News Archive

Food Corridor to Grow in Ulster

February 11, 2010

A new initiative aided with federal funding and local produce is seeking to bring farm fare from the Hudson Valley to the markets and tables of the Big Apple. A cold storage facility in Ellenville and a new food packaging and shipping facility at Tech City in Kingston are the bookends of the "food corridor" stretching along state Route 209 in Ulster County that is being coordinated with the aid of the Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Corp. (HVADC) ...

http://www.westfaironline.com/component/zine/article/7013-food-corridor-to-grow-in-ulster.html

Hinchey Visits Tech City, Funds Agribusiness Corridor

February 11, 2010

Congressman Maurice Hinchey visited Tech City on Friday, February 5, to talk about $350,000 in federal seed money that's being planted into the region's agricultural business industry ...

http://www.ellenvillejournal.com/2010/02/11/news/1002112.html

TechCity gets new Vice President of Gov't Affairs

February 10, 2010

John H. Cerveny, an executive with a strong track record of advocacy and business development in the renewable energy field, has been appointed vice president for government affairs at TechCity ...

John H Cerveny hired as vice president for government affairs

February 09, 2010

John H. Cerveny, previously founder and president of New Energy Resources, LLC, an Albany consulting firm, was named vice president for government affairs at TechCity ...

Agribusiness group will use TechCity space

February 07, 2010

The kitchen, which formerly helped keep IBMers productive at work, will become a center of activity for the Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corp., and to help producers, primarily along the U.S. Route 209 corridor between Kingston and Ellenville, to get their products to market.

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/02/07/news/doc4b6e60b54e45d593613244.txt

Plan aims to market food grown in Ulster

February 06, 2010

Agribusiness officials are hatching a plan to package and deliver more of Ulster County's farm products to big consumer markets, including New York City. That effort received a boost Friday when Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, announced a $350,000 federal grant to help establish a "food corridor" along Route 209. Towns in that corridor — stretching from Ellenville to Kingston — encompass 58 farms, orchards and other agricultural businesses.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100206/NEWS/2060323

AgriBusiness gets boost at Tech City

February 05, 2010

The former IBM facility here built mainframe computers, but its workers were still fed 7,500 meals-a-day. Now the facility, known as Tech City, has been recruiting tenants for many years to fill the space, whether it's for a call center to order electrical parts or for the manufacture of solar energy components ...

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2010/February/05/AgriBus_TechCity-05Feb10.htm

Solar tech firms get federal boost; Products find uses in military

December 23, 2009

Rep. Maurice Hinchey announced Monday that the House and Senate have approved $2.8 million for the consortium partners in the 2010 defense appropriations bill, which President Barack Obama is expected to sign. Hinchey announced the funding at Tech City, the former IBM site in the Town of Ulster that is now home to a number of solar and renewable energy companies, among others...

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091222/NEWS/912220313/-1/COMM0306

$2.8M military contract benefits Ulster solar firm

December 22, 2009

The funding was announced by U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey during a press conference at TechCity, where a 40,000-square-foot manufacturing facility is being constructed for Saugerties-based Precision Flow Technologies...

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2009/12/22/news/doc4b302ee0207d2814585349.txt

Business, government reps talk strategy

November 02, 2009

The Hudson Valley Green Real Estate Development Conference at TechCity on Wednesday drew about 200 participants who discussed how to work with local officials to attract new businesses and technology jobs to the region.

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2009/10/29/news/doc4ae9179f0fb82421331621.txt