News Director Terry Frank talks by phone this week with Deputy Chautauqua Co. Executive for Economic Development, and Industrial Development Agency Chief Executive Officer Mark Geise, to get an update on several projects and proposals. A couple of programs were recently discussed during County Executive debates... one of them being outcomes of the county's two on-line recruitment tools, LiveCHQ and ChooseCHQ. Geise says both websites have gotten hundreds of looks from people looking to either move their family, or business to the county. He says the websites helped in recruiting new doctors to the region. He also updates the status of new "shovel-ready" industrial sites in Ripley, and the South County Industrial Park near Falconer, where work is progressing well. Geise says he did talk with the Ripley supervisor about the recent State of Emergency for water conservation... and, he says that was a "once-in-50 year" situation that should not impact water availability to that location. We also talk about a report by the Policy Institute of New York that confirms that New York state's taxing and regulatory structure make doing business here difficult.
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