and one city, Elmira. Between 2000 and 2003, Chemung County ranked 54th in population growth of New York State’s 63 counties. Like most areas of New York State, it has seen changes in the vitality
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