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What's important to you?

IDA's have a wide range of influences in your local community. Which focus area is most important to you?

Creating/saving local jobs for local workers

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Investing in our local communities

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Growing the local tax base

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Helping local businesses grow

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Supporting the next generation of workers

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Bella Design

Bella Design, a custom furniture and sculpture manufacturer, faced the planned demolition of its facility in the Piano Works in East Rochester. When looking at new sites, the company focused on creating a better working environment for employees and presenting a more professional image to customers. Bella Design ultimately decided to build an 8,200-square-foot facility in Macedon.

Incentives:

  • Wayne County’s Industrial Development Agency sales tax exemption on the new construction
  • Real property tax abatement
  • Relocation grant
  • Empire Zone benefits
  • Employee recruitment and training assistance provided by the Department of Labor’s Workforce Development Division

Outcome:

  • Invested more than $600,000
  • Created 13 jobs
  • Retained 5 jobs
Colony/Empire Merchants North - Wayne County IDA

Colony/Empire Merchants North

Colony Liquor and Wine Distributors, during 2005 and 2006, sought an existing facility mid-way between Syracuse and Rochester. The IDA worked with them on the expansion of a facility in Lyons Industrial Park, including the addition of an advanced technology pick system and sprinkling system. Now part of Empire Merchants North, the company employs 140 individuals.

Incentives:

  • Wayne County IDA sales tax exemption on new construction
  • Real property tax abatement
  • Empire Zone
  • Employee recruitment and training assistance provided by the Department of Labor’s Workforce Development Division
  • Infrastructure assistance for drainage and water

Outcome:

  • Invested more than $10,000,000
  • Committed to 80 jobs, now have 140 employees, average wage $36,000
  • Upgraded existing facility
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What's your IDA doing?

Between December 2007 and December 2008, companies with Payment-in-lieu-of tax agreements in place continued to create jobs, whether under a new PILOT or an aging PILOT. Although 2008 saw a challenging economic climate, particularly in the second half of the year, PILOT companies together had a net growth of jobs at 105 FTE.

 

Companies in the Empire Zone, administered by the IDA for Wayne County, saw job growth as well. The Business Annual Reports comparing 2006 full-time equivalents with 2007 saw 286.32 additional jobs. The investments tracked by Empire Zone certified companies totaled $44,279,856.33 in capital investment for 2007.