The legislation, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act, would raise the cap on credit union business lending from 12.25 percent of an institution's total assets to 25 percent. It would also increase the minimum loan amount subject to the cap from $50,000 to $250,000.

Organizations that wish to apply for grants of up to $10,000 must be located in the Southern Tier or Central New York region and serve low-income youths below age 18 and/or adults above age 65. The organization must have been an internship or field placement site for Binghamton University social work or public administration students in the past year.

UTICA — Key contracts obtained by Human Technologies Corp.’s (HTC) facilities-management division has positioned the Utica–based nonprofit to build capacity in 2010 says Richard (Rick) Sebastian, president and CEO.

SYRACUSE — Syracuse Opera Company, Inc.’s second performance of the 2009-2010 season will open with the premier of Wagner’s Flying Dutchman on Feb. 26 and 28 at the Mulroy Civic Center at OnCenter.

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