Regional Development Strategy
CEG's Regional Development projects facilitate regional growth through intergovernmental cooperation, public-private partnerships, technical assistance, and support for projects of significant regional impact. In addition, we provide information to the public about economic development and industry attraction efforts in the Capital Region.
The Regional Development Coordinating Council (RDCC) fosters coordination, cooperation and collaboration among regional stakeholders to pursue intelligent, planned, sustainable economic expansion across Tech Valley.
RDCC Members
Rocky Ferraro
Executive Director,
Capital District Regional Planning Commission (CDRPC)
www.cdrpc.org
John McDonald
Mayor, City of Cohoes
www.cohoes.com
John Poorman (Secretary) and Chris O’Neill
Capital District Transportation Committee (CDTC)
www.cdtcmpo.org
Ray Melleady
Executive Director, CDTA
www.cdta.com
Lyn Taylor
President, Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce
www.ac-chamber.org
F. Michael Tucker
President, Center for Economic Growth
www.ceg.org
RDCC Initiatives
Regional Development Compact (RDC)
- Adopted by 12 communities – concept of RDC is to ensure that communities meet economic development criteria to market themselves to site selectors and business prospects.
- As part of the RDC, communities will be assisted with identifying and gathering the necessary resources to meet “business ready” criteria.
Economic Modeling Study
- A scenario based study of the fiscal impact of regional growth on community infrastructures: Transportation, water, sewer, primary and secondary education, emergency services, health care, electric grid and transportation.
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Tech Valley Benchmarking
- Purpose is to determine how this region fares vs. other regions around the country in ability to arrive at regional concensus through resource sharing. Objective is to learn how to produce more with less by leveraging existing resources that capture economic enhancements such as more quality jobs and higher incomes
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