For Town Supervisor Erin Cassady-Dorion, Niskayuna is more than a municipality. It’s home.“I’ve lived here my entire life, and I have loved this community since I was little,” she shares.“We are situated in a part of the state that makes it a really ideal place to settle down. We’ve got a lot of amazing employers around us, running the gamut from trade jobs all the way through PhD jobs.” This, combined with a location that provides both tranquility and access, means residents truly have the best of all worlds.“You don’t have to drive far to get to beautiful things, like the Adirondacks or New York City or Boston.That’s what I’ve always appreciated about the area. You get a little bit of everything.” AN ECONOMIC ENGINE Though Niskayuna may seem to be a quiet town, its thriving economic base includes Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, a 170-acre U.S. Government research facility, the GE Global Research Center, a 338-acre, world-class research center that allows collaboration between GE Aerospace (owner), GE Vernova and GE HealthCare, and a 194-acre stand alone GE Vernova campus built for state-of-the-art renewable energy research. Next door, Momentive (a leading global company specializing in advanced materials) and Environment One (an innovative solutions company specializing in wastewater disposal and safety for power generation assets) beautifully maintain 80acre and 40-acre campuses. Regarding GE Vernova’s recent, almost $100 million, investment in its Advanced Research Centers’ in Niskayuna, Cassady-Dorion notes that in addition to investigating new clean energy technologies, they’re also nearly done constructing a huge Direct Air Capture building that moves beyond theoretical research and demonstrates full scale production of this leading-edge carbon capture system.” Cassady-Dorion says Niskayuna is lucky to have these innovation centers. “This new investment strengthens Niskayuna’s ability to attract top-tier talent and create high-value, specialized jobs in the clean energy sector. GE Vernova could have gone anywhere in the world, really. And we’re excited to have them here.” Niskayuna also showcases an evolving commercial landscape with a growing shopping and dining 41 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 06 NISKAYUNA, NY
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