Business View Magazine | August 2019

318 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE AUGUST 2019 some don’t realize everything we have to offer. What bigger cities have that we can make up for are things like our quality of life and community assets. Our Tourism, Marketing & Recreation Department has done a wonderful job of putting us on the map in terms of events, and drawing the thousands of people that come here on the weekends. All the work they do, getting people to realize how beautiful it is being a part of the Mohawk Valley and the rolling hills we have all around us, really helped us put the spotlight on our community, and helped us win the DRI. You have all the amenities of a downtown, but drive five minutes outside the city and you’re in the rural countryside. You can go kayaking on the river downtown and then dock your boat, go up to a restaurant, grab a bite to eat and a drink, and then go up on a trail that goes all through downtown, and you don’t feel like you’re in a downtown. I think we’re really lucky where we are located and just building off of that in the future is really going to set us apart from a lot of other places.” PREFERRED VENDOR n Beech-Nut® Nutrition www.beechnut.com