Funding for several Capital Region projects from across the 21st Congressional District was approved as part of the House FY09 Omnibus Appropriations Act, Rep. Paul Tonko (D-Amsterdam) announced today.
The local projects were submitted by Rep. Michael McNulty, who retired last year, and carried through by Rep. Tonko. "These projects will continue to lay the ground work for research, innovation and community outreach at local colleges and universities, provide needed funds for economic development, law enforcement, and transportation," said Rep. Tonko. "We are grateful to Congressman McNulty for initiating these projects." The bill is now headed to the U.S. Senate for consideration.
Here is a list of the projects approved in the House bill:
•UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering -- $1,000,000 to fund a nanocscale fabrication and measurement project.
•RPI -- $713,625 to design, build, and test a state of the art 'intelligent' building facade that will optimize solar power generation.
•Fulton Montgomery County Community College -- $435,000 for the Center for Engineering and Technology to upgrade facilities and purchase materials and equipment to better educate students for high technology jobs.
•Siena College -- $250,000 for the Siena College Mentoring Program, which matches Siena students with at-risk children living in the economically depressed areas of Albany, Troy and Schenectady.
•Center for Economic Growth -- $287,443 to the Watervliet Innovation Center for business incubation, economic development and job creation.
•CDTA -- $712,500 for new clean fuel or hybrid electric buses.
•Village of Green Island -- $65,000 to purchase new police cars.
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