Kingston, NY - Sign up now for UCDC's "What Is Economic Development?  Exploring the Toolbox," a FREE seminar on September 16th at SUNY Ulster from 7-9pm in the Jacob Hasbrouck Building in room HAS208.

Join town supervisors, planners, board members and the business community in an interactive session examining how economic development activities affect Ulster County’s quality of life.

Learn about:

• Why economic development matters
• The importance of business retention
• PILOT programs
• Ratables for your town
• New York’s new Excelsior program
• The Ulster County IDA
• Incentives and funding

The session will highlight programs and incentives used to attract new businesses to Ulster County...and more importantly....keep the ones we already have while helping them expand.

**Training credit is available for local planning and zoning board members, dependent on acceptance from your local governing body.**

Registration is free.  Call UCDC at (845) 338-8840 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  For a flyer with all the details including upcoming classes/events, please click the link below.

REVISED Fall class flyer (217.09 kB)

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Kingston - The Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce held their first ever "Mega Mixer" last week, which attracted more than 500 people to Kingston's historic waterfront district.

The Rondout has been a central commerce hub in Kingston for more than 400 years, even since Henry Hudson sailed what would become his namesake river and settlers discovered the Rondout Creek.  Its diverse industrial past has included bluestone , limestone, cement and other materials shipped through its port.  Today, the area is akin to "Brooklyn on the Hudson" with town homes, brownstones, cafes, shops, an organic market, restaurant and bars, and an eclectic art scene.

The mixer brought together Ulster County's business community.  The photo to the right is of, from left to right: Steve Finkle, Director, City of Kingston Economic Development Department; Tom Collins, Commercial Associates commercial realtors; Paul Rakov, UCDC Director of Business Development; Lisa Berger, Director of Marketing, UlsterCountyAlive.com; Joe Fitzgerald, realtor, caterer, board member of Kingston Farmers Market (Joe wears many hats!).

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MID-HUDSON – “U.S. News & World Report” “Tuesday announced its “2011 America’s Best Colleges Rankings."  The State University of New York at New Paltz is seventh among the best public universities in the North with master’s degree programs, according to the same report.

The College rose from eighth place last year. New Paltz was also ranked 33rd – up from 43rd in the 2010 list – among public and private universities in the North with master’s degree programs. Meanwhile, for the first time, Marist College in Poughkeepsie has been named one of the top 10 colleges and universities in the northern United States. Marist jumped five places in the annual survey, marking the 17th year consecutive year Marist was named to the top tier of academic institutions in its category. Marist was ranked 10th out of 172 colleges and universities in the northern United States that offer a full range of undergraduate and master’s degree programs.

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Kingston, NY - The Ulster County Tourism department has kicked its marketing efforts into high gear as evidenced by a TV commercial currently running during "Good Morning America," "Live with Regis and Kelly," and "The View."  Combined with print and radio ads, hits to the Ulster Tourism web site are up more than 40 percent.  View the new ad below.

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Kingston, NY - Want to know where there are 100+ solar technology jobs in Ulster County?  Find out at The Solar Energy Consortium's (TSEC) job fair August 13 from 9-3am at the Terrace Restaurant on the SUNY New Paltz campus.  Click the link below for the flyer with all the details!

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The following article appeared in the Poughkeepsie Journal this week.  The Solar Energy Consortium, referenced in the article, has its home base in Ulster County at the Tech City complex in the Town of Ulster.  That complex is home to Precision Flow Technologies, Hunter Panel, SolarTech Renewables, EarthKind Solar and other solar related businesses.  Solar is HOT in Ulster County!

New York solar companies work together, grow

by Craig Wolf

7/30/10

New York state is developing a serious cluster in the solar space, the head of The Solar Energy Consortium told the Dutchess County Economic Development Corp. Thursday.

After three years of trying and racking up a number of successes of new companies, new deals and new jobs, the players in this field are beginning to play in teamwork fashion with each other.

Vincent Cozzolino, co-CEO of the consortium, said the pace is picking up as some of the new companies have begun to work with each other, creating a synergy that is building upon itself. His nonprofit group facilitates and sometimes helps fund the location or growth of solar-oriented companies.

Most of the notable successes in job creation have been in the Hudson Valley, with several in Ulster County and some in Dutchess as well, Cozzolino said.