To the People: As we enter the final days of 2018 it is now clear that our long-term economic future is looking very bright. Our unemployment is 3.4% given the latest available data, or 1.2% lower than this time last year. Sales tax revenues are significantly higher, allowing for the county to invest in correcting […]
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“For four generations Steingart Associates has been providing printing services from the same location in South Fallsburg. While my great grandfather, grandfather, and dad experienced the boom of the Borscht Belt, I joined the business as the decline started. “Still, when I started working fulltime in 1979 the hotels such as the Concord, Grossinger’s, Kutsher’s,
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To the People: What a difference a year makes! This timeless adage could not be more true in Sullivan County today. Just one year ago there was no Resorts World Catskills or YO1 Nature Cure. Also, Kartrite Indoor Water Park is now nearly completed, Entertainment Hotel is under construction, and the Eldred Preserve project, Hampton
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What exciting new developments are happening in and around the casino since its opening earlier this year? Since opening our doors earlier this year, we have opened most of our amenities that our integrated casino resort has to offer. In addition to our 332 all-suite hotel which features 27 premium accommodations, we have launched the
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The Distinguished Service Award is given each year by the Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development to a person who has shown extraordinary service to the county, and with more than 11 years under his belt, Sullivan County Manager Joshua Potosek is being honored this year for his dedication and hard work. Potosek was offered the
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Solar energy is an integral component of Governor Cuomo’s “Reforming the Energy Vision” initiative, which seeks to transform New York State’s energy economy by 2030, and Sullivan County is at the forefront of this transformation. In particular, Sullivan County is home to several Community Distributed Generation (CDG) projects, each in various stages of planning and
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Some of the greatest achievements in the world started with a simple thought and a small act of kindness. For this year’s Walter A. Rhulen Awardee – New York State Senator John Bonacic – kindness and helping people is something he always had in him. “When you come out of law school you just think about
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The Sullivan County Partnership believes in the importance of small businesses and how they are a fundamental part of the economy. Christopher Lockwood, Marketing Outreach Coordinator for the Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development, has been leading the small business division for the Partnership. Recently the Sullivan County Partnership partnered with Jeff Bank to assist
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Jimmy Smith will never forget how Advance Testing got started. Smith worked hard, first earning an associate’s degree from Alfred State College, followed by a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University. After college, he found a job working within a division of Yonkers Contracting, eventually working his way up to Chief Quality Control
County Manager Josh Potosek to be honored with Distinguished Service Award The Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development has announced that New York State Senator John J. Bonacic will be honored as its 2018 Walter A. Rhulen Award recipient at this year’s Annual Meeting on October 4 at The Sullivan Event Center in Rock Hill.
The Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development held its monthly meeting at the new White Lake Restaurant ‘Off the Hook’ and heard updates from Partnership President/CEO Marc Baez on the continued strong economic recovery in the county as well as updates from Deputy County Manager Dan Depew and the principals of Kartrite Hotel & Indoor
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Indicators underscore change is coming but be open to it To the People: Despite the prolonged winter and cool, wet spring, activity is now accelerating rapidly. The indicators are starting to reflect all of the investment, construction and job creation that is now occurring. Look at any indices in recent months and one can now
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To the People: With the impending growth that is clearly here now and for the foreseeable future, our ability to balance this growth while encouraging more will be the key to our economic success. Let there be no mistake, we are about to enter an era of growth in Sullivan County that we have not
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By Willow Baum The Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development recently welcomed six new Board members. Elected by a membership vote, new Directors include Abhay Jain, Kevin McLaren, Tammy Mangus, Larry Wolinsky, Michael Zalkin and John Brust. Re-elected to the Board of Directors members are John Conway and Gary Silver. Abhay Jain, 32 Project Manager
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To the People: Last year at this time construction activity was in full swing. From our signature projects to smaller construction and rehab efforts, much were a mere skeleton of what exists today. Both Resorts World Catskills and YO1 are entering the final phases of their developments and now, one can actually see the grandeur
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