Projects, Communities, + People in the News

New York Power Authority trustees will be asked to approve a recommendation to award $1.5 million to the Vecino Group for the creation of an innovation center in the Midtown Plaza to assist business entrepreneurs. | See more at NNY360.

As construction of Onondaga County’s $100 million aquarium continues, local officials are starting to roll out some economic partnerships that will be created once the state-of-the-art aquarium opens next year. The first involves central New York’s film industry. | Read more at WRVO.

NYSEG is investing over $8 million to upgrade the Cobble Hill Substation. The upgrades will improve reliability, resilience, and capacity for more than 3,700 customers in the Towns of Boston, Colden, East Concord, and Glenwood. | See the story through WGRZ.

Ground was broken at Pier 6 at MADE Bush Terminal. According to the NYCEDC, the pier’s renovation and $25 million investment include plans to protect it from further waterfront breakdown, incorporate public green spaces, celebrate industrial history, and improve waterfront access. | The Brooklyn Reporter has more on the project.

Binghamton has received a $75,000 Empire State Development grant to redevelop the Binghamton Plaza. The grant will be used to create a redevelopment road map to find the best use for the plaza after the demolition of existing structures. | Press Connects has more here.

Site work has begun on a $22.5 million apartment development in Kings Park. The developers recently received an inducement resolution for a financial assistance package from the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency. | Read more on Long Island Business News.

A Central New York drone startup and another with ties to Syracuse University will compete for the $1 million grand prize awarded by the Genius NY business accelerator for the uncrewed systems industry. | Syracuse.com has more on the competition.

Years of warehouse development have positioned Orange County as a hub for logistics and light manufacturing. Now, county leaders are pushing toward a longer-term goal of attracting high-tech manufacturers and, potentially, chipmakers — a vision they traveled halfway across the world to pursue. | See the story on the Times Union.

The New York Power Authority is surveying communities throughout the state to gauge interest in nuclear facilities, a move officials say is the first step to bring more clean power to the grid. | Read more at North Country Now.