Updated 06-20-2008 - Business Council hot line. Links That May Help You With Your New Company Concept and Why We Need More New Businesses in Upstate NY.
Many more links will be added shortly:
The following statement is from The Public Policy Institute of New York State, Inc. If you want to see how well or poor your county is ranked click on the link 5 paragraphs below. We think you will be shocked at the rating Upstate NY has. Go to page two of this link.
"Fully half of the 62 counties in New York State trail the nation in all five core measures of long-term economic growth included in The Business Council's new Economic Growth Index. New York State as a whole trails the nation in four of the five categories, giving it a grade of D on the new index.
The Council's new Economic Growth Index ranks the five boroughs of New York City, the state's 57 other counties and all 50 states according to their growth rate in five key areas between 1995 and 2005: jobs; average wage per job; total personal income; per-capita personal income; and population. The data used in the index come from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and were compiled by The Business Council's research affiliate, the Public Policy Institute.
Each state's growth in those areas was compared to the national average. States that matched or exceeded the nation's growth in all five categories received a grade of A+. States that matched or exceeded the nation's growth in four, three, two, or one category were graded A, B, C, and D, respectively. States that trailed the nation's rate of growth in all five categories were graded F.
New York earned a grade of D because its 10-year rate of growth matched or exceeded the national average in only one of the five categories, average wage per job. (The complete Economic Growth Index, with the rankings of all 50 states and all 62 New York State counties, is appended. The complete Economic Growth Index is also available as a four-page PDF file at " Click on it and see where your county ranks in relation to the rest of New York.
http://www.entrepreneurship.gov/
" Incubating Success " is an article from Success Magazine
Published: October 2007
Michael V. Franchell explains the details of an "economic development engine" and how it can utilize local innovators to help grow our economy.
This is one the first published article and our concept has grown from this intiial publication. This article is helpful for you to understand our approach. If you have trouble opening this web site just copy it and put it in the address bar of your internet explorer.
www.successmagazineltd.com/200710/franchell.html
Valley Artisan Market Web Site Cambridge, NY
www.valleyartisansmarket.com
Business Council hot line for small firms is 866-997-7270. They will answer New York small business questions about law, labor regulations or economic development benefits.