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August 2012 - Empire State Development - New York State

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DRAFT – SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND REVISION<br />

The Company, he further explained, has purchased a 49,000 square foot facility in<br />

Wyoming County to expand its operations and accommodate additional machinery and<br />

equipment.<br />

This $1.5 million project, Mr. Lee stated, is expected to be completed in September of<br />

<strong>2012</strong> and will create a total of 20 new jobs by 2014. He added that the Company has already<br />

created 12 jobs.<br />

Mr. Lee then explained that the third project relates to a $99,924 working capital grant<br />

for the Research Foundation of the <strong>State</strong> University of <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong>. This grant, he continued, will<br />

support the second year of operations of a Small Enterprise Economic <strong>Development</strong> (SEED)<br />

Program.<br />

Lastly, Mr. Lee noted that the fourth project involves a $7,500 working capital grant for<br />

the Buffalo Niagara Partnership for real estate market analysis of commercial vacancy in<br />

downtown Buffalo.<br />

Mr. Lee added that the analysis was completed in December of 2011 and offered<br />

recommendations to convert over two million square feet of working space to mixed use<br />

development.<br />

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