Posted on 09/23/2011 8:26:27 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
NEWBURGH – An almost $2 million federal grant will allow the creation of a New York Renewable Energy Cluster in Newburgh. The money will make way for the Solar Energy Consortium to expand its industry-led clean energy manufacturing cluster into Orange County.
Congressman Maurice Hinchey, who helped get the grant and played a key role in establishing TSEC, said the cluster will mean work for Newburgh residents.
“It’s going to create a lot of jobs for the City of Newburgh and it’s exactly the type of economic development I envisioned when I spearheaded creation of TSEC back in 2007,” Hinchey said.
Newburgh Mayor Nicholas Valentine said the city has several locations where a solar manufacturer could set up shop and put local people to work.
It’s unlike anything else we’ve had in the past,” Valentine said. “Before this, it’s always been, ‘Let’s try to create six jobs and go out and find somebody who wants to hire you’,” he said. “Now it’s the other way around. Now, we’ve got an entity that wants to come into the City of Newburgh, create the jobs and then fill them with people from the City of Newburgh.”
The federal grant is divided into three components -- $800,000 for TSEC to establish cluster development mechanisms; $1 million to SUNY Orange to increase course offerings and tailor them to renewable energy cluster needs; and $150,000 to Gateway to entrepreneurial Tomorrow to target underserved and disadvantaged residents in Newburgh and provide job-related educational training.
The words “Newburgh,” and “Cluster,” seem to go well together.
Only if you add another word to cluster to make it a compound word ;)
Only if you add another word to cluster to make it a compound word ;)
There’s been some sort of solar initiative going on in that area for a few years although I think it was centered in the Kingston area. There’s a dead IBM facility in Kingston, some high-tech contract manufacturers and a healthy population of Woodstock alumni.
“The federal grant is divided into three components — $800,000 for TSEC to establish cluster development mechanisms; $1 million to SUNY Orange to increase course offerings and tailor them to renewable energy cluster needs; and $150,000 to Gateway to entrepreneurial Tomorrow to target underserved and disadvantaged residents in Newburgh and provide job-related educational training.”
800K to put together a process to build the cluster
1MM to SUNY Orange (subsidy to education system for an unproven and unbuilt cluster)
150K hand-out to a non-profit to provide job training for jobs that don’t exist.
This almost seems like spending for spending’s sake. It sounds nice but there aren’t any milestones or anything to to hold anyone accountable for.
maybe they can move that plant for solar panels from Ca. to NY and save a couple of tax payer dollars. Heck the cost of moving would be great for hiways rest stops, truckers, U-Haul and many other little guys that can live on less than 100,000,000 in loan money. /sarcasm off
A government subsidy to create a place to build government subsidized factories, making government subsidized products, that require government subsidies to compete in the marketplace.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG!!!
“...a healthy population of Woodstock alumni.”
ROFLMAO! Seriously, that’s a hilarious turn of phrase, love it!
At least they’re healthy...their achievement horizons are therefore unlimited!
What is a “cluster development mechanism?”
$800,000 for TSEC to establish cluster development mechanisms
hookers,lap dances and barmaids;
$1 million to SUNY Orange to increase course offerings and tailor them to renewable energy cluster
recruit young hotties and satisfy prurient needs; and
$150,000 to Gateway to entrepreneurial Tomorrow to target underserved and disadvantaged residents in Newburgh and provide job-related educational
buy equipment to make videos of hotties training.
What is a “cluster development mechanism?”
Other than the annual hot-dog eating contests held at Nathan’s at Coney Island, NY every summer, I have no idea.
This is very different especially as to magnitude. The feds can make some 275 of these loans to get to the amount Solyndra lost.
Back in the 70’s when I was living in NYC I had a friend who was from Newburg. His dad had a small plant that built steel wood stoves. They need more of this type activity rather than solar nonsense.
Wait until all those people find out they have to try & work under those curly light bulbs which are about 1/4 better that a guttering candle.
That be real easy. "Mother."
Lehman Brothers was heavily invested in Wind and Solar and was one of the reasons why it went under.
O ye of little faith! The East German economic model of the old DDR just needed a bit more tweaking and everyone would be driving a two-stroke Trabant!
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