Westchester County Association Announces Westchester Biotech Project for Researchers

APR 20, 2017 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HEALTHCARE REFORM, INT'L BUSINESS, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS | 0 COMMENTS

Consortium to Create Opportunities for Knowledge-Sharing and Collaboration

The Westchester County Association (WCA) announced today its Community Partnership with the Westchester Biotech Project (WBP), a consortium dedicated to stimulating knowledge-sharing and collaboration among researchers, engineers, and data scientists from companies and institutions across the region. Ongoing programs will launch this spring, leading to the Innovation in Research Symposium on October 26 at New York Medical College.

WCA Announces Steering Committee to Bring Gigabit-Speed Broadband to Westchester County

MAR 21, 2017 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, INT'L BUSINESS, REAL ESTATE, REGULATORY ISSUES, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS | 0 COMMENTS

Core Members Comprised of Major Corporate, Community, and Municipal Leaders; More to Be Added

A new Steering Committee for the Westchester County Association’s Smart Growth for Gigabit initiative was announced today by William M. Mooney, Jr., President and CEO of the Westchester County Association.

The Committee will oversee bringing gigabit-speed broadband to Westchester, beginning with its four largest cities, by giving guidance to the effort, as well as raising seed funding to pave the way for this needed infrastructure.

The committee is comprised of “some of the most informed, respected, and enterprising individuals in our midst,” Mr. Mooney said in his announcement. Mr. Mooney said that the Committee held its first meeting and anticipates that in May, an RFP for a national consultant to assess the county’s current infrastructure, market realities, and help determine the best course of action to bring gigabit broadband into the county will be issued.

WCA Breakfast with County Executive: Fireworks from Astorino; Fantastic News from Smart Growth Panel

JAN 13, 2017 | COUNTY GOV'T, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, NYS GOV'T, REAL ESTATE, TRANSPORTATION, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS | 0 COMMENTS

Westchester Is Going from Recovery Mode to Real Growth

The gloves were off at the WCA’s annual Breakfast with the County Executive when Westchester County Executive Rob Astorio took on what he described as the “fake news coming out of Albany.” But all was not contentious; the Smart Growth panel that followed Astorino’s State-of-the-County address, projected an optimistic picture of growth for Westchester in 2017. Here are the highlights:

Networking Reception

Blair Levin, Architect of U.S. National Broadband Plan, Offers Advice to WCA and Four Westchester Cities Planning Gigabit Internet

NOV 11, 2016 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, REAL ESTATE, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS | 0 COMMENTS

“By taking the steps you have, you are at the forefront of all communities in delivering affordable, abundant bandwidth for your enterprises and residents.”

(White Plains, NY....November 10, 2016)... Blair Levin, the nation’s foremost authority on broadband, spoke at a luncheon in Westchester County today, and painted a bright picture of what the county will gain from the gigabit broadband initiative recently launched by the Westchester County Association (WCA), the county’s preeminent business association, and four of the county’s cities. Levin is a voluntary advisor for the WCA’s Smart Growth Gigabit Broadband project.