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Causes: Microfinance, Small Business Development
Mission: To stimulate economic development in the southern tier region of ny, through support of the creation of innovative business start-ups and the jobs they create. This support is provided through its business incubator facilities and the related programmatic support provided by atri staff and university collaborators. The focus of the business incubators is advanced manufacturing entrepreneurial startups.
Programs: Facility rental - manufacturing, lab, office and collaborative work spaces are provided to incubator clients - business startups, and research & development operations. The goal of this effort is to grow the startups ,commercialize the r&d, and create jobs.
entrepreneurial development - atri provides support to startups through mentoring, advising, networking and connecting incubator clients to local, regional, state and federal resources to help grow their businesses.
consulting - atri staff also provides support to "virtual incubator" startups outside the incubator, to assist them in growing and creating jobs.