sullivan county business edge winter 2014

By Fred Stabbert III

Governor Andrew Cuomo promised it.NYS Senator John Bonacic guaranteed

it. And Assemblywoman Aileen Gunthersupported it from day one.

And now, 13 months after New York Stateresidents voted to allow legalized casinogaming, Sullivan County has its wish.

In a much-anticipated announcement bythe New York Gaming Facility Board onWednesday in Albany, Sullivan County final-ly got the prize they had waited more than40 years to unwrap.

It was an exciting moment for many Sulli-van County residents as the Facility Boardannounced that Empire Resort/EPR’s Mon-treign Resort Casino proposal in the Townof Thompson had been selected for aCatskill/Hudson Valley Region casinolicense.

In November 2013, Governor Cuomo visit-ed Sullivan County the day after the state-wide casino resolution passed and said,“The message is simple, this is a huge, huge

win for the State of New York.“This is a game changer,” Cuomo said in

2013. “I think it is going to fundamentallychange the economy in the Catskills.”

Sen. Bonacic predicted this week that“…You can take it to the bank, that we’llhave at least one resort destination [casino]in Sullivan County.”

And Assemblywoman Gunther, who hadattended hearings, wrote letters and attend-ed many meetings supporting a SullivanCounty casino, was elated for her districtand its residents.

Sullivan County Partnership President andCEO Marc Baez travelled to Albany onWednesday along with dozens of other casi-no supporters to witness the announcementin person.

“Beginning in the summer of 2013, wetravelled throughout New York State tosecure Proposition One’s success,” he said.“All of our hard work has finally achievedsuccess. The Catskills are back!”

The Facility Board so much agreed, “Mon-

treign had a superior proposal based on thestatutory requirements.”

“It was larger and more varied and moreinteresting than the other proposals andMontreign took advantage of its location inthe Catskills Mountains.”

In somewhat of a surprise announcement,the Facility Board also declined to award asecond available license in the CatskillRegion, stating, “It would be too great arisk” [to Montreign’s success].

That meant that the six possible candi-dates in Orange County, one in UlsterCounty and Mohegan Sun in Sullivan Coun-ty, had struck out.

The Facility Board, which worked fornearly nine months to reach their decision,said Montreign’s substantial experience,local support and plan to use the existingnearby labor force put it at the top of theheap.

Two other licenses were also awarded,one to Rivers Casino and Resort at Mohawk

President’s Messagepage 2

Disney Training Grantto aid county workerspage 4

S.C. Partnership & Planning host 2ndSEQRA conferencepage 6

Kutsher’s Slowly Disappearingpage 9

Catskill Distillery gettingbetter with agepage 10

New Partnership Chairlooking forward to anexciting future in Countypage 12

Media Solstice winsmedia award for MMCpage 14

New pharmacy filling aneedpage 16

Sullivan County launches new businessassistance programpage 18

Honey Hill stays onHoney Hillpage 19

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This rendering shows the proposed 18-story Montreign Casino Resort in Kiamesha Lake which was selected to receive a casino license.

‘The Catskills are back!’

Montreign wins casino license

To the People:As the decision for the statewide casino

contest (maybe poor word choice but it surefeels that way to me) nears, it should beunderstood that while the Sullivan CountyEconomic Development team has workedvery hard to secure one and possibly twoprojects in Sullivan County, we have neverheld that this achievement would be THEanswer to Sullivan County’s economic future.Rather, a critical catalyst to spark redevelop-ment in the varied tourist sectors of our econ-omy. Whether that goal is achieved or not,and I do feel like it will be, there remains anextraordinary amount of work to be done.Lack of infrastructure, crumbling roadways,local tax burdens, government mandates,municipal budget pressures and the list goeson, has perpetually held us back from makingsignificant strides toward our economic resur-gence. So I find it astonishing that too often,when we are presented with certain projects,though not appealing to some on the surface,

they are quickly scrutinized and challengedand struggle to proceed without the duediligence required to make a reasoned deci-sion as to the fit for our area.Unfortunately, those that would benefit themost by job opportunities, tax revenues,and local purchases that would be made byproposed projects, have the least opportunityto voice their concerns. Working families,working poor, working middle class, call itwhat you will, this very fabric of residentsand businesses that holds our communitiestogether are more often than not simply toobusy taking care of their families, householdsand small enterprises to weigh in on theimportant economic development decisionswe typically face. And so, too often decisionsrelative to Economic Development are madeby those of us more fortunate, those with pre-disposed ideologies and those who fearchange at the expense of those seeking achance at a better life for themselves, theirchildren and by extension their communities.

