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Downtown Syracuse Dining Weeks set for early March
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Downtown Syracuse Dining Weeks are set for early March with 51 restaurants participating this year. The 18th annual Dining Weeks promotion is
Tompkins Chamber’s Tavares tapped to chair CANYS board
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jennifer Tavares was recently elected to her second term on the Chamber Alliance of
The Paige Group adds Scott-Younis and Peters as senior staffers
Yvonne Scott-Younis has joined the firm as director of marketing. As part of the client-leadership team, she is responsible for the development of marketing and
Binghamton Rumble Ponies to conduct talent search for 2022 game-day staff
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Binghamton Rumble Ponies minor-league baseball team on Feb. 19 will host its annual talent-search event for game-day staff at the Oakdale
LGS elects board officers, new board member
DeWITT, N.Y. — Leadership Greater Syracuse (LGS), a nonprofit that offers a yearlong civic-leadership training program, recently announced new officers and a new member for its board of directors. Amy Lawler, senior VP of Finance for CenterState CEO, has been elected as president of the LGS board and will serve a two-year term. She participated
SUNY Poly hosts regional business-plan competition event for students
MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) has resumed leadership of the New York Business Plan Competition’s Mohawk Valley regional semifinal, which will be held virtually this year in late March. The event promotes entrepreneurial opportunities for college students across the region who can pitch their business plans for a chance to win cash
Offroad-equipment supplier expands in Oriskany
ORISKANY, N.Y. — A trip to Glacier National Park in Montana a few years ago sparked an interest in off-roading for Derrick Snell. That hobby eventually led him to form his own business selling equipment to other off-roading enthusiasts. In fact, it was learning it was going to take six to seven months to receive
New York SBDCs have a new state director
ALBANY, N.Y. — The new state director of the New York Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) has started her new duties. Sonya Smith succeeds Brian Goldstein, who retired in January 2021, a SUNY spokesperson tells CNYBJ. Tammy Morrow, associate director of the New York SBDCs, has been serving as interim director since then, the spokesperson
Launch Lewis County business competition is underway
Application deadline is March 21
Fulton firm certified as service-disabled vet-owned business
FULTON, N.Y. — New York Office of General Services (OGS) Acting Commissioner Jeanette Moy recently announced that a Fulton pet-service business has been certified as a service-disabled veteran-owned business (SDVOB). The New York OGS Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development (DSDVBD) issued the certification to Fort Frisbee, LLC, which is located at 801 West Broadway
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