Hudson Valley counties get $93M to boost economic development
Photo credit: Daniel Goodrich | Marist College is awarded $3 million for the formation of a New York State Cloud Computing and Analystics Center designed to provide tech support to local firms and train potential workers in Poughkeepsie. (Dec. 17, 2011)
Hudson Valley communities have won $92.8 million in state awards to develop 84 projects that promise to boost the region's economy and create more jobs.
"We are going to bring New York to a level that it's never been," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a Wednesday morning awards ceremony in Albany.
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