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Governor Andrew Cuomo announced early in his term that he'd be creating a set of "regional economic councils" to build plans for funding economic development across New York, from the ground up.In the summer of 2011 he finally announced some of the details of the program, to be led by Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy. The ten councils each have dozens of members, and are charged with gathering input from the public and business leaders, and creating a plan by November 14. Those plans will be pitted against each other for a pot of $1 billion in grants, incentives, and tax relief from various state agencies. The winners will get more funding, the losers will get less.But other details - like whether funding will be available past the initial term, and who will serve on the board that decides who wins and who loses - have not been released.The Innovation Trail is looking for your feedback about what your regional economic priorities are, and what you want your community to look like once the councils have completed their task.

Innovation Conversation: Your Community, Your Call

Join us Friday, September 16 at 1 p.m.
Join us Friday, September 16 at 1 p.m.

Thanks to everyone who listened, called in, tweeted us or weighed in on our Facebook page.

Audio is now online for you to listen to if you missed the show.  But you still have a chance to let us know what your priorities are for your community - by taking our survey.

We'll share your feedback with decision makers in the regional councils.

Regional council reporting

This week we explored the questions that remain about the governor's plan to fund economic development from the ground up:

 

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