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<span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Most students on campus are not heavily involved with the surrounding community, as entreprenurship resources are underutilized. Additionally, there exists a "bubble" around the university; most students are unaware of the food desert and detriments of gentrification. Most citizens of Binghamton are driven out of their housing as a result of spiking rental rates, because students can afford to pay more. Despite these negative circumstances, there are gradual changes being made.</span></span></span>
<span style="color:#808080;"><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 </span></span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''[https://www.binghamton.edu/research/innovation/ <span style="color:#808080;">Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span>Entreprenurship]'''</span></span><span style="font-size:larger;"<span style="color:#0000ff;">, </span>'''and [https://www.binghamton.edu/cce/ <span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#808080;">Center for Civic Engagement]'''</span>nbsp;'''</span>]'''</span><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-size:larger;">''', '''and others seek to connect the university to the surrounding area.</span></span>
<span style="color:#808080;"><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 </span></span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="font-size:larger;">[https://www.binghamtongoogle.edu/news/story/664com/search?q=koffman-southern-tier-+incubator-celebrates-grand-opening <span style&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS704US776&oq="color:#808080;">here</span>]</span></span><span stylekoffman+incubator&aqs="font-size:larger;"></span><span stylechrome..69i57j0.2277j0j4&sourceid="color:#808080;"><span stylechrome&ie="fontUTF-size:larger;">8 here].</span></span>
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