Erie County Industrial Development Agency (ECIDA) Employee Directory
Government AdministrationNew York, United States11-50 Employees
ECIDA is a government agency based in Buffalo, New York, that seeks to strengthen Western New York's economy by promoting investment, innovation, and growth to improve regional quality of life. Across its offerings, the agency supports businesses through financing, development services, and assistance to nonprofit entities. By partnering with private lenders, ECIDA helps clients access affordable funding, while tax incentive programs aim to reduce expansion costs for eligible companies and international programs help manage risk for cross-border activity. ECIDA provides development services related to site selection, transportation logistics, and infrastructure improvements, and it operates an Adaptive Reuse Strategy adopted in 2008 that provides tax incentives for rehabilitating aging vacant buildings. Recent reporting notes the Renaissance Commerce Park project, a 240-acre manufacturing campus on a reclaimed portion of land in the region. As a regional government entity in the Government Administration sector, ECIDA focuses on catalyzing economic activity in Western New York.