Strategic economic development – the pathway to restoring economic and community vibrancy in a former industrial city


Since 2020, Lackawanna, N.Y. has experienced a surge in new economic development activity not seen in over 40 years. Fueled by the introduction of a competitive unified city tax rate in 2020 and a high local demand for Class A advance manufacturing, warehousing and distribution space, over $130 million in new projects have been initiated or completed in Lackawanna within the last three and a half years – including several in the new Renaissance Commerce Park emerging on over 240 acres of the former…

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