Optical Fiber Is Gold To Upstate New York

An usual partnership between Corning Inc. and upstate New York government has transformed its Southern Tier hometown into a boom town.

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September 11, 2000, 12:30 PM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

Corning is a gorgeous antique of a community in the Chemung Valley in upstate New York, 135 miles southeast of Buffalo. Corning is luckier than Buffalo or Binghamton or Baldwinsville -- it's home to Corning Inc. -- which, as the world's largest producer of optical fiber, is essentially laying the pavement for the information superhighway. Good planning paved the way for this success story.

Thanks to Dan Tasman

FULL STORY: Gold from glass

Monday, September 11, 2000 in The Buffalo News

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