The Record By: Lauren Halligan TROY, N.Y. >> Industry and economic leaders gathered to talk about The Business of Digital Games during a conference on Wednesday at the Tech Valley Center of Gravity. Despite the winter storm outside, more than 70 people made it to the free downtown Troy event,
Times Union By: Larry Rulison Troy A new study by the Center for Economic Growth in Albany found that the Capital Region’s video game development industry has grown to 14 studios that employ 352 people, making it one of the larger sectors of the local creative economy. The study comes
Albany Business Review By: Mike DeSocio and Andrew Roiter The average video gamer these days is not a boy in high school, as you might imagine – it’s a 35-year-old, and more likely to be a woman, according to the Entertainment Software Association. Jennifer Oneal is keenly aware of that,
The Saratogian By: Lauren Halligan SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.>>The Spa City community joined a region-wide conversation about the creative economy this week as it rolled through the Hall of Springs on a roundtable discussion tour. More than 100 attendees came to the Monday night event, at which participants learned about the
Times Union By: Eric Anderson Efforts to retain young workers aim to offset aging labor force At first glance, an economy where just 1.9 percent of workers are unemployed would seem like a good thing. That’s the jobless rate in Burlington, Vt. But dig a bit deeper, and you’ll find
Glens Falls Business Journal By: Maureen Werther As the economic climate in Warren and Washington counties continues to heat up, more businesses are being attracted to the area’s diverse commercial sector. The Center for Economic Growth (CEG) is one of several entities working hard to make things happen. CEG is
Times Union By: Alicia Biggs HVCC and CEG create manufacturing credential program A recent U.S. Census Bureau study found New York State manufacturers ranked 48th for structured management practices. Large manufacturers tend to be better at structured management than smaller firms, and New York state has a high concentration of
Last November, when CEG held our 30th anniversary and annual meeting, the Capital Region’s support for our organization and its mission of driving economic growth throughout the region was on full display. More than 400 people joined us at the Hall of Springs in Saratoga Springs, making it our best-attended
Capital Region inventors had a hand in more than 1,000 semiconductor device-related patents issued in 2016, and they played a lead role in more than three quarters of them. While the bulk of those patents were assigned to GLOBALFOUNDRIES and IBM, several other semiconductor and electronics companies with R&D operations,
Capital Region startups (0- to 1-year-old firms) are regaining the employment momentum, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) Explorer. Capital Region In 2016, privately owned startups employed 12,209 workers throughout the eight-county Capital Region, up 827 jobs, or
