Yates County History Center

What Yates County History Center does

Yates County is a county government entity headquartered at 417 Liberty Street, Penn Yan, NY 14527, founded in 1788 and operating with 501-1,000 employees. It delivers local government services — public safety, public health, courts, employment, permitting, agendas/minutes, and community resources — to county residents and businesses through a single official web portal at yatescountyny.gov. The portal is built and maintained on the CivicPlus government website platform, which provides standardized modules for agendas and minutes, notifications, forms, document management, employment applications, and room reservation calendars, with a persistent alert bar to surface active initiatives such as the Public Safety Facility Project. Resident engagement is layered across the website, email/SMS notifications via Nixle, and social channels (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, RSS), giving the county a multi-channel citizen-communications footprint.

The county's revenue model is non-commercial: operations are funded through a mix of property taxes, state aid, and federal grants rather than direct customer pricing. The most consequential strategic activity in recent years is capital infrastructure expansion rather than service commercialization — most notably a $14 million countywide broadband build (groundbreaking January 2023), bolstered by a $3.2 million USDA grant awarded August 2023 to complete the project, and a separate Public Safety Facility construction project. Earlier, in October 2021, Yates County participated in the New York State Broadband Assessment Project to map broadband availability statewide. The county also partnered with CivicPlus as its ongoing website technology vendor.

Name

Yates County History Center

Website

https://yatescounty.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1788

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Yates County is a county government serving residents and businesses of Yates County, NY from Penn Yan, delivering public safety, public health, and administrative services through a CivicPlus-powered official portal and multi-channel citizen communications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (923120), Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities (92613)

akta.pro primary industry

City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

City/Municipal Public Health Departments (HLAJAAAC)

Keywords

• Government services portal
• Public information access
• Community resources
• Broadband infrastructure
• Public safety services

Headquarters

HQ city

Penn Yan

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Yates County operates an official government website portal providing centralized access to county government information, public safety updates, public health services, broadband infrastructure development, and community resources for residents and visitors. The site hosts features such as agendas/minutes, employment postings, forms, notifications, documents, and room reservation calendars.

Product overview

Yates County operates a comprehensive government services website providing public information, community resources, and infrastructure project updates. The site functions as a unified portal for county services including government information, community programs, business resources, and tourism. Key initiatives include a major broadband infrastructure project and public safety facility development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Government Services Portal
• Yates County Broadband Project
• Public Safety Facility Project
• Public Health Services
• Public Safety Alerts (Nixle)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CivicPlusTechnology or IntegrationCivicPlus provides the government website platform powering the official Yates County website, enabling features such as agendas/minutes, notifications, forms, document management, and calendar functionality.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Tyler Technologies: Large public-sector software provider serving county and municipal governments with ERP, public safety, and citizen services software. Comparable as a peer to the operational systems underpinning Yates County's government service delivery.
• OpenGov: Government technology platform serving U.S. cities, counties, and state agencies with budgeting, procurement, and citizen engagement software. Comparable to the digital service and operational technology stack Yates County relies on for public administration.
• Granicus: Government technology provider offering website, communications, and records management solutions to municipalities. Directly comparable to the platform layer Yates County uses and the broader gov-tech software category in which Yates County operates its digital services.
• New York State Department of Health: State-level public health authority that funds and oversees county public health programs. Comparable as a peer in the public health administration vertical where Yates County Public Health operates vaccine and community health services.
• Empire State Development: New York State's principal economic development agency that administers state-level broadband and infrastructure programs. Comparable as a peer in the funding and program-administration ecosystem that Yates County navigates for capital projects.

Regional players

• Ontario County, NY: Neighboring NY county government operating a similar portfolio of citizen services, public health programs, and infrastructure initiatives. Directly comparable as a peer government entity within the same Finger Lakes region.
• Steuben County, NY: Adjacent rural NY county with a similar demographic profile and similar mix of public health, public safety, and infrastructure mandates. Comparable as a regional peer operating with the same constraints and federal/state funding channels.

Direct peers

• Consolidated Communications: Rural broadband provider serving small markets in New York and other states. Comparable as a peer because it executes the type of last-mile rural broadband buildout that Yates County's $14M project depends on for delivery.

Others

• CivicPlus: Vendor that powers the Yates County website. Comparable as a peer because it is the underlying technology platform enabling Yates County's digital citizen services and represents the category of specialized government website/engagement software providers serving municipalities.
• USDA Rural Development: Federal funding partner that awarded Yates County its $3.2M broadband grant. Comparable as a peer relationship because the entity's capital project pipeline is shaped by USDA ReConnect and rural infrastructure programs.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xyatescountyny.gov/Layout/WidgetShare/ShareLink/Twitter
• Facebookyatescountyny.gov/Layout/WidgetShare/ShareLink/Facebook
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yates-county-district-attroney
• Pinterestyatescountyny.gov/Layout/WidgetShare/ShareLink/Pinterest

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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