ROME, N.Y. — Oneida, Oswego, and Broome counties will use state funding to improve sites under the Focused Attraction of Shovel-Ready Tracts New York (FAST NY) grant program.
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Aug. 19 announced a total of $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
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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, 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 the future site of Micron Technology, Inc, (NASDAQ: MU) in the town of Clay, this will be a “premier location” for semiconductor supply chain businesses, Hochul’s office contends.
“With modern infrastructure and an accessible location, the site is well-positioned to support advanced manufacturing and the semiconductor industry,” Austin Wheelock, CEO of the Oswego County Industrial Development Agency (IDA), said in a separate announcement from Operation Oswego County. “This investment will transform the Oswego County Industrial Park into one of the most business-ready and strategically located sites in Central New York and all of New York State.”
This award builds on the $2.5 million in federal Economic Development Administration (EDA) public-works funding secured in 2024, along with $2.5 million in IDA funding, bringing the total investment in the project to more than $13 million.
Broome Technology Park
New York 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, per Hochul’s announcement.
In a separate announcement, the Agency said the study will analyze needed wastewater and power-infrastructure upgrades that would support economic development in Broome County, including the proposed Broome Technology Park. The engineering studies will focus on improving wastewater infrastructure along a key corridor near the Oakdale Commons and upgrading power capacity from NYSEG to power the Tech Park development.
Ensuring that infrastructure can meet future demand is “critical” to supporting new projects and the jobs and tax revenues they will bring to the community, the Agency said.
“This investment allows us to move from vision to action,” Stacey Duncan, executive director of the Broome County Industrial Development Agency and CEO of the Leadership Alliance, said in the Agency announcement. “Infrastructure capacity is the foundation of any development, from affordable housing to major manufacturing facilities. Our goal is to stay one step ahead of the needs of growing communities, clearing a pathway for new jobs, taxes and amenities that benefit all.”
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.
