First, Silicon Alley? Then, Silicon Alley? Now, The Green Corridor? I like it.

This month, at the 4th Quebec-New York Economic Summit held in Montreal, New York Gov. David Paterson and Quebec Premier Jean Charest spoke of the importance of furthering their relationship in light of the state of the world economy: “There will be a green pathway between Quebec and New York,” Paterson said.

Did he say Green Corridor? “If someone has to make an investment in something that needs the movement of goods and services across the border, they’re going to invest in the Quebec-New York Corridor.”

Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas Douglas, attending the event, said that during this world economic turmoil, it is time to value what is working, such as the relationship between Quebec and New York: “For the last 200 years, it really has been an economic union if not a political union.”

The Quebec-New York Corridor, linking New York City, Albany, Montreal and Quebec City, is the most exciting in North America, he said, and making it a green corridor can only increase that. “We can be the center of green economy in North America for the next 10 years.”