176: From Rust Belt to Tech Hub: Buffalo's 25-Year Transformation with Tom Kucharski

June 2nd, 2025  |  32 mins 29 secs

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Tom Kucharski, President and CEO of Invest Buffalo Niagara, discusses how Western New York transformed from industrial decline to becoming the nation's only semiconductor tech hub, achieving its first population growth in decades while leveraging abundant clean energy and a $1 million startup competition.