Upstate New York - The Finger Lakes Partnership , Employment & Training Administration (ETA)

Nine counties: Orleans, Genesee, Monroe, Wayne, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, Yates, Seneca

Targeted Industries: Entrepreneurship, Optics & Imaging, Biotech & Life Sciences, Alternative Energy

The Finger Lakes Partnership was created to link the education, workforce development and economic development communities to create an entrepreneurial, industry-driven integrated system. The partnership, led by a strong team of business, investor, entrepreneurial, philanthropic, government, and academic leaders, seeks to transform the Finger Lakes region through: increasing employment and retention; improving earnings; spurring job growth and the number of start-up companies; improving employer satisfaction increasing participation in training by companies and individuals and others.

The Finger Lakes region has four goals to support job creation:

Energize the region's entrepreneurial economy
Catalyze regional innovation
Empower workers to succeed in the global economy
Build 21st century innovation infrastructures

Currently the region is using the WIRED initiative to develop a strong entrepreneurial environment which is essential to the region's success.