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Two of the region's major business advocacy groups, the Westchester County Association and the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation, plan to merge and focus on diversifying and strengthening the Hudson Valley economy, they announced Tuesday.

The Westchester County Association will merge with the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp., the leaders of the two business advocacy groups told the Business Journal in an interview Jan. 28. The Westchester County Association has represented businesses in the county since 1950, while the Poughkeepsie-based HVEDC, founded 2003, focuses its programs in Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Ulster, Dutchess and Sullivan counties, with some programming in Westchester as well.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (January 29, 2019) – The Boards of Directors of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation (HVEDC) and the Westchester County Association (WCA) today announced the intent to pursue a merger of the two organizations, creating a leading economic development and business advocacy organization in New York State. The new organization unites a shared strategic mission and vision of HVEDC and the WCA. It will build on their economic development strategies, which are designed to diversify and strengthen the Hudson Valley economy.