uticaOD.com - The Observer-Dispatch - From factory town to nonprofit center, local economy changes: "From factory town to nonprofit center, local economy changes
Sunday, Aug 6, 2006
By NICK BOLLIER
Syracuse University Capstone Program
If the Mohawk Valley was once at the heart of the Industrial Revolution, today its economy reflects a transition to an economy where nonprofit agencies make up a significant portion of job creation.
The entire nonprofit sector accounted for 18,500 full- and part-time jobs in Oneida and Herkimer counties last year, 80 percent of which were health care and social services jobs, said Mark Barbano of the state Labor Department. That's compared to barely 13,500 workers still employed in manufacturing, figures show. "
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