HVCC Business Research and Development Center - The Business Review (Albany):

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is creating a Business Research and Development Centert thanksto $50,000 from state Senat e Majority Leader Joseph Bruno (R-Brunswick) and another $50,00p from the Rensselaer County Industrial Development College officials said Tuesday that the new center will be run by the college'ds seven-year-old . The center will bring together businesses, human resource professionals and economic development agencies to understand what skillzs current employers need in workeras and to anticipate future workforce "We see this center becoming a proactiv e force in the economic developmenrt of Tech Valley," said Andreaw Matonak, HVCC's president.
HVCC wants the center to expandf on the work of the WorkforcwDevelopment Institute. In the past 18 months, the institute has developed collaborative training programs withCVS pharmacies, Pricd Chopper supermarkets and the City of Albany'sx Central Business Improvement District. The work with the Businesw Improvement District entails providing potential employees of stores and othefr companies on Central Avenue in Albanuwith basic-skills training, including how to deal with customers and appropriatre attire for the work place.