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WISE Women’s Business Center to use $100K SU grant to help women entrepreneurs
SYRACUSE — The WISE Women’s Business Center (WBC) will use a $100,000 special-impact grant from Syracuse University to help area women entrepreneurs. The funding will allow WISE WBC to provide expert technical assistance to more than 250 women entrepreneurs in Central New York through its no-cost, small-business counseling program. Syracuse University sees the grant as […]
All CNY regions post modest job gains in the last year
The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions all gained jobs between February 2022 and this past February. The Central New York subregions produced job growth ranging from 0.6 percent in both the Elmira and Ithaca areas to 2.4 percent in the Syracuse region during the 12-month period. That’s according to the latest
Cryomech moves forward under Bluefors ownership with local jobs to fill
DeWITT, N.Y. — As Cryomech begins operations under a new owner, the local firm’s president tells CNYBJ it has job openings to fill and they’re listed at the Cryomech website. The positions include assembly technician, CNC machine operator, machine operator, final quality control technician, maintenance technician, manufacturing process engineer, and others. The operation at 6682
Two employees take over leadership of Thew Associates Land Surveyors
SALINA, N.Y. — A pair of long-time employees of Thew Associates Land Surveyors, a Salina–based land-surveying firm, are now leading the business. Michael Merithew and Jeremy Sweeney are now company principals after purchasing the member shares of Thew Associates from Spencer and James Thew, per an April 3 announcement about the leadership transition. Merithew and
New director of Blackstone LaunchPad program starts work
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It was about a month ago when Traci Geisler became director of Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad program, succeeding Linda Dickerson Hartsock in the role. Geisler began her duties March 17. Hartsock — founder and former executive director of the LaunchPad — has transitioned to the role of strategic-initiatives advisor at Syracuse
Succession planning leads to smoother ownership transitions
“Any business who looks out and says in 5 to 10 years, I don’t want to do this anymore,” should start succession planning now, says Richard Scrimale, chair of the business department and succession planning counsel at Hancock Estabrook, LLP in Syracuse. Succession planning, in its most basic terms, is how a business will transition
Solvay Bank to pay quarterly dividend of 42 cents a share in late April
SOLVAY, N.Y. — Solvay Bank Corp. (ticker: SOBS), the holding company for Solvay Bank, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a cash dividend of 42 cents per share of its common stock for the first quarter. The dividend is payable on April 28, to shareholders of record at the close of business
Buono Construction certified as service- disabled veteran-owned business
New York State Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner Jeanette Moy recently announced that a Binghamton–area construction firm 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 Buono Construction, LLC, a contractor specializing in site preparation. The business is located
Existing home sales in New York fell 34 percent in February
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 6,147 previously owned homes in February, down 34.3 percent from the 9,351 homes they sold in the year-ago month. It marks the lowest number of closed sales in month-over-month comparisons since February 2014 when there were just 5,700 units sold in the state. That’s according to the monthly
Taste of Syracuse to again offer food, music & help charities
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — This year’s Taste of Syracuse event, the 25th anniversary edition, will again include plenty of food samples, music and concerts, and a chance to help two local charities. The 1990s alternative rock band Spin Doctors will headline the upcoming Taste of Syracuse event, held June 2-3, in and around Clinton Square. Spin
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