Is this not the basic reasonwhy the practice ofEconomic Developmentexists to begin with? Surelyit is.

An economic developmentcolleague of mine was con-fronted by a local group ofvery diverse religious lead-ers who organized a meet-

ing with him to discuss how they could posi-tively impact their respective congregations.They are on the front lines dealing with strug-gling families, dwindling congregations andthe malaise associated with their economicallychallenged communities. They view EconomicDevelopment as their moral imperative and asa whole, society’s moral imperative. Aftermuch research and deliberation they cametogether and devised a plan to help my col-league in creating actions to foster a businessfriendly environment, an open mind to allproposed projects, and to help effectuate pos-itive political change in their respective com-munities, all with the goal to create betteropportunities for their people; locally uncon-ventional, yet exhibiting common sense.

Sullivan County will be experiencing newinterest, new growth and overall change inthe near future. There will be challenges, andwe must prepare for those, but we too mustembrace that change, complete our due dili-gence in order to make decisions with morereason than emotion, encourage new invest-ment, prepare our sites for prudent develop-ment, and take bold steps to encourageEconomic Development in our communities.In this season of thanks, forgiveness, givingand celebrating of a new year, think aboutEconomic Development as a moral imperativeto provide better opportunities to all of theresidents in Sullivan County in the future. Benot so quick to judge but understand the var-ied complexities of new developments athand. After all, creating opportunities for ourworking families will benefit us all in the longrun. Happy Holidays.

Sincerely,

Marc BaezPresident, Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development

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jobs once complete in two years time.Once operational and based on blended

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Sullivan County’s major employerorganizations, the Sullivan CountyVisitors Association and the SullivanCounty Chamber of Commerce, havebeen awarded a State University ofNew York Community CollegeWorkforce Development Grant thatwill bring Disney Institute training tothe county.

The grant, which was coordinated byand will be administered by SUNYSullivan, totals $52,459, and will beused to support the reemergence ofSullivan County as a tourist destinationby underwriting a well-known andtransformational professional develop-ment program through the DisneyInstitute of Orlando, Florida.

The objective of the program is tobring the highest level of customerservice excellence to Sullivan County’s

tourism, hospitality and retail indus-tries, and to the numerous employeeswho support these industries, and willprovide a “re-branding” of SullivanCounty by enhancing the knowledge,skills and abilities of the associations’members.

On Wednesday, the New York StateGaming Facility Location Boardannounced that Montreign ResortCasino, the casino planned at theConcord site, will be awarded aCasino Gaming License.

According to the state, these facilitiesare designed to boost tourism andeconomic development in communi-ties across the region. Empire Resortsplans to employ more than 1,200 peo-ple at its new casino.

The Disney Institute utilizes anengagement model to ensure success-ful professional development, whichfocuses on understanding and prioritiz-ing an organization’s needs; adapting

and applying Disney’s best practices;reorienting and “up-skilling” the team;and operationalizing and sustainingthese best practices for ongoing suc-cess.

The grant provides for employees ofthe Chamber and the VisitorsAssociation to attend training at theDisney Institute in Florida, as well asfor the Disney Institute to travel toSullivan County to provide training forup to 150 Sullivan County businessowners, managers and staff members,which is targeted for this spring.

“The Chamber, the VisitorsAssociation and SUNY Sullivan all sup-port the Think Positive Sullivan cam-paign, a campaign responsible for trig-gering a recognition that our collectiveattitude is one that we can shapetogether,” said Dr. Karin Hilgersom,President of SUNY Sullivan. “TheDisney Training will magnify the posi-tive results of Think Positive Sullivan.

