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- Apr 6
2023 Annual Report
Greetings from Olean Business Development! OBDC is proud to showcase our 2023 Annual Report, summarizing all the activity within the past...
- Mar 28
‘Come Home, Stay Home’: Olean Business Development Corp. hopes to help fill 1,500 jobs
In early 2024, Olean Business Development, in partnership with Jamestown Community College - Workforce Development and the...
- Dec 6, 2023
Laine Business Accelerator showcases 2023 Cohort
In December of 2023, the Laine Business Accelerator "graduated" 11 area businesses as part of the 2023 Laine Business Accelerator...
- Jan 1, 2023
2022 Annual Report
Olean Business Development is proud to publish our 2022 Annual Report. To view our activity within the past year, please click on the...
- Dec 17, 2022
NYS awards $625,000 to Olean Business Development
In December of 2022, OBDC was awarded $625,000 from New York State (Empire State Development), while also designating OBDC as a Certified...
- Dec 6, 2022
Laine Business Accelerator celebrates 2022 Cohort
The 2022 Laine Business Accelerator Cohort, comprised of 9 area businesses, were celebrated at the Community Showcase in early December...
- Aug 17, 2022
2022 and Beyond
The second annual Laine Business Accelerator cohort has been selected and is underway, with 9 businesses participating this year thanks...
- Jun 27, 2022
Laine Place
As a tribute to the legacy of Erick Laine, the OBDC Board of Directors unanimously approved the re-naming of the building at 301 N Union...
- Sep 17, 2021
Initial Laine Business Accelerator
After the passing of one of the co-founders of Cutco Corporation, Mr. Erick Laine, in 2020, a memorial fund was established in his name...
- Aug 17, 2021
Move to the 4th floor
Continued growth and demand for the newly renovated office spaces on the first 3 floors of the OBDC building drove yet another renovation...
- Aug 1, 2021
Creation of the Hub
As the collaboration between the SBU Innovation Center, JCC and OBDC continued to strengthen, the concept of a co-working space for...
- Aug 1, 2019
Strategic Plan Developed
The influence of a very active OBDC Board of Directors lead to a much higher level of collaboration between St. Bonaventure University,...
- Aug 1, 2017
Renovation Timeline
Part of the new business model was to renovate the building, which hadn’t been updated in decades. A key element of this was adding an...
- Aug 1, 2016
Early Programming
Activity in the building was focused on providing office co-working, incubation space, and programming to support potential new business...
- Aug 31, 2015
Purchase of the OBI Building
In 2015, 301 N Union Street was purchased by 2 entrepreneurs to establish a business incubation space. The non-profit business formerly...
- Jul 20, 2013
Birth of Family Partners Group
In 2013 we originally started out as a not-for-profit known as, “Family Partners Group Inc.” The mission was to benefit youth, families,...
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