Week in Review: March 21 – March 25, 2022
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WAMC: Capital Region lawmakers push for video gaming industry funding in state budget
Saratogian: CEG survey: Capital Region’s Digital Gaming Cluster continues to expand in 2022
WNYT: Capital Region sees big growth in digital gaming industry
Gaming News: CEG survey: Capital region’s digital gaming cluster continues to expand in 2022
Flipboard: CEG survey: Capital Region’s Digital Gaming Cluster continues to expand in 2022
Gaming Newswire : CEG survey: Capital Region’s Digital Gaming Cluster continues to expand in 2022
Saratoga Today: Welcome to the World of E Sports
Saratoga Business Report: Welcome to the World of Esports
REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEWS
“Each year, 108 billion pounds of food — 40% of what’s produced — is wasted in the U.S. Noelle Dommasch has left behind her first career as an English teacher to make a dent in that massive number, at least in the Albany region, with a new compost startup.
Dommasch plans to sublease a roughly 1,650-square-foot warehouse space from garden supplier Organica inside the former Honest Weight Food Co-op building at 484 Central Ave. in Albany. She wants to outfit it with expensive machines from Spain that she says produce high-quality compost more efficiently.”
Albany Inno – Three PUBG senior engineers leave to start their own company: Rushdown Studios
“There’s a new video game studio in town, and it’s growing faster than expected.
A group of three senior software engineers left the PUBG video game studio in Saratoga Springs last fall to start their own, Rushdown Studios.”
April Ernst becomes Greene County IDA executive director – Albany Business Review (bizjournals.com)
“The Greene County Industrial Development Agency has a new executive director for the first time in nearly 11 years, but it’s someone local officials know well.
April Ernst took over the position in January from Rene VanSchaack, who retired but continues to serve as a part-time consultant to help with the transition.”
Coatings and adhesive maker Polyset wants to buy two more buildings in Saratoga County
“Brothers Raj and Nil Ghoshal are about to purchase two properties in Mechanicville to boost manufacturing capacity, bring in more raw materials and add space for a research center.
The second-generation owners of Polyset in Stillwater are negotiating the purchase of two warehouses, totaling 24,500 square feet from HLM Ventures LLC and its principal, Paul Morse Jr.”
GE Grid Solutions to be part of major wind power project off Long Island coast
“The Grid Solutions business of General Electric has won a contract for part of the 816-megawatt wind turbine project to be constructed off the Long Island coast.
Grid Solutions and BOND Civil & Utility Construction will build onshore and offshore high-voltage electrical systems for Empire Offshore Wind 1, including the substation that will link the wind farm to New York’s power grid.”
GreyCastle Security moves to the Rensselaer Technology Park
“Following two of its biggest growth years ever, GreyCastle Security has moved into a new space that its CEO says will allow that trajectory to continue.
The cybersecurity company is relocating nearly 40 Capital Region employees from its offices at 500 Federal Street in Troy to a space at 185 Jordan Road in Rensselaer Technology Park in North Greenbush.”
Schumer delivers more than $22 million to Capital Region local projects
“Standing at the Blake Annex, Albany’s rapidly growing nonprofit hub, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer recently announced he secured more than $22 million for the Capital Region through the bipartisan omnibus spending package for Fiscal Year 2022 to support cutting-edge research and dozens of community-led projects. Schumer revealed three major, long-held community priorities that would benefit from the federal funding he has delivered.”
