Economic development awards: Who’s getting money on the North Fork
The latest round of the New York Regional Economic Development Council awards were announced Wednesday and more than $4 million is coming directly to the North Fork.
A total of $715.9 million in state funds and tax credits were awarded to the 10 regional councils across New York. Long Island is receiving $83 million for a total of 98 projects, the most of any region in the state.
Nine of those projects are on the North Fork.
Below is a list of each of the local projects, the name of the applicant, the state’s description of the project and the amount awarded.
Projects are listed in descending order based on the total number of dollars received.
Town of Riverhead Community Development Agency
Project: EPCAL Sewer Treatment Upgrade
Funding: $1.34 million
Description: Upgrade of Calverton sewage treatment plant from secondary to tertiary treatment, which will provide both economic development and environmental benefits to this regionally significant project site with immediate potential for job creation benefit.
EBDK Research at Calverton
Project: CARE NY (Calverton Addiction Research and Education Research Center)
Funding: $1 million
Description: CARE NY (Calverton Addiction Research Education), a substance addiction Research Center and a separate Recovery Center, will construct an addiction research and education center at the Calverton Enterprise Park to complement an adjacent proposed treatment center.
Peconic Landing
Project: Special Needs and Acute Rehabilitation Center
Funding: $800,000
Description: This $44 million project is the expansion of dementia care and rehabilitation facility in Greenport.
Long Island Wine Council
Project: Access East End
Funding: $285,000
Description: This program is a multimodal transportation and marketing initiative to generate visitor traffic from the NY metro area, east coast, national and international source markets during off-season and midweek periods. By opening the East End of Long Island to new customers from the NY metro area and other east coast population centers, we expect that this program will draw thousands of new visitors to the region.
Skydive Long Island
Project: Altitude Express Indoor Skydiving Facility
Funding: $250,000
Description: Altitude Express Inc. will build an indoor skydiving attraction on Long Island which will operate year round. The company anticipates this attraction will draw another 50,000-100,000 visitors to the area annually.
East End Arts Humanities Council
Project: Long Island Winterfest
Funding: $162,000
Description: East End Arts is requesting grant funds to support an expanded marketing strategy and to hire a festival coordinator to support the implementation of a five-year strategic plan toward a goal of growth and sustainability of LIWinterfest: Live on the Vine, an award winning agricultural tourism program designed to generate tourism traffic to the East End of Long Island during the slowest months.
East End Arts Humanities Council
Project: Winterfest Expansion Project
Funding: $99,408
Description: East End Arts will expand marketing strategies and hire a festival coordinator to improve growth and sustainability of its LI Winterfest — an award winning agri-cultural tourism program. The six-week program of live music performances at wineries, theaters and area hotels, along with special promotions at restaurants, hotels, transportation companies and area businesses generates tourism traffic to East End of Long Island during the off-season months.
Sidor Farms
Project: Business Expansion
Funding: $50,000
Description: The Cutchogue company will expand its potato chip manufacturing operation and tour facility including a museum on the History of Long Island Potato Farming.
Ultra Motion
Project: Advanced Manufacturing Skills Program
Funding: $30,000
Description: Ultra Motion LLC of Cutchogue will train six workers in IPC (Institute for Printed Circuits) J-STD-001D Soldering Certification, computer-aided design, inventory control, and supply chain management.
