Projects, Communities, + People in the News

Milk-Bone is planning a $50 million expansion in Buffalo. The project will add 17 jobs and modernize the facility for increased production. The company is considering two other out-of-state locations for the line expansion. | Read about the expansion.

IMA Life is planning a $12.5 million expansion before its new Tonawanda facility is complete. The company is also returning to the Erie County Industrial Development Agency, hoping to secure tax incentives for the second phase of the project — and to get additional incentives for the phase that's nearing completion. | Read more at Buffalo Business First.

The Village of Malone will receive $10 million in funding as the North Country winner of the eighth round of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative, and the Hamlet of Keeseville and the Village of Gouverneur will each receive $4.5 million as the North Country winners of the third round of NY Forward. | The Adirondack Almanac has more.

Buckingham Properties, LLC, is seeking just over $1.5 million in incentives to refurbish an aging office building and create the new home in Rochester for Popli Design Group. The County of Monroe IDA is scheduled to discuss and vote on the application during Tuesday’s monthly meeting at City Place. | See more about the project here.

The board of the Albany County BDC authorized a $300,000 low-interest loan to Eckert in support of the purchase and related improvements. Eckert employs nearly two dozen workers from UA Local 7, a union for plumbers and steamfitters, and expects to hire another six tradespeople over the next three years. | The Albany Business Review has the story.

GlobalFoundries says it has already started an upgrade of its Fab 8 computer chip factory at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in the towns of Malta and Stillwater under the terms of its $1.5 billion CHIPS act grant. | Read more at the Times Union.

The St. Lawrence County Industrial Development Agency has taken over the former Kraft plant on Buck Street. The IDA plans to maintain the 100,000-square-foot complex on Buck Street to help attract businesses to the space. | WNYT has more.

Clarkson University announced that it has been awarded a nearly $900,000 three-year grant to train 16- to 24-year-olds to become home energy auditors and weatherization specialists in Northern New York. | See the story on North Country Now.

NYSERDA selected CleanCapital to construct a 12 MW solar project in the Adirondack Park area. It will be located on an underutilized portion of Benson Mines, an iron ore mining site in St. Lawrence County. NYSERDA worked with the Town of Clifton, the Clifton-Fine Central School District and the St. Lawrence County IDA to secure a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, injecting revenue into local communities. | Read more here.

The need for more housing on Long Island is dire, but state laws, a lack of public education, and trends in population and economics have blocked progress, housing experts said at the Real Estate Institute of Long Island’s spring luncheon. | The Long Island Press has more here.

Oswego County officials are celebrating the award of a new $26 million New York State grant aimed at expanding affordable fiber access to long-underserved rural communities in the northwestern part of the state, just north of Syracuse. | See the story on Community Networks here.

National Grid Partners committed $100 million to invest in AI startups that are advancing the future of energy. The funds will accelerate development of a more efficient, resilient and dynamic grid that supports economic growth, reduces customer costs, helps meet climate goals and ensures energy security. | Read more about the investment.

The village of Catskill will get $10 million in funding as the winners of the eighth round of DRI. The town and village of Greenwich along with the village of Athens will each get $4.5 million as a part of the third round of NY Forward. | Read more at News10 ABC.