NEWSLETTER
PAVING THE PATH TO SUCCESS
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Business & Industry United For A Better Community
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Oswego’s Economic Development Department is here to help village growth and budding business ventures By Patricia M. Szpekowski
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rom local and national developers to budding entrepreneurs eager to open up shop and thrive, the Village of Oswego’s Economic Development Department has all of the tools necessary to help guide businesses for success and growth. “Our flexible Village Board and staff work behind the scenes to remove barriers, create opportunities, and encourage a business-friendly environment,” said Kevin Leighty, Economic Development Director for the Village of Oswego. “We try to understand business needs and provide creative solutions to make it easy for businesses to be here.”
The multi-faceted goals of the economic development department provide a flourishing local economy through job opportunities and sales tax revenues to benefit all throughout the Village. “Our growth over the past few years has been phenomenal,” Leighty noted. “We have had an influx of new businesses that has been driven by the explosion of over several hundred new residential units that have annually been built here for the past three years. This has caught the eye of businesses who are eager to follow the rooftops and open in Oswego.” u Continued on page 6
Oswego Economic Development Director Kevin Leighty (right) and Angie Hibben, president/ CEO of the Oswego Area Chamber of Commerce (left) attended Candy Cloud’s soft opening on Tuesday, July 1. Photo by Eric Schelkopf