A food manufacturing initiative at Rochester Institute of Technology will receive $1.5 million in federal dollars for furthering its mission.
The Finger Lakes Food Processing Cluster Initiative is receiving the funding as a result of the Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge, one of 20 programs across the country that was selected. Using the grant, the Finger Lakes Food Processing Cluster Initiative will help support a successful and robust food processing cluster in the nine-county Finger Lakes region of New York.
Its reach covers Monroe, Livingston, Wyoming, Ontario, Genesee, Orleans, Yates, Seneca, and Wayne counties.
Nabil Nasr, Assistant Provost and Director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability at RIT, said in a statement that the program is a great example of community partnerships.
"This program is a great example of how regional organizations can partner by leveraging their knowledge and expertise to help industry in our community," he said. "This program will bring significant leverage and present good opportunities for our region to expand these kinds of activities with excellent potential to contribute to our regional economic development goals.”
Missions of the initiative include implementing sustainable manufacturing process technologies to reduce operating costs, minimize environmental impacts, open market opportunities, start new businesses and retain and grow jobs.
According to RIT, the Finger Lakes Food Processing Cluster Initiative is expected to create approximately 40 new jobs.
Funding came from a combination of the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration, the Small Business Administration and the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.
A food manufacturing initiative at Rochester Institute of Technology will receive $1.5 million in federal dollars for furthering its mission.
The Finger Lakes Food Processing Cluster Initiative is receiving the funding as a result of the Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge, one of 20 programs across the country that was selected. Using the grant, the Finger Lakes Food Processing Cluster Initiative will help support a successful and robust food processing cluster in the nine-county Finger Lakes region of New York.
Its reach covers Monroe, Livingston, Wyoming, Ontario, Genesee, Orleans, Yates, Seneca, and Wayne counties.
Nabil Nasr, Assistant Provost and Director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability at RIT, said in a statement that the program is a great example of community partnerships.
"This program is a great example of how regional organizations can partner by leveraging their knowledge and expertise to help industry in our community," he said. "This program will bring significant leverage and present good opportunities for our region to expand these kinds of activities with excellent potential to contribute to our regional economic development goals.”
Missions of the initiative include implementing sustainable manufacturing process technologies to reduce operating costs, minimize environmental impacts, open market opportunities, start new businesses and retain and grow jobs.
According to RIT, the Finger Lakes Food Processing Cluster Initiative is expected to create approximately 40 new jobs.
Funding came from a combination of the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration, the Small Business Administration and the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.
