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Lindt chocolate store to reopen at Destiny USA on Friday
SYRACUSE — Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli will reopen its Syracuse Lindt Chocolate Shop in the newly constructed Outlet Wing at Destiny USA on Friday,
Bernier Carr appoints Dimmick to take over day-to-day operations
WATERTOWN — Bernier Carr & Associates, a Watertown–based architecture, engineering, and construction-management firm, has named Kris D. Dimmick vice president of operations and said he
USGBC names New York Green Building advocate of the year
SYRACUSE — The New York Upstate Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has named Diane Brandli as its advocate of the year. The organization
CenterState CEO moving to Pike Block
SYRACUSE — CenterState CEO, the area’s major business and economic development group, will relocate to the Pike Block project in downtown Syracuse later this year.
Two Elmira businessmen acquire Greek Peak Mountain Resort at auction
SYRACUSE — Two Elmira businessmen on Thursday acquired Greek Peak Mountain Resort and Hope Lake Lodge following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy auction held in federal
Shabby Chic Boutique owner turns job loss into opportunity
FAYETTEVILLE — Losing your job isn’t always a bad thing. For Lisa Hogan, being laid off two years ago brought an opportunity. Because of her company’s “last-hired, first-fired” policy for downsizing, Hogan was fired in 2011 from a salon/spa development partner position at the cosmetics manufacturer and distributor Aveda Corp., a unit of the Estée
CenterState CEO plans to move to Pike Block by late summer
SYRACUSE — CenterState CEO, the area’s major business and economic-development group, says it will relocate to the Pike Block project in downtown Syracuse by late summer. The group, which has more than 2,000 members, is currently housed at the former Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce building at 572 S. Salina St. The chamber and the
Cleanup at Massena GM site moves ahead with redevelopment efforts
MASSENA — Environmental cleanup at a former General Motors (GM) site in Massena should wrap up sometime in the next few years Work at the carmaker’s shuttered powertrain operation near the banks of the St. Lawrence River should finish by late 2015 or early 2016, says Brendan Mullen, New York cleanup manager for the RACER
Electronics recycler plans Earth Day event to kick off 2nd year in business
DeWITT — Not quite one year after forming their electronics recycling company, Patrick Duffy and Scott Seymour are enjoying their 2012 successes, carving out their 2013 goals, and looking forward to Earth Day as they work to continue to spread the word about electronics recycling. Their business, Coast 2 Coast Electronic Recyclers, Inc., will celebrate
Onondaga Lake cleanup progresses
SYRACUSE — Envision hiking and biking trails, a boat rental company, and even a beach and some swimming. All could one day be an option in and around Onondaga Lake as a $1 billion cleanup project continues. For more than 125 years, industrial and chemical operations disposed myriad pollutants into the 4.6-square-mile lake, including mercury
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