The Capital Region’s ranks of gig workers increased by nearly 2,000 in 2023 as more people delivered packages for online companies and rented real estate, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployment Series. In 2023, the eight-county region had
The Capital Region’s small firms and academic institutions saw an uptick in patent awards in 2024 after dipping the previous year. And nearly a dozen local small firms – including one headed by Etsy’s founder – received their first patents, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of
The Capital Region in 2024 was New York’s third fastest-growing region for jobs – boosted by state government employment that climbed to a 16-year high, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) of new Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data from the New York Department of Labor.
See the below articles from the past month for news about CEG: WTEN News 10: NYS Department of Labor celebrates National Apprenticeship Day Albany Business Review: CEG names Heather McDaniel as chief economic development officer WNYT News 13: Department of Labor grants will help expand apprenticeship programs in NY state
Stay up-to-date on business and economic development happenings in the Capital Region with the CEG Economic Development Week in Review. Don’t miss out on the developments that are transforming the region by following us on: CEG IN THE NEWS Launch NY: Center for Economic Growth Launches Venture Readiness Program
Stay up-to-date on business and economic development happenings in the Capital Region with the CEG Economic Development Week in Review. Don’t miss out on the developments that are transforming the region by following us on: CEG IN THE NEWS Launch NY: Nenter for Economic Growth Launches Venture Readiness Program
Stay up-to-date on business and economic development happenings in the Capital Region with the CEG Economic Development Week in Review. Don’t miss out on the developments that are transforming the region by following us on: CEG IN THE NEWS Times Union: Biotechnology company Regeneron buying 23andMe for $256 million
(May 22, 2025) – The Center for Economic Growth (CEG) has launched the Venture Readiness Program, an initiative aimed at helping entrepreneurs build investor-ready ventures that fuel economic growth in the Capital Region. The program is designed to strengthen the region’s pipeline of scalable startups in high-growth industries. It matches
Stay up-to-date on business and economic development happenings in the Capital Region with the CEG Economic Development Week in Review. Don’t miss out on the developments that are transforming the region by following us on: CEG IN THE NEWS WNYT News 13: Center for Economic Growth adds economic development
In 2024, Schenectady had the fifth largest net gain of new residents among cities statewide and Troy had the ninth, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. In a year when the eight-county Capital Region emerged as the state’s third fastest-growing region, seven