This quote by Walt Disney epitomizeswhat the Disney Training strives for:‘Whatever you do, do it well. Do it sowell that when people see you do itthey will want to come back and seeyou do it again and they will want tobring others and show them how wellyou do what you do.’”

The Disney Institute Training hassuccessfully rebranded several organi-zations across the United States,including the Haagen-DazsCorporation, the Barclay’s Center inBrooklyn, the Massachusetts GeneralMedical Group, and MiamiInternational Airport, and has beenused by a number of internationalorganizations as well.

For more information about howbusinesses can participate in the train-ing, contact the Sullivan CountyVisitors Association at 845-747-4449 orthe Sullivan County Chamber ofCommerce at 845-791-4200.

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Kutsher’s slowly disappearingKutsher’s slowly disappearingDemolition work slowly continues at the former Kutsher’sCountry Club near Monticello. While larger buildings like thisremain, their windows and interior furnishings do not – andsoon, even the structures themselves will be completely razedto make room for the Veria Lifestyle health spa resort.

A s Catskill Distillery gets ready to turnthe calendar on its fourth year in

business, their story of hard work, risk andreward is certainly one worth telling.

“We’ve come a long way,” said StacyCohen, who founded the Route 17B busi-ness along with her husband, MonteSachs. “It was a huge amount of work andplanning but we did it right… it’s all abouta great product.”

And with master distiller Monte Sachs,DVM, at the controls, Catskill Distillery hasgone far beyond the early days of PeaceVodka and the “white spirits.”

Today Catskill Distillery is making a fullline of whiskey and bourbon, earningacclaim from New York City newspapersalong the way.

Recently, the Village Voice named thedistillery the “Best Local Distillery in NewYork City.”

“That’s a big deal,” Cohen said. “It showsour relationship building between NewYork City and the Catskills.”

Another feather in their cap came whentheir new bourbon made the New YorkTimes’ Top 10 List, being judged againstbourbons from across the country.

That acclaim has led to greater visibility.And with greater visibility comes the chal-lenge of greater demand and how to satis-fy that need.

“We have been able to distribute ourproducts to some very well-knownplaces,” Sachs said. “Such as the MohonkMountain House in Ulster County, Settler’s

Inn in Hawley, Pa. and FlatIron Room andWhiskey Park in Manhattan.

“We recently signed up with the leadingdistributor in the country,” Cohen said. “Inthe beginning we could self distribute…”

But with the demands of running themulti-dimensional Distillery, marketingtook a back seat to product quality.

Sachs and Cohen are confident that withexceptional products on the shelves, thenew distributor will open markets neverbefore dreamed of.

Sachs added, “It takes time to be recog-nized. Big distributors look for a full lineof products and dependability of supply.

“This organized network of distributionwill help us in our development and ourline growth,” he said. “It will take us tonew markets.”

To meet that demand the Distilleryrecently built a barrel house, where theirwhiskeys are aged for two years.

With an enormous outlay of money tobuy new barrels and the necessaryingredients to make their whiskey,Cohen said cash flow is one of the com-pany’s biggest challenges as they waitfor their spirits to age.

And to distinguish itself further from thecountless distilleries now popping upacross the country, Sachs recently usedbuckwheat – a member of the rhubarbfamily – to make his whiskey.

“Buckwheat [spirits] cannot legal-ly be called whiskey becausewhiskey must be made fromgrain,” Cohen said. “It’s a whiskeywhich is not a whiskey – but it’svery good.”

The distillery has also partneredwith Ommegang Brewery inCooperstown to use their

Hennepin Beermash to putthrough their stills.

“We will distill asingle malt, lim-ited edition

whiskey with their mash,”Cohen said. “This is soon tobe a partner project.”

A licensed New York StateFarm Distillery, Catskill pridesitself in using mostly NYSproducts and with their licensethey can also sell products tothe public.

In fact, Catskill has evenbecome a learning ground forfuture distilleries, hosting twoCornell University seminarseach year on the technicalproperties of distilling, taughtby Sachs.

