Conor Eckert News Today

The nonprofit that has driven Orange County’s high-value business growth for decades now sets its eyes on the ...

The Planning Board for the Town of Wawayanda in Orange County has decided that a plan to build a logistics center warehouse project does not need an intensive environmental study that would involve preparation of draft and final environmental impact statements. The board issued a negative declaration of environmental impacts for the Slate Hill Commerce […]

Last month, the Orange County Partnership economic development agency announced the launch of the Site Inventory Program (SIP). The venture is intended to produce “thousands of new jobs in industries ...

Last month, the Orange County Partnership economic development agency announced the launch of the Site Inventory Program (SIP). The venture is intended to produce “thousands of new jobs in industries ...

By John Camera Orange County PUBLISHED 10:19 AM ET Jan. 21, 2021 PUBLISHED January 21, 2021 @10:19 AM SHARE State Senator James Skoufis is fired up about the Town of Montgomery Industrial Development Agency, or IDA, and its role in the building of a new Amazon warehouse. “If our taxpayers are subsidizing your project, you better damn [well] b...

TOWN OF MONTGOMERY – Town of Montgomery leaders recently released new economic policy updates, striving to listen more to residents and attract development beyond increasingly common warehouses. The changes came in the form of a new Uniform Tax Exemption Policy or UTEP for the Montgomery Industrial Development Agency. IDAs are independent, nonprofit public benefit corporations, representing municipalities and counties – Montgomery’s IDA members are appointed the town board – throughout...