Capitalize Albany is continuing to play its role in helping to support the city’s economic-recovery through the SupportsmAlbany initiative, and programs providing assistance to local businesses as they work to reopen and re-establish their operations. The Corporation is moving forward with an ambitious agenda for 2020, ramping up a number of complex projects and has brought dynamic new talent on board […]
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Emergency Funding Round To Close June 30 For Grants To Support City of Albany Small Businesses
June 15, 2020 – 11:56 am
In response to recent damage done to numerous City businesses, applications were made available at the beginning of June as part of an emergency response using the City of Albany Small Business Facade Improvement, and Retail Grant programs administered by Capitalize Albany Corporation. Application fees and investment match requirements are being waived to ensure there […]
Emergency Round of Grants Announced To Support City Of Albany Small Business Owners
June 1, 2020 – 4:49 pm
Grants To Support Businesses That Sustained Damage Over The Weekend With Prioritization of Minority Or Women-Owned Businesses View This Announcement’s Press Release Here In response to the damage done to numerous City businesses, applications will be made available as part of an emergency response using the City of Albany Small Business Façade Improvement and Retail […]
#EDW2020 | Economic Development Week
May 4, 2020 – 10:49 am
In observance of Economic Development Week, Capitalize Albany is joining the conversation online with other professionals and communities across the country. The Capitalize Albany team is working to support our community during this unprecedented public health crisis and also prepare for its strong emergence on the other side. Economic developers everywhere are working to build sustainable communities and prepare for […]
Support smAlbany | New Resource To Support Albany Businesses In A Fast-Changing Environment Amid COVID-19 Crisis
March 20, 2020 – 3:31 pm
www.SupportsmAlbany.com In recognition of the significant impact the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has had – and will continue to have for the foreseeable future – on the local and national economy, a consortium of organizations has joined together to provide a clearinghouse of information and resources to support businesses at this difficult time.This website is […]
Capitalize Albany Corporation Assumes Control Of Liberty Park Properties
February 26, 2020 – 2:09 pm
Announcement’s Press Release Capitalize Albany Corporation has closed on its Purchase and Sale Agreement with the Albany Convention Center Authority (ACCA), transferring roughly five acres of surplus ACCA properties surrounding Liberty Park in the heart of Albany’s downtown business district to the city’s nonprofit economic development organization. Liberty Park is unique in the Capital Region’s […]
Winter Art Fest Block Party Celebrates Growing Arts Connection In Clinton Square Neighborhood
February 25, 2020 – 1:54 pm
Hundreds attended this exciting annual event for the second year in a row. Supported in part by the Amplify Albany Grant Program, the Albany Distilling and Albany Center Gallery Winter Art Fest returned with expanded programming supporting the Clinton Square DRI zone and strengthening its connection to downtown’s central business district, the warehouse district and surrounding neighborhoods. […]
Making Progress on a $48 Million Project in Arbor Hill
February 10, 2020 – 12:06 pm
Looking ahead to spring, Home Leasing has passed the halfway mark in its construction of more than 200 affordable housing and mixed-income residential units within 70 row houses in the Arbor Hill neighborhood and along Clinton Avenue and Ten Broeck Triangle. To date, 27 buildings have been completed. Restoration work is continuing, and more than […]
RFP | Clinton Market Collective
January 31, 2020 – 5:50 pm
Click Here To Download This RFP Document 11 Clinton Ave. Survey, 2015 Frequently Asked Questions, updated on Feb. 26, 2020 RFP Webinar Presentation, Feb. 13, 2020 Capitalize Albany Corporation is looking for the most innovative, creative professional engineering and design teams that not only think outside the box, but will leave that box behind without […]
Innovation Of Skyway Recognized By American Council of Engineering Companies
January 29, 2020 – 5:01 pm
With support from Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Councils initiative, Capitalize Albany Corporation completed a 2018 Skyway feasibility study and the project’s preliminary design. This study and the Skyway’s design, guided by public input and conducted by the design firm Stantec, has prepared the Impact Downtown Albany-informed Skyway project to advance. The Corporation-led REDC Round […]
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