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New Business Council website promotes New York firms
The Business Council of New York State, Inc. launched a website to spotlight the state’s businesses. The website, MADEinNY.org, has the primary goal of featuring
SYRACUSE — The WISE Women’s Business Center will host a pitch party for area female entrepreneurs as part of a national initiative. The center is
Small business optimism inches down in May
Small-business owners’ optimism fell slightly in May as sales expectations declined, according to a monthly index from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). The
SBA loans available following spring freeze disaster declaration
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has opened federal economic injury disaster loans to Upstate businesses and nonprofit organizations following a federal declaration of natural
E2e launching line of office furniture
ITHACA — E2e Materials, a Cornell University spinoff, is rolling out its first commercial products. The Ithaca–based company is introducing a line of office furniture
HERKIMER — Licari Motor Car, Inc. is making strides in 2012 — including a new service department and expanded service and showroom facility — that should boost business for the Herkimer–based auto dealer. In early March, Licari opened a four-bay NAPA Auto Care Center at its facility on Route 28 in Herkimer and hired two
Downtown Ithaca Alliance picks candy, clothing stores in Race for the Space
ITHACA — A candy shop and clothing store, tabbed as the winners of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance’s “Race for the Space” free-rent competition, will bring missing elements to the city’s downtown, predicts the organization’s executive director. “When we looked at our criteria, not only were we looking for great businesses, we were looking for great
The Palmerton Group says sale gives it resources to grow
DeWITT — David Palmerton says he decided to sell his DeWitt–based environmental-consulting firm to help it keep growing. “We’ve tripled our staff in the past
Gaetano Construction gears up for busy season
UTICA — After a mild winter that enabled the company to keep a number of projects on schedule, Charles A. Gaetano Construction Corp. is gearing up for a busy building season in 2012. Among the projects are an expansion of the American Alloy Steel plant in Rome, an addition at the TRI-Valley Beverage, Inc. facility
Samaritan Counseling Center expands, aided by grants
UTICA — The Samaritan Counseling Center of the Mohawk Valley, Inc. is able to add staff and serve more clients from its new, larger facility as a result of two grants. The center received two grants totaling $188,000 from the Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc. to purchase and renovate the three-story building
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