12-19-12: Courtesy of YNN. After being awarded more than $100 million in 2011, Wednesday marked round two for development funding through Governor Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council Initiative. YNN’s Meg Rossman has more on how the Western New York Economic Development Council fared, and what they plan to do with the money. According to state officials, Western New York is on the road to becoming a strong economic engine for their region, and an additional $52.8 million in funding awarded to the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council in Albany Wednesday is only meant to help pull that engine along. “We’re very pleased,” Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said. “Things have been going along excellent with regards to economic development issues.”
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