“You need a passion to dowhat we do,” Cohen said.“And we did it right.”

“The Dancing Cat was startedpurely to support the distillery andoffer a place for local musicians toperform and a great place to enjoylocal food,” Stacy Cohen said.

This winter, Dancing Cat willmove its offerings to the cozyCatskill Distillery – unveiling the

new

“Catstills Cafe,” a play on the workbeing done backstage.

“We are opening the CatstillsCafe while the Dancing Cat takesa catnap for the winter,” Cohensaid. “It will offer an upscale pubmenu with gourmet sandwichesand more.

“And it operate almost every day,”she said.

In addition to the Dancing Catand Catskill Distillery, MonteSachs and Cohen also opened theStray Cat Gallery, across Route17B from their two businesses.

“It was the inspiration of PaulStark, an awesome woodcarver,”Cohen said. “It is designed to givelocal artists who don’t have a stu-dio a home.”

And while the return on invest-ment is not exactly earthshaking,Cohen feels strongly about sup-porting artists, herself an accom-plished musician and singer.

Catskill Distillery. Getting better with age

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The Catskill Distillery has been earning many accolades of late for its fine whiskeysand bourbon. The company also partners with Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown touse its mash in one of its whiskeys.

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Master Distiller Monte Sachs checks on one of his stills while the fermenting process ishappening. Sachs started out with “white spirits” like the ever-popular Peace Vodka andnow does a full line of whiskeys and bourbon.

Help along the way

Monte Sachs and StacyCohen have utilized sever-al business-friendlygroups to help start theirbusiness and keep it run-ning efficiently.

The Sullivan County IDA(Industrial DevelopmentAgency) received a grantwhich enabled the IDA tobuy the stills whichCatskill Distillery now leas-es from them to run theirbusiness.

“Without the IDA wecould not have done thisproject,” Cohen said. “Ican’t tell you enough howgreat they are, how profes-sional.”

Catskill Distillery alsoreceived a small, low-inter-est loan from the SullivanCounty Partnership forEconomic Developmentthrough its revolving loanfund.

“Workforce Developmenthas also been businessfriendly and very profes-sional,” Cohen said.

Workforce helps to findpeople who need work

and after Sachs andCohen hire them, thesalary is shared forthe first six months.

“That affords us theopportunity to trainpeople into an occu-pation,” she said. “Wejust hired a youngman – who is a veter-an – and he is learningthe craft distilling busi-ness.

“Since we openedwe have createdbetween 15-20 jobs,”

she said.

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DECEMBER, 2014 SULLIVAN COUNTY DEMOCRAT BUSINESS EDGE 11E10E BUSINESS EDGE SULLIVAN COUNTY DEMOCRAT DECEMBER, 2014

‘I ’m very excited about taking thereins as chairman,” Monticello attor-

ney Jacob Billig said about his recent elec-tion as Chairman of the Board of theSullivan County Partnership for EconomicDevelopment.

A Sullivan County native with deeproots in the county, Billig certainly remem-

bers the area during its heyday, whenBroadway, Monticello was a hubbub ofactivity and the resorts attracted hundredsof thousands of people to the Catskillsevery year.

“Our county is poised for some real bigpositive economic growth,” Billig said, justdays before the New York Gaming FacilityLocation Board was to announce the loca-tions for the four casino gaming licenses

in New York.“In addition to the casinos we have

many businesses making a significantinvestment in our area, includingMonticello Motor Club, Veria at Kutsher’s,Lost Lake in Forestburgh, Apollo Mall reju-venation in Monticello and Bethel Woods’continuing expansion plans.”

Billig said he was very encouraged bythe recent efforts to bring casinos toSullivan County.

“It was not only a conscientious effortbut a very organized one to bring busi-ness to the county,” he said. “Alongwith the Town of Thompson, ourCounty Legislature played a big role,realizing the opportunities casinos pro-vides to small business. This is alsotrue of the Partnership, VisitorAssociation and Chamber who allworked seamlessly together toward onegoal. We need the private and publicsector to continue these kind of focusedjoint efforts.”

