It’s go time for the Broome County Industrial Development Agency as it looks to begin the public engagement process for the proposed Broome Technology Park. Last Wednesday, The Agency announced that it has been selected as the lead agency by the DEC to conduct the State Environmental Quality Review, or SEQR, process. With that, The Agency says it’s ready to begin a collaborative and multi-step process to explore the parameters of the project. The Agency says the park would create new jobs, a larger tax base, attract newcomers to our area and provide economic sustainability for decades. The SEQR involves [...]

The Broome County Industrial Development Agency today announced that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has designated the IDA as the Lead Agency for a New York State Environmental Quality Review (SEQRA) environmental impact assessment of the proposed Broome Technology Park spanning the towns of Maine and Union. The ruling allows the IDA to begin a comprehensive, multi-step process for developing a Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) analyzing the potential environmental impacts of a proposed sustainably designed technology park on approximately 526-acres. The GEIS will analyze potential impacts to the environment on and surrounding the site — such [...]

Broome County’s abundance of peaks and valleys make it one of the Southern Tier region’s pillars of natural beauty. This geography, however, makes it challenging to develop large tracts of land for economic development.   For decades, Broome’s site development needs were supported by the 600-acre Broome Corporate Park in the Town of Conklin. With initial construction beginning in 1984, the Broome Corporate Park is home to national companies such as Dick’s Sporting Goods Distribution Center, Amazon, Trivium Packaging, Lineage Logistics, and Universal Instruments Corporation. As of today, there is only about 50-acres remaining which is across several tracts of [...]