ROME, N.Y. — New York State has awarded funding to sites in Oneida, Oswego, and Broome counties under the Focused Attraction of Shovel-Ready Tracts New York (FAST NY) grant program.
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday announced a total $51 million in funding during a meeting of the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council at the Rome campus of Mohawk Valley Community College.
FAST NY is designed to prepare and develop sites across the state to jumpstart New York’s shovel-readiness and increase its attractiveness to large employers and high-tech manufacturing companies.
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The program, administered by Empire State Development, helps to diversify New York State’s economy by supporting site improvements that encourage new investments to grow businesses and create jobs, per the announcement.
Since its inception, FAST NY has awarded more than $283 million to 34 sites located throughout Upstate New York. Hochul secured an additional $100 million in the current state budget to expand the FAST NY program, her office noted.
Triangle site in Rome
The state awarded Oneida County more than $32 million for roadway improvements, water, sewer, and gas-capacity improvements, and general site work at the Triangle site, located at Griffiss International Airport on the Griffiss Business & Technology Park Steven J. DiMeo Campus in Rome.
The grant will support utility extensions to the site perimeter for future connections, building on a previous FAST NY grant award with enhanced capacity and redundancy at both the original Triangle Site as well as the adjacent 160-acre Mohawk Glen parcel. These upgrades will allow the site to accommodate Chobani, as well as future development for another 160 shovel-ready acres for further development, Hochul’s office said.
L. Michael Treadwell Oswego County Industrial Park
The Oswego County Industrial Development Agency will use an $8.1 million grant for work at the L. Michael Treadwell Oswego County Industrial Park in the town of Schroeppel. The effort will include roadway improvements, water and sewer-capacity improvements, power and gas-capacity improvements, and telecommunications service extensions.
The grant will support road extensions, construction of a new electrical substation and extension of associated power, and extension of all other utilities to the site. These improvements will provide 25 acres over four available sites, as well as 135 additional acres for development. Located eight miles from Micron, this will be a “premier location” for semiconductor supply chain businesses, Hochul’s office contends.
Broome Technology Park
The state awarded the Broome County Industrial Development Agency $500,000 for a pre-development project that expands the scope of work underway at the Broome Technology Park in the town of Union.
It will advance utility design, easements and alignments, and transportation access.
Work will also include a NYISO study, water and wastewater engineering, and design components for sustainability in energy, waste, and social aspects.
The project will create a 600-acre, “sustainability-focused,” corporate park designed to attract advanced industries, including power electronics, energy storage, semiconductor supply-chain companies, life sciences, and agricultural processing.
The state previously awarded the site a $500,000 FAST NY grant, and the scope of this project goes beyond that of the previous award, Hochul’s office noted.
