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Our region offers a strategic location, diverse real estate options and financial incentive programs that can reduce both start-up and long-term costs. Let Buffalo Niagara Enterprise show you how your business can work in Western New York.

Acclaimed, productive workforce•

Bi-national location•

Superior existing infrastructure•

Progressive business climate•

Competitive construction costs•

Exceptional quality of life •

Abundant natural resources•

Looking for an affordable, dynamic place to start a new venture or grow a profitable company?

If you’re in Buffalo Niagara, you’re in business.

Chautauqua Institute

Downtown Buffalo Waterfront

Niagara Falls

You’ve got a partner in Buffalo Niagara.

Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (BNE) provides free, comprehensive economic development assistance to new and existing companies looking to do business in the eight counties of Western New York. No matter what type of business you’re in or what your goals are, our team of trained development and research professionals is here to help every step of the way.

Confidential project management and referral services•

Primary source for regional data and demographics•

Liaison to local economic development organizations•

Access to sources of funding and incentives•

Identification of available real estate options•

Workforce development•

Growing industries thrive here.

In just 10 years, BNE has helped more than 200 companies start up or expand in Buffalo Niagara, including both national and international leaders in a variety of industries, including:

Advanced Manufacturing•

Agribusiness•

Back Office Services•

Hospitality/Tourism•

Life Sciences•

Logistics•

Renewable Energy•

“Buffalo Niagara Enterprise exercised

a huge ability to cooperate across

entities, that was very impressive” - Chris Page, Director of Climate and

Energy Strategy, Yahoo!

“Buffalo Niagara’s superior amenities and activities, cost

of living, education and natural landscape are unparalleled

- and all within 20 minutes no matter where you are.”

- Tom Hook, President & CEO, Greatbatch Inc.

Wethersfield Wind Power in Wyoming County Baird Point on the University at Buffalo’s North Campus

Buffalo Lakeside Commerce ParkSorrento Cheese Hauptman-Woodward Institute

Yahoo! data center ground-breaking in Lockport

You’ve got a partner in Buffalo Niagara.

www.buffaloniagara.org

It pays to do business here.

Buffalo Niagara offers many attractive incentive programs that can reduce your start-up and long-term costs. Let BNE help you take advantage of the many opportunities available to businesses like yours, including:

Tax abatements•

Low-cost financing•

Grants•

Site development•

A powerful workforce.

With an unparalleled work ethic, no-nonsense attitude, low turnover rates, and low absenteeism, Buffalo Niagara’s people make the best employees. Our region enjoys a large, multi-cultural, well-educated population with an abundant supply of both entry-level and experienced laborers.

More than 1.5 million people in the eight-county area, •with 73.5% residing in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls MSA

Robust regional civilian labor force of 586,300 workers (2008)•

15 four-year colleges and universities, and 20 •two-year schools, enrolling 108,782 students and graduating 25,199 in 2009

More than 15,400 high school graduates per year•

Lower labor costs than metropolitan areas of comparable or •greater size, such as Cleveland, Philadelphia and Boston

White-collar wages up to 30.1% lower than average •salaries in competing metropolitan areas

A community of support.

Buffalo Niagara wants your business. And you won’t find a better place to get the assistance and encouragement you need. Here are just a few of the more than 70 valuable investors and partners who are dedicated to helping BNE bring companies like yours to the region:

Delaware North Companies, Inc.•

Empire State Development Corporation•

Erie County Industrial Development Agency•

First Niagara Financial Group•

HealthNow New York, Inc.•

HSBC Bank USA, NA•

KeyBank NA•

Moog, Inc.•

M&T Bank Corporation•

Rich Products •Corporation

Univera Health•

For a complete listing of BNE Investors, visit www.buffaloniagara.org/Invest.

“Smart people are pretty easy to find,

but you can’t train friendliness. In Buffalo,

you have a combination of smart and

friendly.” - Warren Buffet, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway

Uniland’s Avant Building Niagara Gorge

Burchfield-Penney Art Center

and Buffalo State College

Product development•

Research and •development

Low-cost power•

Buffalo Niagara ranked…

among most affordable major U.S. •

housing markets - National Association

of Home Builders - November 2009

#2 most livable bargain real estate •

market - MSN Real Estate - November 2009

among “Best Bang for the Buck” areas •- Forbes Magazine - November 2009

Traditional Buffalo

Niagara Real Estate

Buffalo Niagara Region:the eight counties of Western New York

Population: 1,506,874 (2009)•

Average one-way commute: 21.1 mins. (2008)•

Median home price: $119,700 (3Q2009)•

Percentage of homes affordable on a •median income: 87.6% (2Q2009)

Let’s get to work.

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Toronto

LondonBuffalo

Montreal

Boston

New York City

Newark

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ClevelandToledo

Detroit

Chicago

Milwaukee

Indianapolis

Cincinnati

Louisville

Lexington-Fayette

Philadelphia

Baltimore

Washington D.C.

Memphis

St. Louis

BUFFALO NIAGARA REGION

C A N A D A

U S ANEW YORK

PA

VT

NH

ME

NJCT

RI

MA

MI

MI

WI

IL

INOH

WV

MD

DE

VA

ONTARIO

KY

TN NC

Lake Superior

LakeMichigan

LakeHuron

LakeErie

LakeOntario

AtlanticOcean

D.C.

SCGA

AL

MS

IA

MO

Nobody understands how to be successful in this region better than Buffalo Niagara Enterprise. Whether you’re interested in obtaining market and demographic data, need assistance acquiring a potential site, or looking for special programs that can give you a jump-start—BNE is at your service. Contact us today to get started.

www.buffaloniagara.org

Buffalo Niagara is strategically located within 500 miles (800 km) of 40% of the continental North American population and is a bi-national gateway for commerce, facilitating $82 billion in annual trade between Canada and the United States.

Linked to Canada through •eight different ports of entry

One of the most highly developed •rail systems in the world

The lowest average airfare •costs ($124.00) and an international airport (2Q 2007,

compared to 32 similar metro areas)

The perimeter of the area shaded in green indicates a 10 hour drive from Buffalo Niagara

Close to everything. Far from ordinary.

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