Paul Brooks, vice president for entrepreneurship programs at the Syracuse Tech Garden, will leave the facility's staff July 14.

The fund is meant to provide capital for minority and women-owned enterprises and other entrepreneurs having difficulty accessing regular credit markets, the governor's office said in a news release.

UNION — Longtime golf buddies Jeffrey L’Amoreaux, Martin Klein, and Randy White enjoy going out and playing a few rounds together. They never planned on running a business together, but jumped at the chance when the opportunity presented itself earlier this year.

CLAY — After serving several years in different branches of the military, Gregory (Greg) Tiemann and Heidi Grosser are planning to marry and are operating a business together.
Each has been a long-time pet owner, and their company aims to help other pet owners.

SCHROEPPEL — The Baldwin Law Office, which attorney Gloria Flores Baldwin operates from her Clay home, has opened a new location in the town of Schroeppel in Oswego County.
The office’s client list is growing and she wanted a larger office where she could meet with clients, Baldwin says.

DeWITT — Collins White, president of Defenshield Inc., flew home to Syracuse in October 2001 noting the airports full of well-armed National Guard, state troopers, and local police — all wearing little body armor.

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