economic development

During her State of the County Address Broome County Executive Debra Preston pointed to several efforts to fight drug addiction.

The Southern Tier’s Economic Development planning panel is giving details of some of the projects getting underway thanks the $500 million New York State Development grant.

The Southern Tier region was one of three major winners in New York's Upstate Revitalization Initiative with an award of $500 million for economic development projects. The state's Central and Finger Lakes regions also will receive similar infusions of cash over the next five years...

Binghamton University's efforts to improve the region's economic are being acknowledged by an international research and advocacy organization. Binghamton has been designated as an "Innovation and Economic Prosperity University" by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities...

A former school building in Endicott is about to undergo a significant rehabilitation project. Marchuska Development LLC of the town of Union acquired the old Henry B. Endicott property at 23 Jackson Avenue from Broome-Tioga BOCES last May...

Five businesses are planning to expand or locate at Binghamton University under a state tax break program. State officials have announced the firms are expected to create up to 83 jobs in tax-free areas at the university in the town of Vestal...

The Binghamton region is receiving some less-than-flattering national attention in an economic growth forecast released by the United States Conference of Mayors. The area comes in dead last out of 363 metro area economies ranked by projected growth over the next seven years...

New York state's economic development agency has given its approval to Binghamton University's application to participate in a program designed to help new or expanding businesses. Empire State Development has approved the university plan to assist businesses through the START-UP NY initiative...

A local chamber of commerce manager has been chosen to oversee the Broome County Land Bank Corporation. The organization's board of directors selected Stacey Duncan to be the corporation's first executive director. Duncan has been government relations manager at the Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce since 2009...