Steve Griffin, CEO of the Finger Lakes Economic Development Center has been working in Yates County for more than a decade. And last year Penn Yan won the $10 million prize connected to the Downtown Revitalization Initiative - setting off a chain of events. That wasn't the County's first success, either. They boast the highest employment rate of the nine-county Finger Lakes region; and Griffin attests their overall success to a community-wide effort. Scream louder than the pessimists, he says. It's become a mantra for him to work by; and it's kept the community working hard to build a better tomorrow.
