Business Resources

• AM&T (Alliance for Manufacturing & Technology)
  www.amt-mep.org/
  

  AM&T is a not-for-profit economic development organization that receives significant financial support from New York State Foundation for Science Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), New York's high-technology economic development agency, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). AM&T serves as NYSTAR®'s designated Regional Technology Development Center for the Southern Tier (http://www.amt-mep.org/nys_rtdc.htm) and one of nearly 350 MEP locations across the country and works directly with regional companies to increase their competitiveness and profitability.

  
  
• Binghamton Economic Development Office (BEDO)
  www.cityofbinghamton.com/dept-economic-development.asp
  

  BEDO supports the city's commitment to ensure wise, sustainable growth by partnering with entrepreneurs to secure investment, create, jobs and promote expansion. BEDO provides location assistance to businesses expanding or relocating to the City of Binghamton. BEDO can provide financial assistance through our Binghamton Local Development Corporation (BLDC).

  
  
• Broome County Empire Zone
  www.broomezone.com
  

  The Empire Zones (EZ) Program is considered to be the most powerful economic development tool in New York State.  The purpose of the Program is to attract and encourage businesses to grow within the State's most distressed areas.  Through its incentives, this Program has spurred investment and created thousands of new jobs across the State.  Locating in the Broome County Empire Zone may be the perfect choice for your business to start or expand.

  
  
• Broome County Industrial Development Agency
  www.bcida.com
  

  The BCIDA is a non-profit economic development organization that works to improve the overall economy of Greater Binghamton, NY through the attraction and expansion of new business and industry.  The agency provides a wide range of business development services to local companies and new businesses considering our community.

  
  
• Broome County Planning and Economic Development
  www.gobroomecounty.com/planning/
  

  Serves to promote the sound and orderly economic and physical growth of Broome County and its constituent municipalities. It provides technical planning guidance and assistance to implements projects and programs designed to improve the economy, environment, and physical infrastructure of the county. The department extends professional services to local municipalities and other public and private entities in the areas of land use planning and zoning, grantsmanship, economic development, cartography, community assistance, research and infrastructure development. Also provides GIS information and detalied analysis.

  
  
• Broome Tioga Small Business
  www.broometiogasmallbusiness.com
  

  The one-stop calendar for upcoming Broome Tioga small business programming and networking opportunities. Using this calendar and centralized contact list will connect you to resources that are readily available to assist you in making your new and expanding small business a success.

  
  

• Broome Tioga Workforce New York
  www.broometiogaworks.com
  

  Is a unique partnering between the workforce development system and the regional buisness community. Its focus is helping business recruit and retain talented workers, assessing and responding to current and furture workforce needs, and helping individuals obtain rewarding career opportunites. The local office will recruit, screen and refer applicants free of charge to your specifications

  
  

• Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County
  media.cce.cornell.edu/hosts/counties/broome/
  

  Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Broome County (CUCE-BC) is a community-based educational outreach agency with state and national networks. CUCE-BC has educational outreach programming in the areas of family and youth development, agricultural profitability, nutrition and food safety, environment and labor force enhancement. CUCE-BC’s outreach programming brings together Cornell University specialists and researchers to cooperate with local community organizations leaders and volunteers.

  
  
• Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce
  www.greaterbinghamtonchamber.com
  

  A proactive, member-owned and member-driven organization which gather diverse community interests together, solving issues that affect the region's economic growth. Advocate for business on issues impacting business' ability to be successful in a competitive marketplace. Assembles community leadership to study the issues and develop programs that maintain and improve the region's high quality of life. Provides educational opportunities and services to member businesses and the community.

  
  
• Greater Binghamton Convention & Visitors Bureau
  www.binghamtoncvb.com
  

  Promotes economic development by attracting meetings, conventions, special events, sporting competitions and tour buses to our region. We provide a variety of free services to planners to facilitate successful events. Our mission is to attract out of town visitors to Greater Binghamton.

  
  
• Greater Binghamton SCORE
  www.greaterbinghamtonscore.org
  

  Provides free and confidential business counseling tailored to meet the needs of your small business and your personal objectives.  Greater Binghamton SCORE also offers workshops, for a modest fee, for both startup entrepreneurs and in-business small business owners.  SCORE volunteers are real-world professionals with time-tested knowledge who donate thousands of hours to help small businesses succeed.  Counselors are experts in such areas as accounting, engineering, finance, marketing, management and business plan preparation.

  
  
• Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC)
  www.ieec.binghamton.edu/ieec/
  

  The mission of the IEEC is to perfrom leading edge research in electronics packaging and tranfer results to the New York State and U.S. packaging industries. To strengthen the electronics packaging industry in New York State and the U.S. and to foster economic development.

  
  
• Small Busness Development Center @ Binghamton University
  sbdc.binghamton.edu
  

  The Center's goal is to assist entrepreneurs, business and industry in the solution of their problems, which leads to increased profitability for the entrepreneur and increased investment and job creation for the community. By assisting new and existing small business firms, the SBDC contributes to the stability and growth of the small business sector of the economy in New York State.

  
  
• Southern Tier Opportunity Coalition (STOC)
  www.stoc-ny.com
  

  STOC is a non-profit corporation composed of business leaders from the Southern Tier of New York State.  The coalition represents multiple disciplines including strategy and business planning, marketing and business development, legal, finance and engineering.  The membership has years of experience in a wide range of businesses including large electronics and aerospace companies, successful small businesses, startup companies and academia.  The coalition was established to create growth and new business opportunities for both existing and new entities.

  
  
• Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence (SPIR)
  www.watson.binghamton.edu/spir
  

  SPIR is an industry support service offered by SUNY engineering schools at Binghamton, Buffalo, and Stony Brook to strengthen New York State businesses by making them more competitive in today's rapidly changing and technology-dependent business environment.  To accomplish its mission, Binghamton's SPIR Center assists small and mid sized businesses through partnership projects staffed by Watson School Engineering and Computer Science students and faculty plus client personnel.

  
  
• Tioga County Economic Development & Planning
  www.developtioga.com
  

  Our mission is to increase the number of job opportunities, reduce the local per-capita tax burden, and facilitate the highest quality of life for Tioga County residents. We aggressively seek new businesses, and work on retention and expansion projects with existing businesses, in our one-stop shop of professionals. Workforce development, technical assistance, real estate assistance, and creative incentive packages highlight the free and confidential services offered.

  
  
• Town of Union Economic Development
  www.townofunion.com/depts_services_economic_dev.php
  

  Provides financial assistance to start-up and expanding businesses through the Local Development Corporation of the Town of Union. The Town of Union Business Assistance (TUBA) Program, Central Business District (CBD) Program, Commercial Facade Program, Emerging Enterprise/Emerging Market Entrepreneurial (E?), Microenterprise Program, Section 108 Program and Site Preparation Program Funding are several of the loan programs offered through the Local Development Corporation of the Town of Union.