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Cake Bar brings Vietnamese flavors to downtown Syracuse
SYRACUSE — When Duyen Nguyen immigrated in 2012 from Vietnam to the United States, she thought she would end up working in New York City as a designer. Instead, she ended up working at a tea room in Syracuse. Fate, it seems, had other plans for her, and Nguyen soon realized the need for places […]
Carm’s Doghouse heads downtown to Byrne Square Building
SYRACUSE — Carm’s Doghouse is heading downtown. The dog daycare and grooming business will open its fourth location this fall in the Byrne Square Building, at 308 West Genesee St. in Syracuse. But the plans don’t stop there, business and building owner Carmen Cesta says. Cesta, who opened the first Carm’s Doghouse in 2010, purchased
Griffiss Institute receives nearly $3 million grant for IoT lab
ROME, N.Y. — Griffiss Institute, Inc. has received a nearly $3 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), according to an
Onondaga County hotels post positive business data so far in 2023
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels generated solid increases in a trio of indicators of business activity in the first seven months of 2023, according to a recent report. The county’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) rose 4.9 percent to 59.3 percent year to date through July, compared to the
Syracuse ARPA funding recipients announced
SYRACUSE — Projects including Moyer Carriage Lofts, redevelopment of a building now known as City Center, and the Gustav Stickley House are among those awarded City of Syracuse ARPA funding. Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh on Sept. 8 announced the recipients of grants from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Distressed Property Fund. It’s a program
VETCON 2023 conference set for late November in Albany
ALBANY, N.Y. — The annual conference dedicated to the education and professional growth of veteran business owners and entrepreneurs is set for late November in the state capital. VETCON 2023 is scheduled for Nov. 28-29 at the Crowne Plaza Desmond Hotel in Albany, according to an Aug. 4 announcement from Tully Rinckey PLLC, Tully Rinckey
ANCA annual meeting focused on building belonging
LOWVILLE — The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) on Sept. 8 held its 2023 annual meeting, titled “Building Belonging in the New Economy.” The afternoon event focused on “belonging, what it is, what it looks and feels like, and how creating welcoming spaces directly benefits businesses, communities and the people they serve.” ANCA had invited
Onondaga, Watertown SBDCs combine
WATERTOWN — The Watertown Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has combined with the Onondaga SBDC as part of a pilot program. The effort seeks to “increase shared resources and opportunities” for small businesses in the Central New York region, per an SBDC announcement. Under the program the Watertown SBDC is now the Watertown Outreach Center,
Two CNY firms certified as service-disabled veteran-owned businesses
New York State Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner Jeanette Moy recently announced that a pair of Central New York businesses were certified as service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOB). The New York OGS Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development (DSDVBD) issued the certification to KW Bradley Associates, LLC, a cybersecurity and drone-services provider in Manlius, and
3 students win SUNY Potsdam’s latest business-plan contest
POTSDAM — Three students from SUNY Potsdam’s department of business administration have won the university’s most recent business-plan competition. Edwin Portugal, a professor of business administration at SUNY Potsdam, started the competition in 1993, the school said in its Sept. 8 news release. As part Portugal’s capstone course, “Strategic and Global Management,” 16 students were
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