A vastly expanded What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® (WSCM) video competition awards ceremony returned to Proctors Wednesday, with twice as many participating middle schools and Chatham Middle School winning the Viewers Choice Award and North Albany Middle School winning the Outstanding Overall Video. Nearly 100 Capital Region middle school students participated
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 NY Creates Podcast: LIVE at SEMICON West: Strengthening the Semiconductor
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 NY.Gov: Governor Hochul Announces Regeneron to Invest More Than $2
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: REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEWS Niskayuna couple pursues pickle passion with Kashuba’s company “Chris Dogias
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
The Capital Region in 2024 had New York’s second largest increase in single-family building permit approvals, boosted by developer activity in Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Warren counties, according to a Center for Economic Growth analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Regional Performance (Single-Family) In 2024, municipalities in
(May 8, 2025) – The Center for Economic Growth (CEG) is pleased to announce the selection of Heather McDaniel as chief economic development officer. This key position, which reports to CEG’s president and CEO Mark Eagan, is responsible for development and implementation of strategies and initiatives to drive regional economic
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As Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute launches an initiative to create more Alzheimer’s disease-related startups, the Capital Region is already the state’s third top recipient of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for private sector, for-profit research and development in this field. Between fiscal years 2019 and 2023, Capital Region firms received
1st largest annual population gain among NYS metros: Albany-Schenectady-Troy MSA 3rd largest annual population gain among NYS counties: Albany County 3rd largest annual increase in domestic migration among NYS counties: Warren County 5th largest annual population gain among NYS counties: Saratoga County The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in