And while Billig is able to cite many ofthe large projects moving forward inSullivan County, he believes large capital

investments are what keeps small busi-ness vibrant.

“Bringing development dollars into thecommunity gives incentive for small busi-ness people to invest,” he said. “The bestway to help small business is to supportlarge capital investment.”

And with the help of the SullivanCounty Partnership, several small busi-nesses are appearing on Sullivan County’smain streets.

In Callicoon: Riverside RemediesPharmacy

In Livingston Manor: BrandenburgBakery

In Roscoe: Prohibition DistilleryIn Monticello: Garcia Supermarket “I

commend him for opening a small busi-ness on Broadway”

Billig and his partners recently pur-chased the former NYSEG building onBroadway, Monticello and invested severalhundred thousand dollars to renovate itfor their two law offices.

“We did that because we are SullivanCounty people and wanted to grow ourbusiness here,” he said.


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Today Billig, Loughlin and Bear LLP andthe Law Office of M L Zager occupy therenovated building.

Billig, Loughlin and Bear is a multi-prac-tice law firm working in the Catskills andHudson Valley. The Law Office of M LZager is the Hudson Valley’s leading firmspecializing solely in collections andaccounts receivable management.

“My partner, Joe Loughlin, runs thatoffice. Many firms can obtain judgmentsfor their clients; Zager specializes in assetlocation to execute on judgmentsobtained.” Billig said.

“The best thing for small business is bigbusiness,” he said. “Big businesses createopportunities and customers for smallbusinesses.

“When we [Sullivan County} were thriv-ing economically, we had many largebusinesses which supported many smallfamily businesses,” he said. “ThePartnership’s efforts are focused on small,medium and large.”

Sectors doing wellBillig sees several leaders in Sullivan

County’s economic revival, includinghealthcare, tourism and the brewing/distill-ing sector.

“The Center for Discovery is SullivanCounty’s largest employer and on the cut-ting edge of the areas they serve.

“They are a world-class organization

which is providing opportunities for theTown of Fallsburg and will drive the econ-omy of Hurleyville in a very positive way,”he said. “They are cutting edge in scienceand technology and have a tremendousreputation worldwide.”

The Monticello Motor Club continues toserve as a real economic growth engine,Billig said, as it brings its members into thecounty, driving a lot of business to localestablishments.

“Another industry adding to our historicagriculture base is distilling and brewing,”he said. “The award-winning entities havemade a tremendous impact in a short peri-od of time and added another stop fortourists.”

The Partnership“In the first meeting when I took over as

chair I recognized the importance of ourboard,” Billig said. “I’m proud of the intel-lectual and business capital which com-prises the Partnership board and theirwork is the most important resource wehave.

“And, like all past chairmen, I will berelying on them.”

Billig added that President/CEO MarcBaez, along with VP Michele KlugmanResnick and Administrative AssistantJennifer Clayton are doing remarkablework, including building membership andattracting new business.

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“We put our faith in a locally ownedHudson Valley firm and it paid off forus,” said Ari Straus, MMC Partner andCEO. “Our message and branding wereboth delivered in an engaging way andwithin budget; we were very pleasedwith the final product.”

There were over 6,500 entries toMarCom this year from throughout theUnited States, Canada, and 15 othercountries. Only about 17 percent wereawarded Platinum awards. Media Solsticealso earned two Gold MarCom Awardsand three Honorable Mentions for workdelivered on behalf of other clients,including the Orange County DistrictAttorney’s Office and the Boys & GirlsClubs of Sullivan and Northern OrangeCounties. Media Solstice also representsthe Sullivan County Partnership, theSullivan County Visitors Association, andThe Chapin Estate.

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F or nearly a year, Jeff Weyer hadbeen designing, building and fin-

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“It’s a long process to get all the stateand federal approvals, for obvious rea-sons,” Weyer said.

Earlier this month RiversideRemedies’ hosted an official ribboncutting, where Weyer said, “I want tothank everyone for coming… it’s beena year coming but this is an importantpart of the community and I’m reallyexcited to be in Callicoon.”

