{"id":18561,"date":"2016-01-08T12:16:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T17:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2016\/01\/economic-outlook-2016---todd-shimkus.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T13:46:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:46:36","slug":"economic-outlook-2016-todd-shimkus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2016\/01\/economic-outlook-2016-todd-shimkus\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Outlook 2016 &#8211; Todd Shimkus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-left\">\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"toddshimkus-hsc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/01\/toddshimkus-hsc.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"187\" class=\"alignleft\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-caption\">Todd Shimkus, president, Saratoga County<br \/>\nChamber of Commerce.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>BY TODD SHIMKUS<\/p>\n<p>Last year in this column, I said there were<br \/>\nfour trends that the Saratoga County Chamber<br \/>\nof Commerce believed would drive our<br \/>\neconomy forward. So how&#8217;d we do in our prognostications?<\/p>\n<p>1. We said small business growth would<br \/>\ncontinue to drive our economy. In 2014, we<br \/>\nhad hosted 80 ribbon cuttings. We added 60 in<br \/>\n2015. The talented volunteers from our SCORE<br \/>\nprogram saw record-breaking numbers of local<br \/>\nentrepreneurs and business owners seeking out<br \/>\ntheir free and confidential advice. These two<br \/>\nfacts combine to tell us that there are many<br \/>\npeople among us willing to create jobs and<br \/>\ninvest in Saratoga County.<\/p>\n<p>2. We said that the supply of available hotel<br \/>\nrooms would continue to increase. We added<br \/>\nthat the appropriation of even more money for<br \/>\nour tourism promotion effort by the Saratoga<br \/>\nCounty Board of Supervisors would help to<br \/>\ndrive up demand to fill many of these new<br \/>\nrooms.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThrough the first 10 months, demand for<br \/>\nrooms in Saratoga County has perhaps never<br \/>\nbeen higher. We&#039;ve now seen 10 consecutive<br \/>\nquarters of record-breaking hotel occupancy<br \/>\ntaxes collected by Saratoga County, which<br \/>\nspeaks to the still growing popularity of visiting<br \/>\nthe county.<\/p>\n<p>3. We said our health and wellness sector<br \/>\nwould continue to grow and that establishing<br \/>\nSaratoga County as one of the healthiest places<br \/>\nto live would be a focal point of the Chamber&#039;s<br \/>\nefforts in 2015. This was the year we created several<br \/>\nnew signature events designed to help our<br \/>\nmembers and their employees to improve their<br \/>\nhealth and wellness including: a Health &amp; Wellness<br \/>\nWeek, a HORSE Basketball Tournament, a<br \/>\ncelebration of Employee Wellness in June, and<br \/>\na Silent Disco. We now see the #healthysaratoga<br \/>\nhashtag on thousands of posts online, on water<br \/>\nbottles, restaurant menus, running shirts, basketballs,<br \/>\nand banners at area running events.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the ribbon cuttings we&#039;ve held over<br \/>\nthe past year have been for new health and<br \/>\nwellness related businesses and we hope this<br \/>\ntrend continues.<\/p>\n<p>4. We said that we expected to see the growth<br \/>\nof our local creative economy and we did. From<br \/>\nthe artists attracted to Saratoga by the Orchard<br \/>\nProject and the more than 300 people who attended<br \/>\nthe first ever #startupsaratoga event in<br \/>\nOctober, the emergence of this sector is gaining<br \/>\nmore and more attention every day.<\/p>\n<p>We know the Saratoga Tech Out and Sharatoga<br \/>\nTech Talks continue to grow in popularity<br \/>\nand that the Chamber&#039;s Saratoga Tech<br \/>\nExecutives meetings are also seeing increased<br \/>\nparticipation.<\/p>\n<p>As we look to 2016, what is the next new<br \/>\nthing likely to drive our economy forward? How<br \/>\nabout these three offerings:<\/p>\n<p>1. We need to attract more talent to Saratoga<br \/>\nCounty. We hear from employers in all sectors at<br \/>\ncompanies large and small that it is becoming<br \/>\nharder and harder to fill job openings. When it<br \/>\ncomes to solving this challenge, we believe the<br \/>\nSaratoga County Chamber of Commerce&#039;s Human<br \/>\nResources Council is the logical organization<br \/>\nto convene the creative ideas and positive<br \/>\npartnerships we will need. Let us know if you&#039;d<br \/>\nlike to be a part of this discussion and effort.<\/p>\n<p>2. We&#039;re thankful that both SEDC and the<br \/>\nSaratoga County Prosperity Partnership have<br \/>\nlaunched successful new efforts to retain existing<br \/>\nemployers and to recruit new ones to come<br \/>\nto Saratoga County. With more feet on the street<br \/>\nselling Saratoga County, we hope to be a part<br \/>\nof even more groundbreaking events in 2016.<br \/>\nThe changes approved by the Town of Malta<br \/>\nrelative to the attraction of new investments<br \/>\nto the Luther Forest Tech Park will help too as<br \/>\nthis key area seeks to find tenants to join GlobalFoundries<br \/>\nin growing our economy.<\/p>\n<p>3. We hope 2016 is the year when NYRA will<br \/>\nbe reprivatized as a nonprofit corporation. We<br \/>\nhope this is the year when the Saratoga Springs<br \/>\nCity Center will be able to break ground on a<br \/>\nnew parking structure. We hope Amtrak will<br \/>\nfinally allow cyclists from New York City and<br \/>\nMontreal to bring their bikes on the train to<br \/>\nvisit Saratoga.<\/p>\n<p>4. We know this will be a special year as we<br \/>\nall celebrate SPAC&#039;s 50th anniversary and hosting<br \/>\nof the 175th Saratoga County Fair. We hope<br \/>\n2016 will see many of the new fans excited by<br \/>\nAmerican Pharoah&#039;s historic performance come<br \/>\nto Saratoga to see the best horse racing in the<br \/>\nworld. We hope the new quarter from the U.S.<br \/>\nMint showcasing the Battle of Saratoga as the<br \/>\nTurning Point of the American Revolution will<br \/>\nhelp to promote our historic sites to more and<br \/>\nmore people.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, we hope that everyone will look at<br \/>\nMonday, Feb. 29, like never before. Because if<br \/>\nour plans work out, this will be a really special<br \/>\nday and one we might be talking about for<br \/>\nsome time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Todd Shimkus, president, Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce. BY TODD SHIMKUS Last year in this column, I said there were four trends that the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce believed would drive our economy forward. 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