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<span style="font-size:larger;"><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 meet-ups</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">are</span></span><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><br/></span>

<span style="font-size:larger;">Many students are unaware of the economic situation of the surrounding area; additionally, they do not know how to engage with the surrounding community. Despite having several resources in which the community can be engaged, they are underutilized. Our &nbsp;'''[https://www.binghamton.edu/research/innovation/ Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship]''', &nbsp;'''[https://www.binghamton.edu/cce/ Center for Civic Engagement],&nbsp;'''and others seek to connect the university to the surrounding area.</span>

<span style="font-size:larger;">Our economic programs have grown substantially in the past few years; in June of 2017, the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator opened. This incubator was created with New York state funding in order to bolster the economic conditon of the state and several of the communities, many of which exist under the poverty line. The incubator seeks to collaborate with community organizations in order to promote commerce within the state. You can learn more about it &nbsp;[https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/664/koffman-southern-tier-incubator-celebrates-grand-opening here].</span>