Finger Lakes
Next Regional Council Meeting
TBD
2012 Progress Report
FINGER LAKESREGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council Reports its Progress to the Strategic Implementation Assessment Team
Interagency Work Plan
Aligning State Programs with Regional Council PrioritiesRead the DRAFT 6/08/2012
Final Strategic Plan
Accelerating Our TransformationFinger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council
Read the Strategic Plan | Media Release 11/14/2011
The Finger Lakes REDC
Named for the 11 long, narrow lakes through the southern counties, the Finger Lakes also includes the City of Rochester, the third largest city in New York State. In 2010 Forbes rated Rochester as the 3rd best place to raise a family.
Rochester is an international center of higher education, medical and technological development, with acclaimed universities such as the University of Rochester and the Rochester Institute of Technology as well as major corporations such as Xerox, Kodak and Bausch & Lomb. Outside the Rochester area, agriculture (especially dairy farming) is an important economic driver.
The Finger Lakes, besides being a popular tourist destination, is also New York's largest wine-producing region with more than 100 wineries and vineyards.
Vision for Accelerating our Transformation
The Finger Lakes region will accelerate its transformation to a diverse, knowledge-based economy by building on strengths that include renewable natural resources, a talented and highly educated workforce, a historic commitment to innovation and philanthropy, leadership as the state's top agricultural region, international recognition as a center for optics and photonics, and national leadership in per capita intellectual property and degrees in higher education. We will expand a successful history of collaboration between public and private institutions to optimize our region's performance in advanced manufacturing, the arts, tourism, and basic and applied research in medicine, science, engineering, and technology. Through these efforts, we seek to become a national leader in innovation and commercialization with the long-term goals of increasing job creation at a rate that exceeds national levels and enhancing the region's quality of life to attract and retain business and our citizens.
Implementation of our Regional Strategies
- Results from our 2012 Public Forums [ Read more ]
Public and Stakeholder Input
Regional Strengths, Critical Issues, and Opportunities for Economic Growth- Results from our 2011 Public Forums [ Read more ]
The New York Finger Lakes Region In Depth
Get more expansive regional data on New York's Finger Lakes Region below:
- Natural Resources, Water, Topography, etc.
- Transportation Infrastructure
- Utility/Energy Infrastructure
- Real Estate: Housing and Commercial Space
- Culture and Tourism; Quality of Life
- Finger lakes State Parks Snapshot
- Economic Impact of Tourism in NY State & Regions 2009
- Economic Impact of Visitor Spending NYS Counties
- New York State Hospitals by Empire State Development Regions
- Nursing Homes by Region and Bed Count
- OPRHP 2010 State Council Annual Report
- OPRHP Statewide Capital Needs List
- Regions and Maps
- Globalization
- Changing Demographics
- Education System
- Workforce
- Union Stats
- Welcome To Your Region
- NYS Green Jobs Survey Finding #1: Prevalence
- NYS Green Jobs Survey Finding #2: Green Employment
- NYS Green Jobs Survey Finding #3: Green Expectations
- NYS Green Jobs Survey Finding #4: Green Credentials Preferred by Green Employers
- NYS Green Jobs Survey Finding #5a:Common Green Occupations
- NYS Green Jobs Survey: Appendices A & B
- Industry Structure and Concentration
- Governance - Accountability, Overlapping Layers, Local Government
- Statewide Business Costs and Tax Structure
- Cost of Doing Business & Cost of Living
- Income Distribution by NYAGI of Full-Year Residents by Region
- Property Tax Levies by ESD Region 2009 - 2010
- Property Tax Levies by ESD Region 2009
- Property Tax Levies by ESD Region 04-05
- Property Tax Levies by ESD Region 2004
- Property Tax Levies by ESD Region 99-00
- Property Tax Levies by ESD Region 1999
- Handbook of New York State and Local Taxes October 2010
- Employer's Guide toUnemployment Insurance,Wage Reporting,and Withholding Tax
- New York State Tax Guide for New Businesses
- Taxable Sales for ESD
- State Tax Comparisons
- Summary of Utilization of Major Business-Related Property Tax Exemptions
- Entrepreneurialism, Innovation and Risk Taking
