May 9 2025
News

CEG Economic Development Week in Review May 5 – May 9, 2025

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May 8 2025
General

CEG Names Seasoned Professional as Chief Economic Development Officer

(May 8, 2025) – The Center for Economic Growth (CEG) is pleased to announce the selection of Heather McDaniel as chief economic development officer. This key position, which reports to CEG’s president and CEO Mark Eagan, is responsible for development and implementation of strategies and initiatives to drive regional economic

May 2 2025
News

CEG Economic Development Week in Review April 28 – May 2, 2025

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 WTEN News 10: NYS Department of Labor celebrates National Apprenticeship

April 10 2025
News

CEG Economic Development Week in Review April 7 – April 11, 2025

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 Senator Charles Schumer: Schumer Sounds Alarm on ‘DOGE’ Plans to

April 8 2025
Success Story

Success Story: CEG Supports Training Bridge’s Strategy for Manufacturing Medical Simulation Units Made with Plant-Based Thermoplastics

Overview Training Bridge, a Hudson, New York-based startup, is looking to replace the high-cost, petroleum-based silicones that are used to make medical simulation models for the emergency care training industry with a lower-cost, plant-based alternative. After working in the medical simulation industry for a decade, Peter Marotta founded Training Bridge

April 8 2025
Education/Training, Employment/Workforce, Manufacturing

Capital Region Community College Grads Increasingly Get Jobs in Manufacturing

  As Capital Region students prepare to graduate this spring, those receiving degrees from local community colleges are increasingly getting jobs at manufacturers. In fact, among the state’s 10 economic development regions, community colleges in the Capital Region over the past decade saw the largest increase in graduates working in

April 8 2025
Regional/County Profiles, Tourism

Half of Capital Region Residents Live with a Half Mile of a Park

As spring blooms in the Capital Region, new statistics show that half of its residents live within a half mile of a park, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new data from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R), a program of the University of Wisconsin Population

April 8 2025
Employment/Workforce

Capital Region Nonprofits Started Recovering from Pandemic

The Capital Region’s nonprofit sector is slowly recovering from the heavy job losses it sustained during the pandemic, according to recently released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Every five years, BLS releases employment statistics for private sector 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, such as tax-exempt charitable organizations, churches

April 8 2025
News

CEG In The News: March 2025

See the below articles from the past month for news about CEG: News 10 ABC: Report: Capital Region is the 3rd fastest growing region in NY News Radio 103.1: Capital Region Sees Population Surge in 2024 Daily Gazette: Schenectady Central Park 8th graders top video contest RTO Insider: Fate of

April 4 2025
News

CEG Economic Development Week in Review March 31 – April 4, 2025

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 WNYT News 13: Hoosick Falls Middle School wins manufacturing video

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