April 17 2018
General

Success Story: Vital Vio’s Light Shines Brighter Years after VentureB Pitches

In September 2014, Colleen Costello was in the midst of taking her anti-bacterial lighting system startup, Vital Vio, to the next level. That summer the company, founded two years earlier by Costello and her fellow Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) alumnus James Peterson, was in the process of tripling its three-person

April 17 2018
Economic Analysis, Regional/County Profiles

Capital Region Population Growth Regains Momentum

The Capital Region was New York’s second fastest-growing region in 2017, with its population increasing over the year by 2,795, or 0.3 percent. This represented a return to more robust growth following three years of marginal gains. Over the past five years, the region’s population has grown by 0.4 percent,

April 13 2018
News

Economic Development Week in Review – April 9 – April 13, 2018

  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 CEG’s Kennedy talks with Times Union about tariffs and trade

April 6 2018
News

Economic Development Week in Review – April 2 – April 6, 2018

  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: Two local companies to pitch plans to venture

April 3 2018
News

Economic Development Month in Review: March 2018

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

April 3 2018
News

Economic Development Week in Review – March 26 – March 30, 2018

  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: Your Best Shot: Fun Side of Science The

March 27 2018
Education/Training, News

SNAPSHOT: Girls in STEM

The Record On Saturday, hundreds of Capital Region girls in grades four through eight participated in the sixth annual Girls in STEM event at Hudson Valley Community College’s TEC-SMART campus in Malta. The event featured 11 hands-on workshops facilitated by leaders and educators in STEM professions designed to illustrate the

March 26 2018
Education/Training, News

Your Best Shot

Times Union Fun side of science On Saturday, hundreds of Capital Region students in grades four through eight participated in the annual Girls in STEM event at Hudson Valley Community College’s TEC-SMART campus in Malta. The event featured workshops designed to illustrate the fun side of science and technology. Girls

March 23 2018
News

CEG Economic Development Week in Review – March 19 – March 23, 2018

  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 Troy Record: Officials eye transit’s role in economic development CEG’s

March 22 2018
News

6th Annual Girls in STEM Event at TEC-SMART will be held March 24

ALBANY, NEW YORK – The sixth annual Girls in STEM event will be held at Hudson Valley Community College’s TEC-SMART campus in Malta on Saturday, March 24. More than 300 girls in the Capital Region have already registered for this popular event, which has become a favorite annual tradition for

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