Eight things you need to know about the impact of COVID-19 on Saratoga County's economy.
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8 @ 8 is a newsletter filled with eight things you need to know on topics related to the economy in Saratoga County, New York. You can expect to see 8 @ 8 in your inbox twice a month. If you have content you'd like us to share or have a topic you'd like to see more of, let us know and we'll work to include it in a future edition! - The Saratoga Partnership Team
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1. Saratoga Partnership's President Recognized as Woman of Influence by Saratoga Today
Saratoga TODAY Newspaper recently recognized Saratoga Partnership's President, Shelby Schneider as one of the 2020 Women of Influence in Saratoga County. Congratulations to all of the wonderful Saratoga women who were recognized including Rev. Kate Forer, June MacClelland, Molly McMaster Morgoslepov, Kathy McNeice, and Lisa Moser.
To find out more about these inspiring women, click here.
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2. Saratoga County Had Highest Volume of PPP Loans for Small Businesses in Capital Region
According to a recent study by the Center for Economic Growth (CEG), more than 13,000 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans were approved in the Capital Region between April 3 and June 30. Of those PPP loans, 83 percent were below $150,000 and 15 percent were between $150,000 and $1 million. The majority of loans were approved in Saratoga County (3,416) which also received the most loans under $150,000 (2,956). See the CEG analysis and how many PPP loans the other counties in the Capital Region received
here
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3. Interested In Getting Your GOOGLE IT Certificate, SUNY Adirondack Has Your Answer
SUNY Adirondack’s Office of Continuing Education invites individuals interested in a career in IT to register for the Google IT Support Professional Certificate Program in Fall 2020. This 5-course certificate program, developed by Google, includes an innovative curriculum designed to prepare you for an entry-level role in IT support and for additional industry certifications. A job in IT can mean in-person or remote help desk work in a small business or at a global company like Google.
View more details here
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4. Semiconductor Industry Incentive Package Passed by U.S. Senate
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Women-Owned Small Business Federal and New York State Certification Webinar
Did you know the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contracting certification process is changing and the new certification will be REQUIRED as of October 15, 2020? Becoming certified for the WOSB program means your business is eligible to compete for WOSB Federal Contracting Program set-aside contracts. The U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Syracuse District and SCORE are presenting a webinar on SBA's WOSB and New York State's Women-Owned Enterprise (WBE) certification programs.
Register here for the webinar being hosted on Thursday, August 6, 2020, from 10:00 am to noon.
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Enhanced Federal Unemployment Is Set To Expire This Week - Is it a Poverty Remedy or Job Slayer?
This week, enhanced federal unemployment benefits are set to expire. The CARES act gave unemployed individuals an additional $600 per week in addition to their standard UI benefit during the pandemic. Some argue that the extra $600 per week deterred people from returning to work, since some workers received more money with the enhanced UI than they earned at their previous jobs. New legislation being considered could reduce the enhanced UI and eliminate this disincentive to return to work. The payment now also makes up about 15% of the entire nation's wages and is fueling a portion of the U.S. economy — because unemployed people are spending more than they did before the pandemic, while those who have jobs are spending less. So did it work? Read more from
NPR
and
Forbes
.
JP Morgan and Chase Institute also studied
the consumption of benefit recipients during the pandemic
and what the potential expiration of the $600 supplement to UI benefits could mean for the economy as a whole.
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Will COVID-19 Hasten a Trend Towards Regional Supply Chains and Nearshoring?
The disruption associated with Covid-19 brought the resilience of manufacturing supply chains into sharp relief. China has long played a dominant role in global manufacturing, but rising labor costs, the US-China trade war, and most recently, COVID-19, has led to a reassessment of increasingly stretched global supply chains. Calls are growing to bring supply chains and manufacturing closer to final destination markets. What does this mean for global trade flows, and what are the real estate implications?
Will COVID-19 hasten a trend towards
regional supply chains and nearshoring
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New York to Invest $750 Million to Expand Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure
Governor Cuomo announced that New York will allocate $750 million to build charging stations and other electric-vehicle infrastructure as part of the state's long-term goal to reduce emissions. The measure is set to create more than 50,000 charging stations and will largely be funded by the state's investor-owned utility companies, with the total budget capped at $701 million through 2025. An additional $48.8 million is allocated from a 2017 settlement with German carmaker Volkswagen Group over its diesel emissions cheating scandal to fund electric school and transit buses, as well as charging stations.
Click here to read more.
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The Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership leads a host of critical economic and workforce development initiatives across the public and private sectors, driving economic success for residents, businesses and government in Saratoga County, New York. The Saratoga Partnership provides a point of contact for business retention and expansion, enabling a seamless delivery of programs and services for businesses seeking to grow, and spearheads semiconductor industry marketing and attraction, global trade assistance, community economic development, and data collection and planning. For more, visit us at
saratogapartnership.org
and on
Twitter
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Facebook
and
LinkedIn
. The Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership is a member of the Saratoga County Economic Development Alliance, which includes the Saratoga Economic Development Corporation.
The Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership is a member of the Saratoga County Economic Development Alliance, which includes the Saratoga Economic Development Corporation.
saratogapartnership.org | 518.871.1887
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