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Trade & Industry Development: Trade & Industry Development, a leading publication dedicated to site selection for businesses, has named the winners of its 2023 Corporate Investment/Community Impact Awards (CiCi Awards). This is the 17th ...

Trade & Industry Development By Tracey Schelmetic: One thing the past few years have shown us is that the United States was overly reliant on foreign manufacturing of critical components for technology, automotive, healthcare and more. This ...

Business Facilities By BF Editors: The Empire State is capitalizing on the opportunity to foster the semiconductor industry in the United States with Governor Kathy Hochul signing Green CHIPS legislation (S.9467/A.10507) in August. The legislation ...

For more than 20 years, nationally recognized nonprofit Think Dutchess Alliance for Business has hosted the Business Excellence Awards, the Hudson Valley’s premier business event. Recognizing key businesses and nonprofit organizations making a ...

As of September 13, 2022, due to adjusted guidelines, your business may now be eligible for the NYS Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Governor Hochul announced that applicants of the grant no longer need to demonstrate positive net profit on ...

Seed Funding Grant Program Now Open | Advanced Materials Innovation Challenge Applications Now Open NYS Seed Funding Grant Program for Early Stage Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 This grant program will provide flexible grants to support early ...

Winners represent what makes our region Distinctly Dutchess - our community POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – September 21, 2022 Think Dutchess Alliance for Business is proud to announce the winners of the 2022 Business Excellence Awards. Each fall, the ...

Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journal By Pamela Brown: The nonprofit Think Dutchess Alliance for Business, headquartered in Poughkeepsie, is designed to get businesspeople to do just what its name implies: think about Dutchess as a ...

Her Agenda By Camryn Quick: Summer often inspires us to change our routines and be more adventurous. With more daylight and sunny skies, we also find ourselves drawn to the outdoors. In fact, according to a study by the Outdoor Foundation, in the ...

News12: A Dutchess County company is helping to supply prosthetic limbs to Ukrainians who were injured during the Russian invasion. Unlimited Tomorrow, of Rhinebeck, is teaming up with Singularity Group, a California organization, to get bionic ...

USA Today By Jared Ranahan: This charming destination is home to an incredible drinking and dining scene. There’s no denying that New York City is one of the finest gastronomic destinations to grace our planet, but the incredible Empire ...

Think Dutchess Alliance for Business Announces New Director of Business Attraction and Marketing & Development Manager Poughkeepsie, NY – Think Dutchess Alliance for Business, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization and economic ...

Mid Hudson News: POUGHKEEPSIE – The New York State Economic Development Council, a nonprofit membership organization that represents public, private and nonprofit economic development professionals, has named Sarah Lee, the CEO of Think ...

Trazee Travel By Katie Skrzek: April 7 marks the celebration of National Beer Day. It’s the perfect opportunity for beer lovers to hit the road and visit some of the country’s best and up-and-coming beer destinations. Add these cities ...

Available now, Dutchess County businesses can pick up COVID-19 at-home test kits to distribute to their employees at the Think Dutchess office Please complete the form below with the number of test kits you are requesting and when you would ...

Unshattered’s Latest Partnership with Southwest Airlines® Gives Plane Seats New Wings Unshattered is a nonprofit social enterprise based in Hopewell Junction, NY. Founded in 2016, by CEO Kelly Lyndgaard, the company fosters long-term ...

Think Dutchess Business Breakfast Features Acclaimed Keynote Speaker Best-selling author and Advertising Hall of Fame legend, Linda Kaplan Thaler, will inspire and entertain at a networking event celebrating last year’s Business Excellence ...

Travel Awaits By Amy Sward: Teaming up to make a difference, Southwest Airlines is giving new life to old plane parts while helping women in recovery through its new partnership with Unshattered. Read Full Article

What is redevelopment? The American Planning Association defined redevelopment as "the development or improvement of an area that was developed in the past but presently suffers from real or perceived physical deficiencies such as blight or ...

Hudson Valley Magazine By Sabrina Sucato and Raphael Beretta: Led by Baxter and MASS Design Group, The Academy will be a mixed-use coworking, dining, living, and shopping destination in Poughkeepsie. Read Full Article

Hudson Valley Magazine By Raphael Beretta: Frito-Lay announces a new fulfillment center at iPark 84, the former IBM campus and current small business hub in East Fishkill. It’s official: Frito-Lay is coming to the Hudson Valley. Read Full ...

Forbes By Jared Ranahan: The northeastern United States may suffer from frigid temperatures and an abundance of snow during the dead of winter, but in the preceding months, the striking red and yellow hues of the fall foliage (almost) make it worth ...

Frito-Lay to Invest $100 Million in Fulfillment Center in Dutchess County FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sarah Lee, 845.463.5406, sarah@thinkdutchess.com December 22, 2021 Dutchess County, New York – Frito-Lay announced it will invest ...

Area Development By News Desk: Frito-Lay, an $18 billion convenient foods division of PepsiCo, will invest $100 million to build a new 150,000 square-foot advanced fulfillment center on the iPark 84 campus in East Fishkill, New York. The project is ...

Mid Hudson News: The new facility will be part of the iPark84 mixed-use center at the former IBM complex. Read Full Article

Trade & Industry Development: Frito-Lay announced it will invest $100 million in a new 150,000 square-foot advanced fulfillment center to be constructed on the north end of iPark 84’s campus, located between I-84 and Route 52 in the town ...

Patch By Michael Woyton: The company just completed the acquisition of part of the former IBM East Campus in East Fishkill in Dutchess County. EAST FISHKILL, NY — A major company has completed the acquisition of property in East Fishkill that ...

Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals By Peter Katz: Frito-Lay and the Think Dutchess Alliance for Business on Dec. 22 issued announcements that Frito-Lay will be building a $100 million fulfillment center at National ...

We are committed to continuing the safe reopening of our economy and progressing towards long-term recovery while also reducing the risk of COVID-19. We maintain our commitment to the Dutchess County business community as a credible resource as we ...

The 2021 Business Excellence Awards While our signature event was moved to a virtual event premiering on November 18, 2021, Think Dutchess still wanted to celebrate with 2020 and the 2021 winners safely. At an intimate event on Tuesday, November 16, ...