The Finger Lakes Region has received $498 million of the $500 million promised by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 through the Upstate Revitalization Initiative. To date, 100 projects have received financial commitments from the state. “These commitments are an important ...

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The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council has endorsed 23 projects in the nine-county region, with a total cost of more than $171 million, to further the Finger Lakes Forward strategic plan. In its 2018 annual report, FLREDC proposes $20 ...

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The Village of Newark and the Town of Seneca Falls have been named finalists for the Finger Lakes Region in the third round of New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative, or DRI. The statewide competition is open to vulnerable cities, ...

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The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council will receive $63.9 million for regional projects next year, part of an $800 million pot available to 10 REDCs statewide. The announcement was made in Albany Wednesday by Empire State Development President and ...

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The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council is asking for roughly $20 million in state funding for projects in the nine-county region, the organization’s annual report shows. The report, presented Thursday to state officials, recommends 36 priority projects to advance ...

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Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce President Robert Duffy has been chosen to replace Danny Wegman as co-chairman of the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council. Duffy joins co-chair Anne Kress, who also serves as president of Monroe Community College. The ...

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