{"id":16139,"date":"2015-01-07T19:01:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T00:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/01\/economic-outlook-2015---pete-bardunias.html"},"modified":"2015-01-07T19:01:18","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T00:01:18","slug":"economic-outlook-2015-pete-bardunias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/01\/economic-outlook-2015-pete-bardunias\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Outlook 2015 &#8211; Pete Bardunias"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-left\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"peter bardunias c.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2015\/01\/peter20bardunias20c.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" height=\"229\" width=\"150\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-caption\">Pete Bardunias, president\/CEO, Chamber of Southern Saratoga County.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>BY PETE BARDUNIAS<\/p>\n<p>The year 2014 taught us some interesting<br \/>\nlessons. Businesses with the resources were<br \/>\nprobably aggressive, investing in a relatively<br \/>\nstrong Tech Valley economy.<\/p>\n<p>However, if finances were tight, many<br \/>\nindependent businesses appeared timid and<br \/>\ncareful about what to do next. Our challenge<br \/>\nas a business community is to support both<br \/>\ngroups. The Affordable Care Act had an impact,<br \/>\nat least early in the year, before businesses<br \/>\nbecame comfortable with their implementation<br \/>\nstrategies.<\/p>\n<p>The Saratoga County Community Development<br \/>\nProgram, administered by the Chamber of<br \/>\nSouthern Saratoga County with strong support<br \/>\nfrom the Saratoga County Economic Development<br \/>\nCommittee and the new Saratoga County<br \/>\nProsperity Partnership, really hit its stride in<br \/>\nthe past year.<\/p>\n<p>Initiatives included a boat show at the<br \/>\nWaterford Tugboat Roundup, a quest for<br \/>\nnew manufacturing businesses in the Town<br \/>\nof Halfmoon (by the Halfmoon Business and<br \/>\nEconomic Development Committee), local<br \/>\nfarm products loaded on a sailing barge at<br \/>\nthe Mechanicville docks bound for New York<br \/>\nCity, community celebrations for new business<br \/>\nopenings, addressing potential drinking water<br \/>\npollution in Schuylerville and Victory, and<br \/>\ncoordinated advertising for businesses in the<br \/>\nTown of Charlton, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The first new initiative of the coming year<br \/>\nis a Winter Celebration on Saratoga Lake, at<br \/>\nBrown&#8217;s Beach, during the final three weekends<br \/>\nin January.<\/p>\n<p>Several trends emerged in 2014 that must<br \/>\nbe reckoned with. Firstly, Luther Forest needs<br \/>\nour unequivocal support to ensure that sufficient<br \/>\nelectric power, natural gas and water is<br \/>\navailable to GlobalFoundries as it continues to<br \/>\ngrow. It&#8217;s crunch time &#8211; under the leadership<br \/>\nof General Manager Dr. Thomas Caulfield and<br \/>\nhis fine team, the Malta facility has a very real<br \/>\nchance to lead the entire world in this industry<br \/>\nfor a generation.<\/p>\n<p>The single biggest thing we can do for the<br \/>\nfuture of our families, our children, our quality<br \/>\nof life, and our property values is to help<br \/>\nthem succeed.<\/p>\n<p>To some companies, workforce development<br \/>\nneeds are acute. We keep hearing that potential<br \/>\nemployees &#8220;don&#8217;t want to work,&#8221; that government<br \/>\nprograms incentivize entitlements over<br \/>\nemployment, and that good paying jobs (and<br \/>\ncustomer orders) are going unfilled while a<br \/>\nclass of people stagnates right in our midst.<\/p>\n<p>Add to that the continuing mindset that<br \/>\ndistant four-year colleges and careers are the<br \/>\nway to go for many of our young people, and it<br \/>\nadds up to some real distress for our manufacturing<br \/>\nbusinesses.<\/p>\n<p>Kids (and parents) should consider two-year<br \/>\ndegrees, vocational programs, and high-paying<br \/>\ncareers in the trades. For those who want<br \/>\nlonger education opportunities, remember<br \/>\nthat our area universities are second to none<br \/>\nin many categories. We need to remind people<br \/>\nthat a good living can be made in manufacturing,<br \/>\nand let&#8217;s throw agriculture into the mix.<\/p>\n<p>Some, like newly-elected Assemblywoman<br \/>\nCarrie Woerner of the 113th District, believe<br \/>\nthat our high-tech prowess can revolutionize<br \/>\nthe agriculture industry and this makes some<br \/>\nvery real sense in a state whose number-one<br \/>\nproduct remains the food we put on our table.<\/p>\n<p>The transportation and timely delivery of<br \/>\nraw materials, finished goods and people to<br \/>\nour area has been at issue as the Midwest oil<br \/>\nboom brings trains full of oil tankers to our<br \/>\narea. The oil is necessary and welcome to fuel<br \/>\nthe resurgence of American industry, but it<br \/>\ncreates challenges when shipments of other<br \/>\nproducts are backlogged in rail yards, gradelevel<br \/>\ncrossings in Halfmoon, Mechanicville<br \/>\nand Stillwater are blocked by long freights, or<br \/>\npassenger trains are left waiting on a siding for<br \/>\nfreight trains to clear.<\/p>\n<p>Another issue is trucks. Some companies<br \/>\nreport difficulty finding CDL-licensed drivers<br \/>\nfor their private fleets. This spells opportunity<br \/>\nfor people looking for careers as drivers. The<br \/>\nTech Valley region is blessed with the ability to<br \/>\nmove materials, products and people in four<br \/>\ndimensions&#8211;air, highway, rail, and water&#8211;<br \/>\nand all resources should be fully utilized. It is<br \/>\nfolly to have our canals sitting virtually empty<br \/>\neight months out of the year while adjacent<br \/>\nroads and rails are bottlenecked. We need to<br \/>\nget more products moved by water.<\/p>\n<p>To help foster in a new age of water transport,<br \/>\na local inventor, former RPI professor<br \/>\nDavid Borton, is working on an interesting<br \/>\nproject befitting our region&#8217;s technical prowess.<\/p>\n<p>This year, a cargo vessel will enter service<br \/>\ncapable of moving a 12-ton payload anywhere<br \/>\non the canal system without the need for a<br \/>\nmule or a drop of fossil fuel for the first time<br \/>\nin history. Powered entirely by a solar-electric<br \/>\npropulsion system, the Solar Sal may be one<br \/>\nof the great inventions of history. It&#8217;s worth<br \/>\ninvesting the time to find out.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we need to remember that the U.S.<br \/>\nmilitary is worth an annual $500 million to the<br \/>\nSaratoga area economy and nearly $1 billion to<br \/>\nthe Capital Region as a whole. We must support<br \/>\nthem through the Unified Military Affairs<br \/>\nCouncil and other initiatives, and remind U.S.<br \/>\nstrategists that it is in our nation&#8217;s strategic<br \/>\ninterests for the military to continue its strong presence here.<\/p>\n<p>On balance, 2015 looks to be a good year, and<br \/>\nour approaches to the above-mentioned issues<br \/>\nwill have a big impact on Saratoga County&#8217;s<br \/>\nbottom line as we move forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Pete Bardunias, president\/CEO, Chamber of Southern Saratoga County. BY PETE BARDUNIAS The year 2014 taught us some interesting lessons. Businesses with the resources were probably aggressive, investing in a relatively strong Tech Valley economy. 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