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Robert Camoin

Robert Camoin After working in the financial services industry in New York City, Rob entered the economic development field in 1993 as Director of Community Development for the Village of Saranac Lake, NY. In that role, he facilitated the community's first economic development strategy that led to securing $3 million for downtown implementation projects and crafted a successful tax incentive program to promote commercial district private development. Subsequently, Rob served as Managing Director for River Street Planning & Development located in Troy, NY where he managed staff and firm finances, as well as provided consulting services to economic development organizations and municipal clients. Rob started Camoin Associates in 1999 specifically to provide economic development services to Economic Development Organizations, government, developers, and businesses.

Rob is a Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), past Chair of IEDC's Membership Development Advisory Committee and currently serves as the Vice Chair of its Awards in Excellence Committee. Additionally, he is one of three Board Members representing New York for the Northeast Economic Developers' Association (NEDA) and serves as a Board member for the NYS Statewide Zone Capital Corporation. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance and economics from St. Bonaventure University and a Master of Urban Planning degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Rob has made many economic development presentations to municipal officials and economic development professionals including, "The Importance of Fiscal Impact Analysis on the Economic Development & Comprehensive Planning Process", "How to Conduct a Market Analysis" and "Three Critical Ingredients to Successful Economic Development."