Regions extending from Syracuse to the western part of New York are preparing to file a combined application to the United States Economic Development Agency (EDA) with the goal of becoming a national tech hub.
The EDA’s initiative plans to designate 20 regions to share $15 million, and an additional five to ten regions will receive between $50 and $75 million.
The tech hub designation bid has support from bipartisan congressional delegates, highlighting the region’s already developing vocational skills, robust infrastructure, abundance of natural resources, and educational institutions.