Senator  Bonacic, a voting member and Senate representative to the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council, attended the Council’s working meeting today, at Putnam County Golf Course in Mahopac, NY. The focus of the meeting dealt with the Upstate Revitalization Initiative (URI), a program implemented by NY which would award $500 million to three upstate economic development regions, and centered around strategies that the Council could undertake to ensure that they are well positioned to receive that funding.

Pictured from L-R are, Maureen Halahan, President and CEO of the Orange County Partnership, Jim Taylor, President and CEO of Taylor Biomass LLC, Ron Hicks Deputy Commissioner of Strategic Planning and Economic Development in Dutchess County, Senator Bonacic, and Bruce Walker, Deputy County Executive of Putnam County. In the foreground is Meghan Taylor, Executive Director of the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council.