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(OOC), National Grid, and Empire State Development, rail rehabilitation for existing tracks at the East Terminal, are marketing the park, with a focus on agri-business, concrete paving between the barrel building and storage including the dairy, food processing, and bottling/bever- domes, construction of a new maintenance facility, and age industries. In addition to affordable green energy, construction of new bulk storage facilities. RBP offers access to the CSX rail sysWhy do businesses choose to locate tem, interstate highways, and the deep and grow in Oswego County? The water Port of Oswego. Total investment availability of attractive, low-cost at RPB could approach $1 billion, and financing options through the county 1,000 new full-time jobs are expected. of Oswego Industrial Development The Port of Oswego is the first U.S. Agency, SBA 504 loans, and Empire port of call on Lake Ontario and the Blades for a wind turbine being delivered at State Development programs are a start. Great Lakes, from the Atlantic and the New York’s Port of Oswego The county also provides companies St. Lawrence Seaway, and it processes Northeast Biofuels at access to a skilled labor pool of 60,000 over 500,000 tons of cargo yearly. In Riverview Business Park in people, with workforce training funds Oswego County, NY 2007, the port completed several available through the Oswego County expansion projects including a $1.1 Workforce Development Board and the million reconstruction of a barrel state of New York. building for bulk storage and a Oswego County is powered by three $175,000 rehabilitation of the West nuclear power plants, 10 hydroelectric Wharf for salt storage; it also secured plants, and four natural gas and fossil two new companies, Cargill and Perdue. fuel power plants, with an installed capacity of over In order to meet future needs of the international 5,500 megawatts of power. The county’s Public Utility trade industry and increase revenue for the port, several Service is offering businesses low-cost power every year more expansion projects will be implemented, including until 2010, and Entergy Nuclear Northeast has created a SYRACUSE. THE CRADLE OF INVENTION. THE CROSSROADS OF INNOVATION. #0702 at www.BusinessFacilities.com #0708 at www.BusinessFacilities.com 38 APRIL 2008 A S P E C I A L A D V E RT I S I N G S E C T I O N O F B U S I N E S S FA C I L I T I E S PHOTO CREDIT: OPERATION OSWEGO COUNTY World-changing breakthroughs were developed in Syracuse. And today we support leading-edge technology. I Be part of a place where companies and ideas come to grow, and change the world. I Call Greg Hitchin, Syracuse Economic Growth Council, (877) 797-8222, or visit SyracuseCentral.com today. http://SyracuseCentral.com http://SyracuseCentral.com http://www.BusinessFacilities.com http://www.BusinessFacilities.com

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