October 9 2017
News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Center for Economic Growth Announces Keynote Speaker for 2017 Annual Meeting

 Fast Company editor and managing director to speak at November 2 event ALBANY, NY – OCTOBER 9, 2017 – The Center for Economic Growth (CEG) today announces that the editor and managing director of Fast Company, Robert Safian, will speak at its 2017 annual meeting and thirtieth anniversary celebration on

October 9 2017
News

CEG’s annual meeting slated Nov. 2

The Daily Gazette By: John Cropley SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Center for Economic Growth announced the keynote speaker for its annual meeting to be held Nov. 2 at the Hall of Springs in Saratoga Springs: Robert Safian, editor and managing director of Fast Company. He will speak on the meeting

October 4 2017
Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology, News, Research & Development

Business Connection Forum underway

Daily Gazette By: John Cropley ALBANY — The Business Connection Forum began Tuesday and will continue through Thursday at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany. The event, organized by the Center for Economic Growth in partnership with Silicon Europe Worldwide and NY Loves Nanotech, is designed as an opportunity for North

September 27 2017
Education/Training, News

UAlbany president to focus on community relations, expanding access to higher ed

Times Union By: Madison Iszler COLONIE — The newly appointed president of the state University at Albany said he plans to develop stronger relationships with the Capital Region community, increase access to higher education for young people and build on the university’s athletics program and research opportunities during his tenure

September 3 2017
Employment/Workforce, News

Slow population growth in region helps limit workforce

Daily Gazette By: John Cropley ‘This problem is going to persist for some time due to the baby boomers’ As economic developers work to attract, grow and retain employers in the Capital Region, they keep bumping into a problem: The region is barely adding people to take new jobs. Employers

September 2 2017
Employment/Workforce, News

Recruiters looking for employees

Times Union By: Eric Anderson Region’s firms hope to fill vacancies in tech, manufacturing Colonie – Technology and manufacturing workers are in demand, and that’s pushed Capital Region wages for these occupations upward. Entry level salaries for engineering positions, for example, are in the $60,000 to $70,000 range locally, while

August 31 2017
News

County Agency Hosts Economic Developers

Saratoga Today By: Larry Goodwin SARATOGA SPRINGS – In the comfort of a shuttle bus that departed from a city hotel, and through informative personal visits, leaders of the Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership (SCPP) promoted both regional culture and local commercial sites this week to potential investors from as far

August 25 2017
Clean Technology, Manufacturing, News

Why this manufacturer is installing solar panels to reduce costs

Albany Business Review By: Chelsea Diana Scott Stevens, president of Dimension Fabricators, spent $1.92 million to install about 100,000 square feet of solar panels across the roof of his factory in Glenville, New York. The price tag will go down to about $1.45 million with federal tax credits for solar,

August 8 2017
News

Economic Development Month in Review: July 2017

For the Top Economic Development News of the Month, CEG selects news articles about projects or developments that promise to improve and/or transform the Capital Region’s economy, particularly those that related to manufacturing and initiatives outlined in Capital 20.20, a five-year, multi-pronged plan for bringing economic prosperity to the entire

August 8 2017
Economic Analysis, General

Capital Region Kept Pace with Peer Metros in 2016

The Capital Region’s economic performance in 2016 was on par with its peer metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) nationwide and bested all other comparable metros in upstate. Among 14 MSAs with similar populations and economies, the Capital Region ranked in the middle of them (8th) when their 2016 economic performance was

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