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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 1593378, member: 41"] [MEDIA=twitter]674991524426473473[/MEDIA] The Central New York region will receive $500 over five years — doled out in roughly equal installments of $100 million a year — to help fund development projects and programs designed to generate long-term job growth. In its [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/business-news/index.ssf/2015/10/central_new_york_makes_its_case_for_500_million_in_state_economic_aid_1.html']87-page proposal "CNY Rising From The Ground,"[/URL] the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council said it would use the money to assist projects that align with significant market opportunities and address persistent challenges. It identified what it said were six "signature" investments that would create nearly 6,000 jobs over five years: • A research and development center for [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/business-news/index.ssf/2015/10/drones_a_big_part_of_cnys_pitch_for_500_million_in_state_aid.html']unmanned aerial and ground systems[/URL], with special emphasis on the development of systems that will allow unmanned aerial vehicles to safely fly in the nation's commercial airspace. • The development of indoor farms, also known as controlled environment agriculture, and aseptic packaging facilities. One proposed facility would be a 100-acre, [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/business-news/index.ssf/2015/09/100-acre_indoor_farm_in_syracuse_suburb_could_create_1200_jobs.html']$66.5 million indoor farm[/URL] at White Pine Commerce Park in Clay. • A global manufacturing and logistics hub, also known as an inland port, at an abandoned quarry near Jamesville. The 225-acre facility would cost $100 million to develop and create approximately 2,000 jobs when fully built, according to the council. • A national veterans resource complex that would leverage the services of Syracuse University's [URL='http://vets.syr.edu/']Institute for Veterans and Military Families[/URL] and position the area as a national leader for veterans affairs, offering education, job training and other services. • [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/500m_makeover_plan_for_cny_hints_at_merging_syracuse_onondaga_county.html']Consolidation and modernization of local governments[/URL] to lower the cost of municipal services and better position Central New York to compete in the 21st century. • Programs to fight poverty, including strategies to align worker skills with the needs of employers. [/QUOTE]

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