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Lt. Governor Duffy Visits SyracuseCoE

Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy made a special visit to Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) February 3, 2011, during his time in Syracuse to present the 2011-2012 Executive Budget message.

On a guided tour by Executive Director Ed Bogucz and Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor, Lt. Governor Duffy was introduced to SyracuseCoE’s unique capabilities, partnerships and projects. “We are greatly honored that Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy chose our building as one of his stops in Syracuse,” says Ed Bogucz. “We are excited to promote the outstanding work being done in this region which has become an engine for the creation of jobs, and we look forward to a strong partnership with the new administration in Albany.”

Lt. Governor Duffy serves as chair of regional economic development for New York State, an effort to create a more regionally-based approach to allocating economic development funding and to act as one-stop shops for all State-supported economic development and business assistance programs in each region. Ed Bogucz, Chancellor Cantor and CenterState CEO Vice President Linda Hartsock focused on the extraordinary strengths of this region in the energy and environmental systems innovation cluster, as well as the strong partnerships already developed between research institutions and firms in Upstate and Downstate New York . Establishing connections among networks of New York’s assets, transforming the innovation process by integrating research and development, demonstration and deployment, economic development, as well as workforce and community training are among of the main objectives of SyracuseCoE.