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Two Onondaga County 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 Onondaga County businesses have each 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 Crossett Hospitality Group, LLC, which is located in Syracuse and […]
New York snap-bean production rose 5 percent in 2022
New York farmers produced an estimated 1.86 million cwt (hundredweight) of snap beans (also called green beans or string beans) last year, up 5 percent from the 2021 estimate, according to a recent government report. The average yield per acre was estimated at 75 cwt in 2022, unchanged from the prior year’s average yield, per
Electronics recycler Sunnking switches to four-day workweek
WHITESBORO, N.Y. — Electronics recycler Sunnking is testing out a four-day workweek at its Whitesboro and Brockport recycling facilities. “It was sort of born out of the pandemic,” Sunnking President Adam Shine says. While many white-color jobs switched to home offices and have continued in some sort of hybrid format, that wasn’t an option for
Northwoods takes over management of Norman Shadduck Agency in Binghamton
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Northwoods Corporation entered into a management agreement March 1 with the Norman Shadduck Agency, located at 32 Broad Ave., in Binghamton. Under the agreement, Northwoods now manages the daily operations of the agency. David Shadduck remains the agency’s sole owner and president. Shadduck and the agency’s one employee remain with the
Doyle Security Systems appoints new Watertown general manager
WATERTOWN — Doyle Security Systems, Inc., a provider of alarm systems and monitoring services, recently announced it has promoted Travis Morgia to general manager of the company’s Watertown branch office. His promotion coincides with the retirement of his father, Bruce Morgia, who had previously served as president of STAT Communications. Doyle Security Systems acquired STAT
ANCA awarded $558K USDA grant for climate-smart project
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) will use a $558,000 federal grant to support climate-smart agroforestry projects on small farms in
Federal funding boosts childcare offerings in the Binghamton area
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Leadership Alliance, Broome County Urban League, and United Way of Broome County recently announced an award of $750,000 in congressionally directed
City of Syracuse accepting applications for distressed-property fund
“COVID-19 has been hard on many development projects throughout the City. The Distressed Property Fund will provide gap financing to eligible projects that need a
Otsego Innovation and Acceleration Center opens in Oneonta
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Entrepreneurs and businesses in Otsego County have a new resource available to them now that the Otsego Innovation and Acceleration Center has opened. Otsego Now, the umbrella organization of Otsego County’s Industrial Development Agency and the Otsego County Capital Resource Corporation, opened the center in February. “It’s open and ready to work
Richfield Springs business-park project moves forward
RICHFIELD SPRINGS, N.Y. — Nearly two decades after acquiring the property, the County of Otsego Industrial Development Agency (the IDA) is moving forward with plans to create a business park on 58 acres just outside the village of Richfield Springs. The IDA is accepting bids until March 31 on roadwork and work to extend water,
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