Sunday, November 23, 2003

Geico considers Albany area for regional center

Geico, the nation's largest direct marketer of auto insurance, is continuing to study potential sites in the Albany, N.Y., Rochester and Buffalo areas for a new regional sales and servicing center. .... is expected to have an initial 300-member work force that is expected to grow eventually to 2,500....

See complete article at Capital Dist Business Review:
http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2003/11/17/daily53.html?jst=b_ln_hl


This came up during the campaign, but it is still an issue. .. What, if anything, are our economic development people doing to attract these people here? We certainly have a workforce that is highly trained in the financial services area ... Or are our politicians unwilling to permit competition with local enterprises?

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