Ron Forehand is looking to grow his new venture.

Forehand, who has co-founded and helped lead businesses over his 35-year career, now wants to expand Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce’s sphere of influence.

One way is by reaching out to other business groups and working in a collaborative rather than competitive manner.

ALBANY ­ State officials are looking into keeping Community Hospital at Dobbs Ferry open as an ambulatory care or sub-emergency “urgent” care center, a health department official told Westchester businesspeople during a day of lobbying on health-care and other issues.

ALBANY — State energy-industry leaders joined the Business Council of Westchester in calling for renewal of licenses for the Indian Point nuclear plants, as well as for new laws designed to speed up approval of new power generating facilities.

It’s now a more level playing field for minority- and women-owned businesses in Yonkers.

Mayor Philip A. Amicone signed an executive order on Feb. 8 to guarantee minority- and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) “an opportunity to get a piece” of the economic renaissance under way in Westchester’s largest city.

Business owners in several Westchester communities will be contacted over the next few weeks by a vendor hired by Con Edison to help it reduce local demand for energy.

For more than five years, the Sleepy Hollow Village Board has remained wide-awake while reviewing aspects of the proposed Lighthouse Landing mixed-use project.

By the year 2015, the business community’s dream of a Rockland-Westchester public transportation system may become a reality.