Region Eyes Growing Place in Global Chain

ROME — Twelve people sat in a meeting room at the Mohawk Valley EDGE office on Griffiss Business and Technology Park on Wednesday — representatives from Rome, Oneida County, CenterState, Mohawk Valley EDGE, and the Griffiss Institute at the Innovare Advancement Center, all discussing a collaboration of 57 public, private, non-profit, for-profit and academic entities to submit a “phase two” application for the Build Back Better Regional Challenge — a competitive application process for investment hosted by the United States Development Administration’s American Rescue Plan. . .