Otsego County's economic development professionals will help you fulfill your business goals. Take advantage of our solid economic development experience to build a new facility, relocate your business, and expand your operations and workforce.

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The Otsego County Economic Development Department is committed to enhancing the quality of life for our residents by creating new community and business wealth. This increase in prosperity is achieved by:

• Advancing private enterprise
• Creating high-quality jobs
• Making productive use of local resources
• Broadening the tax base.

The Otsego County Economic Development Department is co-located with The County of Otsego Industrial Development Agency (COIDA), the Otsego County Development Corporation (OCDC) and the Empire Zone Program. These organizations work closely with other economic development partners on a local, regional and state level pooling vast resources to proactively provide each company with a full range of economic development services. These services include:

• Marketing and Business Recruitment
• Business Retention and expansion
• Business Finance
• Entrepreneurship training
• Technical Assistance
• Information clearinghouse
• Real-estate Development
• Infrastructure Improvements
• Policy & Planning
• Business Advocacy

Together, the Otsego County Economic Development Department, COIDA, and OCDC partnership has played important roles in a number of significant projects. Since 2001, these three Economic Development Organizations have made $2.5 million in loans, leveraging an additional $16M in capital investment, and creating or retaining 400 local jobs. In addition, the COIDA has induced $121M in Civic Facility Bonds to 6 institutions creating or retaining an additional 3,262 jobs.