== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span class="s1">'''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts'''</span></span></span><br/> ==
<span style="font-size: 16pxmedium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students do not have much involvement with the local economic development despite having the resources available to do so. Organizations like SUNY best bring together a whole host of local professionals downtown to create awareness, but the number of students that attend these meetups </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">are </span></span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">surprisingly low.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They unfortunately either have no awareness or are aware of the economic and social issues that persist in the city around the university but nothing is done to resolve these issues. The school also does not seem to have dedicated staff members that take initiative to bridge the gap between the university undergraduate population and the surrounding community. This is an issue that has become evidently clear and could use the help of entrepreneurial initiatives to properly address it.</span></span></span>