Where Your Business Should Be
Why should your business be in Oswego County? Because all your business needs are answered here, including a skilled workforce of 53,300 supported by a powerful talent pipeline; a central location networked for speed and reach; abundant affordable utilities; incentives with impact, and a quality of life that helps you attract and retain the best.
This is a population with strong roots and a focus on the future. Education levels are high here, with an enrollment of 7,000+ students at SUNY-Oswego and an enrollment of 1,000 at Cayuga Community College. Home ownership rates are also high—73.8%—in neighborhoods that reflect real pride in craftsmanship, with new innovations and improvements in the waterfront and downtown areas.
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Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation (CiTi) offering nearly two dozen programs that combine high-caliber academics with innovative technology and collaborative work-based learning, culminating in a Regents diploma with industry-approved credentials.
- Cayuga Community College-Fulton Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI), a new 7,800-sq.-ft. facility equipped and staffed to provide state-of-the-art training in pneumatics, hydraulics, motors, piping and industry-grade PLC training. Designed for today’s industry needs, the program allows students to earn stackable certifications and credentials through credit and non-credit learning environments that also include apprenticeships.
- Oswego County P-TECH program, a public-private collaborative initiative that opens a gateway for 9th graders to earn a high school diploma and an associate’s degree in either mechanical or electrical engineering technology.
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Oswego County Workforce New York Career Center, operated by the Oswego Workforce Development Board. The Board brings together a diverse group of stakeholders including private employers, Cayuga Community College, community-based organizations and others with the purpose of connection: Connecting employers with skilled workers and prospective workers with jobs and any needed skills.
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Move rapidly in a central location where your reach extends to over 80 million people within 300 miles, including major metros like New York City, Boston, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal, with a logistics network that includes:
- Multiple interstate highways, plus state and local routes.
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Port of Oswego, offering global access as the first port of call on the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System, with on-dock rail and truck loading and the advantages of a Foreign Trade Zone.
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CSX Class I rail, offering port access as well as blanket coverage of the Eastern U.S. with connections in Quebec and Ontario.
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The Oswego County Airport, adjacent to an industrial park, which opens strategic opportunities in aerospace manufacturing. The Syracuse Hancock International Airport, just 35 miles away, has been designated a primary commercial service airport.
(offers excellent sites for companies requiring immediate access to air transportation)
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Offering transformative advantages across sectors, high-performance Oswego County utilities include:
Water: At a time when water is a critical issue elsewhere, Oswego County’s location on Lake Ontario assures a water supply of abundance, affordability and quality.
Electricity and natural gas: One of the largest investor-owned utility companies in the U.S., National Grid serves 20 million users with an electrical, natural gas and clean energy delivery mix. While strategic infrastructure investment has resulted in overall system reliability consistently among the best in the state, high-capacity generation offers assured service to technology-driven and energy-intensive business operations.
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Incentives ranging from financial packaging to Opportunity and Foreign Trade Zones to jobs tax credits are all available through a number of collaborative resources and agencies working together to help speed ROI for relocating business and new investment.
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A four-season recreational paradise where the caliber of education is high and costs and crime rates are low, Oswego County provides a lifestyle that supports successful talent attraction and retention.