Opening a new store in Callicoon islike a homecoming of sorts for Weyer.

“My roots are here,” he said. “All ofmy mother’s siblings live around hereand my sister recently ‘came home.’It’s been great to open this type ofbusiness in Callicoon.”

While the construction process wasgoing on behind closed doors, Weyersaid the interest was overwhelming, aspeople would stop by to check in onthe store’s progress.

Weyer was able to handle most ofthe construction himself along with asmall crew, relying on his extensivecarpentry background from 20 yearsworking with his stepdad, BobWhipple.

In the early 2000s Weyer’s careertook a new turn as he went back toschool to earn his Funeral Director’slicense.

“I’m going to keep my license, forsure, and help the family business outto the best of my ability,” he said.

His brother-in-law, Joe Kenny, is the

owner of Kenny Funeral Homes inMonticello and Wurtsboro.

Jeff and his wife, Jill, live inMonticello with their soon to be five-year-old twin sons, Evan and Daniel,and two-and-a-half-year-old daughter,Claire.

Jill is the Sullivan County DeputyPlanning Commissioner as well astrustee on the Monticello VillageBoard.

Work aheadNow that he is open, he realizes it

will take some time to “build a base”of customers who rely on RiversideRemedies for their prescriptions andother health needs.

But the new 2,100 square foot store

is much more than just a traditionalpharmacy.

It has a little old-fashioned generalstore mixed in, offering everythingfrom gifts and toys to cards to varioushousewares.

“I have retail experience from mydays working at Bob Whipple’s SkiShop,” Weyer said. “I’m not afraid todo retail [in addition to the pharmacy].

“The front end is important, certainlyin this area,” he said. “I hope to sup-port the need.”

Weyer also believes his location is aplus because “We will be able to savepeople the journey to another town topick up their prescriptions.”

And with a dentist, doctor and hospi-tal all located in Callicoon, Weyer said

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“Marc [Baez, Partnership CEO] andJen [Brylinski, IDA Executive Director]were very helpful as well,” Weyer said.“This store was my mother’s brain-storm.”

Dr. Maureen Whipple, Weyer’s mom,certainly knew the healthcare land-scape in the area and has encouragedher son along the way.

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Down the road Weyer said he maydepartmentalize the pharmacy to offerSunday hours.

Supervising Pharmacist Gene W. Burns offers help to customers whenever they have aquestion or need.

Last week’s Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting was well attended as Jill and JeffWeyer, fourth and fifth from left, did the honors of welcoming new customers.

T he Division of Planning andEnvironmental Management

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The program will provide entrepre-neurial training to help small business-es survive and grow, along with lowinterest loans, subsidies and otherforms of support.

The program will target the County’svillage and hamlet centers, with a pri-ority given to restaurants and foodservice businesses that typically find ithard to obtain traditional financing butwhich are essential components of athriving downtown.

Fifty percent of all small businessesdo not survive past their fifth year,however small businesses are thebackbone of Sullivan County’s ruraleconomy.

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The training program will be limitedto 20 people in order to create anenvironment where participants canlearn from and support each other.

Graduates of the training will be eli-gible to apply for low interest loansof between $5,000 and $35,000 beingmade available under the program tonew business start-ups or existingenterprises with five or feweremployees.

It is anticipated that approximately10 loans will be made. Recipients mustcontribute a minimum of 10% of thetotal project cost in cash to demon-strate financial commitment. For largerprojects, the program will assist partic-ipating businesses with seeking andpackaging funding from other sources.

The new Microenterprise AssistanceProgram is made possible with a$200,000 grant from the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture Rural

BusinessEnterpriseGrant Program(RBEG). The grantis being administeredby the Sullivan CountyDivision of Planning andEnvironmental Management in collab-oration with the Sullivan CountyPartnership for EconomicDevelopment, Sullivan CountyChamber of Commerce, SullivanCounty Center for WorkforceDevelopment and Sullivan CountyIndustrial Development Agency.

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