Westchester County Economic Development Action Plan
(1999-2000)
For the Westchester Economic Development Partnership, professionals from ETG participated in a cluster analysis of Westchester County, and developed an action plan and marketing strategy. The team facilitated cluster working group meetings for most major clusters, including a biotechnology cluster, and made recommendations for re-organizing county government in order to deliver economic development services more effectively. As a county with a high concentration of Fortune 500 corporate headquarters, including IBM, PepsiCo, MCI, Phillip Morris, Texaco, Prodigy, and Ciba Specialty Chemicals, the team identified a HQ and SME Corporate Services Cluster, organized to serve the specialized needs of headquarter operations, both large and small. The need for better organized conference facilities, R&D labs, and telecommunications infrastructure became apparent when this key cluster was identified, the expansion of small and large headquarters became a goal. This project is currently in its final stages of completion.