Feb. 25, 2009: Local Businesses,
Community Members Support Economic Development
By L. Michael Treadwell, CEcD, Executive Director, Operation
Oswego County
During 2008, Operation Oswego County (OOC)
helped to provide financial assistance for projects that when fully
implemented, will invest over $120 million in Oswego County, and
will create and/or retain more than 800 jobs. This success would
not have been possible without the partnership of the business sector
through our annual fund drive campaign.
Each year, OOC asks local business to invest
in the future of Oswego County and help us continue to provide critical
economic development services to our community by contributing to
the fund drive. The annual appeal to business and industry supporters
and others throughout the county for financial support has provided
OOC with supplemental promotional funding in recent years.
I commend the efforts of OOC’s Marketing
and Development Committee members who plan and implement the fund
drive each year. Those members include Chairman Michael Pollock,
Fulton Savings Bank; Vice Chairman Jonathan Daniels, Port of Oswego
Authority; Barbara Bateman, Alliance Bank; Ron Darrow; Kerry Dorsey,
SUNY Oswego; Ann Gilpin, Oswego Health; Daniel Murphy, National
Grid; Joseph Solazzo, Laborer’s International Union, Local
214; Gary Toth, Carpenter's Local 747; and David Turner, Oswego
County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning.
I would like to sincerely thank the following
businesses and individuals, as their contributions to the fund drive
will directly impact economic growth in Oswego County this year.
Once again, Novelis was the “Top
Economic Development Booster” for the fund drive
with their contribution of $10,000.
Included in the next category of “Corporate
Boosters” were Alliance Bank, Biospherix Ltd., Caraccioli
& Nelson, PLLC, Eastern Shore Associates, Entergy Nuclear Northeast,
Fulton Savings Bank, Hiscock & Barclay, NRG Energy, Inc., Pathfinder
Bank and Wiltsie Construction, each contributing from $1,000 to
$3,000.
Other supporters of the annual fund drive
include:
“Business Boosters” contributing
between $500 and $999 were Broadwell Development, C&S Engineers
Inc., Paul A. Castaldo, Inc., Community Bank, N.A., Felix Schoeller
Technical Papers, The Fulton Companies, Fulton Tool Co. Inc., Huhtamaki
Packaging, Industrial Precision Products, Inc., Oswego County Federal
Credit Union, Riccelli Enterprises, Inc., Syracuse Supply 2SQ and
West Seneca, LLC.
“Associate Boosters:”
contributing between $100 and $499 included Jack B. Alter, CPA,
Nancy Bellow, C&C Metal Fabrications Inc., Steve Chirello Advertising,
Construction & General Laborers, Local 633, DeWald Roofing,
DKR Investments, Kerry Dorsey, Ann Gilpin, Hannibal Village Market,
Local Union 43 IBEW, Majestic Mold & Tool, Mirabito Development
Inc., Morabito Auto Parts, Doren P. Norfleet, Esq., Oswego County
Business Magazine, Oswego Valley Insurance Agencies, Charles Rock
Associates, Millard S. Sullivan, Vickery Insurance and Winter Harbor
Marina.
Additional contributors included Joseph and
Muriel Allerton, Compass Federal Credit Union, Richard Fiese DMD,
Arthur E. Jones, Paul Kurtzman, Lou Pettinelli and Corte Spencer.
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