Business View Magazine | June 2019

291 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JUNE 2019 SULL I VAN COUNTY , NY training to help create business plans, low-interest revolving loans, occasional grants, and assistance with identifying and applying for State and Federal grant programs. We have a great team of agencies working together to support new and expanding businesses that includes the SC Partnership for Economic Development, SC Tourism Association, SC Industrial Development Authority, SC Center for Workforce Development, and SC Chamber of Commerce. Geographically, the County embraces a wide swath of diversity, including the iconic Catskill Park, and the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, a unit of the National Park Service. A scenic, 70- mile stretch of Route 97 that parallels the river is a New York State designated Scenic Byway. Serious about its responsibilities for environmental stewardship, Sullivan County has become an award-winning champion in the realm of “green” sustainability. Helping lead that charge is Sustainability Coordinator for the County, Heather Brown, who reports: “We adopted a Climate Action Plan in 2014. What’s exciting is that we’ve met pictured SUNY Sullivan’s solar farm occupies nine acres of rolling meadow in Loch Sheldrake, generating 2.15 MW of electricity that powers much of the campus – and provides a hands- on training site for students engaged in the college’s renewable energy curricula. pictured A concerted effort by Sullivan County, the State of New York and local partners has led to an unusually plentiful amount of charging stations in a rural setting. These Tesla ports sit in the parking lot of the Roscoe Diner, a legendary eatery right off the main transportation artery of the region, NYS Route 17, soon to be redesignated Interstate 86.