July 6, 2007: “Spotlight on Our Economy” Monthly Column for The Palladium-Times
By L. Michael Treadwell, CEcD, Executive Director of Operation Oswego County

Oswego County Industrial Parks Critical to Business Attraction

The economic development assets associated with our industrial parks enable Oswego County to be competitive when attracting prospective businesses. Some of those assets include strategic locations near major highways, airports, railroads, deep water port, existing infrastructure, economic benefits and incentives, and diverse parcels and buildings for office, research and development, light industrial, distribution and manufacturing space.

Operation Oswego County (OOC), a private, non-profit organization working to enhance economic climate of Oswego County, developed and operates three industrial parks in Oswego County including the 182-acre Oswego County Industrial Park (OCIP) off of NYS Route 481 in the town of Schroeppel, the 57-acre Lake Ontario Industrial Park (LIOP) in the city of Oswego and the 170-acre Airport Industrial Park in the town of Volney.

OOC also works to promote development of privately owned industrial parks such as the Independence Industrial Park in the town of Scriba, the Rich Industrial Park in the town of Hastings and the Riverview Business Park in the town of Volney which is being marketed with an emphasis on renewable and innovative technologies. OOC is also involved with the continuing development of a 100-acre Minetto Canal Park at the former Columbia Mills Brownfield site in the town of Minetto.

Our industrial parks host a variety of businesses including Northland Filter and Great Lakes Veneer in the LOIP, National Grid and Canfield Machine and Tool in the Airport Industrial Park, and 2SQ Machine and Tool, Enders Racing Engines, Discovery Day Care Center, Oneida Molded Plastics, QMP Enterprises, Southern Graphics, Super Coil, Inc., the SUNY Oswego Institute for Professional and Organizational Development and Time Warner Cable in the OCIP. OOC also operates a business incubator facility within the OCIP which houses Fulton Machinery and My Pet Enterprises.

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