Martin Luther King, Jr. Westchester County Memorial

Westchester County is a suburban county with more than 940,000 residents located in White Plains, N.Y. It is a part of the New York Metropolitan Area and the county seat is White Plains. The county s office of economic development offers business resources, financial assistance and a wide range of related services and incentives to help businesses prosper in the county. It has a geographic information system that develops, maintains and distributes digital data for the county and contains a facilities locator and various maps. The county s Web site has a virtual archives section that provides access to government and private records, including estate records; minutes from the county's board of supervisors and local government sessions; census records; newspaper articles; photos; diaries; and letters. The county has various departments, including acquisition and contract, environmental facilities, transportation, tax commission, public safety, planning and tourism.