April 7 2021
News

CEG in the News: March, 2021

See the below articles from the past month for news about CEG: CEG Announcements/Op-eds/Media Mentions Times Union: Price Chopper/Market 32 merger with Tops Markets reminder of region’s value Times Union: FuzeHub, CEG to manage $370,000 in pandemic relief funding Niagara Frontier: NY MEP announces nearly $1 million in COVID recovery

April 7 2021
Manufacturing, Nanotechnology

Capital Region is the 6th Fastest-Growing Metro for Computer & Electronic Product MFG exports

Even before the recent surge in demand that is spurring GLOBALFOUNDRIES to increase its chip production capacities, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was one of the nation’s fastest growing exporters of computer and electronic product manufacturing, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of data from the

April 6 2021
Creative/Agriculture/Food, Employment/Workforce, General, Regional/County Profiles

Capital Region Unveils Brand & Talent Attraction Campaign

Partnership between Center for Economic Growth & Alliance for the CreativeEconomy, others, worked to develop key elements (Albany, N.Y.) – The Center for Economic Growth (CEG) and Alliance for the CreativeEconomy (ACE) partnered to develop a brand and tagline to help create an identity forthe region, celebrate pride of place,

March 26 2021
News

Week in Review: March 22- March 26, 2021

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 Saratogian: CEG survey: Capital Region gaming industry continues to grow Troy

March 16 2021
News, Software/Gaming/IT

Capital Region’s Digital Gaming Cluster Gets One-Up in Lockdown, Large Studios Grew by 16%

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CEG Launches GameOnNY.Org to Attract Game Development Investment, Studios and Talent ALBANY, NEW YORK – The Capital Region’s large digital gaming studios grew their employment by 16 percent over the past year as the pandemic stoked demand for video games. The local community of indie studios also

March 15 2021
Employment/Workforce

The Metros where the Capital Region is Winning and Losing on Talent Attraction

Before COVID-19 triggered mass movements away from major urban tech hubs, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was already attracting many more people from major tech metros such as New York City, Phoenix, San Francisco and San Jose than they were attracting from it, according to a Center for Economic

March 15 2021
Economic Analysis, Employment/Workforce

Capital Region Sees NY’s 2nd Largest Poverty Drop

The Capital Region is New York’s second leading economic development region in reducing its ranks of people in poverty, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau five-year estimates. Regions Between 2015 and 2019, the eight-county Capital Region averaged 108,471 people below the poverty level.

March 15 2021
Employment/Workforce, General, Regional/County Profiles

The Capital Region Sectors that Bounced Back the Most Last Summer

By the end of summer, Capital Region clothing stores and personal service providers such as hair and beauty salons experienced the biggest employment rebounds while food services and beverage places, such as restaurants, sustained the heaviest job losses, according to a Center for Economic Growth analysis of new data from

March 15 2021
News

CEG in the News: February, 2021

See the below articles from the past month for news about CEG: CEG Announcements/Op-eds/Media Mentions Times Union: Venture B session to hear presentation of semiconductor planarization Troy Record: Reader’s View: Tech investments help region push through economic crisis, prime it for recovery Saratogian: Reader’s View: Tech investments help region push

March 12 2021
News

Week in Review: March 8 – March 12, 2021

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 Niagara Frontier: NY MEP announces nearly $1 million in COVID recovery

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