Promotes and enhances the commerce and culture of Historic Downtown Cortland..

Provides a unique networking forum for people of all professions to regularly meet and do business with one another to foster Long Island's continued commercial and industrial growth and development period.

Serves as a vehicle for private funding of business and industry by providing long term secured financing for plant, equipment and working capital to create employment and perpetuate business activity in the entire state including fixed rate loans.

Coordinates critical services and information to promote sustainable growth, expand the tax base, and preserve and improve the overall quality of life in Nassau County. The Economic Development Goals of the Office of Economic Development include: Expand the tax base; Attract employers offering high-wage jobs; Improve housing options by promoting smart-growth, sustainable, and transit-oriented developments (TODs); Invest in public infrastructure to support development (mass transit, roads, utilities); Partner with municipalities and community groups to help implement local visioning plans; Increase opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses and historically disadvantaged business enterprises (MWBE & DBE) and Coordinate with public agencies & the private sector. Call for detailed information regarding services offered.

Improves substandard living conditions and revitalizes commercial centers, establishes programs to provide employment training and to prevent and treat problems of the disadvantaged, advises town government on policies for new and improved services, and facilities, and manages and coordinates homesteading and other federal and state housing programs.

Insures the ongoing revitalization of the Bay Shore, Brentwood, and Central Islip downtowns. Their goals are to encourage merchants to renovate their storefronts, attract new business, strengthen existing business, and to create a pleasant atmosphere for shoppers.

The Downtown Ithaca Alliance serves the stakeholders in the 22 blocks of Downtown by providing a variety of programs and activities focused on obtaining a healthy and viable Downtown.