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Local group pitches county-funded “one-stop” economic development hub
Summary
A presenter asked Cayuga County legislators to fund a centralized office, phone system and website to serve as a single point of contact for multiple local economic development organizations, and requested roughly $56,500 for start-up costs plus reimbursement of a prior $12,500 payment to the SBDC.
A presenter asked the Cayuga County Legislature to consider funding a centralized “one‑stop shop” for local economic development organizations that would provide a single contact point, shared office space and a virtual phone system.
The presenter, Andy, told legislators the partnership would be a looser collaborative of existing organizations and would include CCIDA, CCDC, the Chamber of Commerce, the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the county Soil and Water group, among others. "We've been working on the idea," Andy said. "What we'd like to accomplish this year is to set up a single contact point for economic development."
Andy outlined a plan for a shared physical office where staff from participating organizations could…
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