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Workforce Development Board receives $500K for environmental-job training
UTICA, N.Y. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $500,000 to the Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison and Oneida Counties for environmental-job training programs. The agency awarded grants totaling $7 million to 14 organizations across the country through its Brownfields Jobs Training Program to help recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization […]
Work wraps up on affordable-housing project in Ithaca
ITHACA, N.Y. — Work is complete on the 42-unit, all-electric, energy-efficient Marketview Apartments along the waterfront at 102 Cayuga Park Lane, according to a news release from Gov. Kathy Hochul. “This component of the overall Cayuga Park project will serve those most in need in our community” Ithaca Mayor Laura Lewis said in the release.
Crews start work on Utica apartment complex for artists
UTICA, N.Y. — A 43-unit housing development and art gallery is coming to downtown Utica, the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. Construction has begun
Endicott receives grant for wastewater-plant improvements
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — The Village of Endicott has been awarded a $286,725 state Water Infrastructure Improvement (WIIA) grant. The award was among $479 million in
SUNY Oswego graduate donates $2 million to the university
OSWEGO, N.Y. — A 1958 graduate of SUNY Oswego has donated $2 million to the school. The gift from Frank Maraviglia is “in recognition of
NYS gets $24 million in federal funds for electric grid
New York is one of nine states and five tribal nations that were awarded a combined total of $125 million as the seventh cohort of Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula grants and will provide 15 percent matching funds through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as part of DOE’s grant requirements. “NYSERDA is pleased to
Southern Tier researchers, companies lead the way to greener concrete
The average New Yorker probably doesn’t spend a lot of time thinking about recycling or about concrete — or about how those two things could possibly go together. However, a group of dedicated researchers and entrepreneurs in the Southern Tier have been thinking about all of those things — and doing something about it. Their
FLLT easements protect Spafford property in Skaneateles Lake watershed
SPAFFORD, N.Y. — The Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) says it has protected 690 acres at Jackson-Noel Farms in the town of Spafford in Onondaga County. With almost two miles of scenic frontage on State Route 41, this is the biggest conservation project completed in the Skaneateles Lake watershed since the establishment of the state’s
Upcoming study to gather data on New York vineyards
PENN YAN, N.Y. — Vineyards in New York can expect to receive a survey during the first quarter of 2024. The study will address an industry need for a range of accurate information about new acreage, bearing acreage, non-bearing acreage, varieties, tonnage, average price, and data by growing region. The Penn Yan–based New York Wine
Herkimer County IDA receives $270,000 grant for brownfield inventory
HERKIMER, N.Y. — The New York State Department of State has awarded $270,000 in Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) funding to the Herkimer County Industrial Development Agency (HCIDA), the agency announced. Herkimer County contains an estimated 150 brownfields, including 52 documented contaminated sites, impacting more than 450 acres in the county’s urban centers, according to HCIDA.
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