The Mid-Hudson Valley was one of the biggest winners Tuesday in New York state’s annual announcement of regional economic development funding.
A total of $87.1 million was awarded to 122 projects in the Mid-Hudson Region, comprising Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Rockland and Westchester counties.
Among the state’s 10 economic regions, only Central New York, with $88.2 million in funding, got more money.
Statewide, more than 1,000 companies, start-ups and community projects will share more than $763 million in economic development funding.
The money is part of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s regional economic development initiative. It seeks to use targeted funding to leverage the economic strengths of each of the 10 regions. This is the program’s eighth year and has awarded a total of more than $6 billion.
“By empowering the people who know their communities best, we have transformed the state’s economic development strategy into one that is not only successful, but is built to last,” Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday at the funding announcement event.
Among funding announced for Mid-Hudson projects:
• $1.2 million for parking lot improvements in Midtown Kingston.
• $1.2 million for the planned Wildberry Lodge and Spa in New Paltz.
• $800,000 for the expansion of the Bread Alone bakery in Lake Katrine.
• $750,000 for sewer line improvements in the town of Wawarsing.
• $604,000 for the expansion of Ametek/Rotron in Woodstock.
• $600,000 for Kingston sewer improvements.
• $430,000 for the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s Rondout Riverport undertaking in Kingston.
• $343,000 for shoreline stabilization work in Tivoli.
• $339,334 for RUPCO’s Metro/Stockade Works development in Kingston.
• $300,000 for Bard College for restoration work at Montgomery Place.
• $200,000 for improvements at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Sullivan County.
• $100,000 for lighting improvements on the Walkway Over the Hudson.
Greene and Columbia counties are included in the economic development program’s Capital Region. Among funding awards in those counties were $100,000 for waterfront revitalization in the village of Coxsackie and $263,736 for a pump station/sewer overflow project in the city of Hudson.
The statewide list of projects that were awarded funding can be viewed at bit.ly/2ClOBF8. The Mid-Hudson section starts on page 93.