Sept. 15, 2009: Bellow Appointed
to Central Upstate Regional Alliance
Nancy J. Bellow, executive director of SUNY
Oswego’s Office of Business and Community Relations and board
president of Operation Oswego County (OOC), was recently appointed
as a member of the Central Upstate Regional Alliance, a 12-county
public/private consortium formed as a result of a regional strategy
to accelerate the transformation of Central New York to a technology-driven
economy.
The Central Upstate Regional Alliance is
comprised of individuals from a variety of economic development,
business and academic institutions across the Central New York region.
Participating counties include Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson,
Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, St. Lawrence, Seneca and
Tompkins. In addition to Bellow, representatives from Oswego County
include President and CEO of Pathfinder Bank Thomas Schneider and
OOC Executive Director L. Michael Treadwell.
The Alliance engages in several strategies
for achieving regional success including:
- Aggressively targeting middle-market
companies with high potential for expansion and supporting existing
industries;
- Optimizing key industry clusters;
- Creating, retaining, and attracting talent
in Central New York;
- Leveraging colleges and universities
as economic and community growth engines;
- Encouraging the creation and growth of
a stronger entrepreneurial culture; and
- Developing a broader regional consciousness.
As part of its mission to attract and retain
talent in Central New York, the Alliance provides a free job search
engine www.essentialnyjobs.com which identifies employment opportunities
in the 12-county region. In addition, the Alliance’s Project
ION connects more than 2,000 students with internships throughout
the region.
The Alliance also sponsors the $100,000 Emerging Business Competition,
the largest privately sponsored emerging business competition in
the country which fosters entrepreneurship, innovation, and small
business development.
Operation Oswego County is a private,
non-profit economic development organization that works to enhance
and protect the business climate of Oswego County. For more information,
call OOC at 343-1545 or visit www.oswegocounty.org.
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