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CNY regions post year-over-year job gains in September

The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions all gained jobs between September 2021 and this past September. The Central New York subregions generated job growth ranging from 0.8 percent in the Ithaca region to 3.1 percent in the Binghamton area in the past 12 months. That’s according to the latest monthly employment

Boots to Business program offers education, support to veteran entrepreneurs

Veterans and their dependents with an entrepreneurial spirit have a wealth of education available to them through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Boots to Business program. In New York, that program is operated by the Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) at the McNulty Veterans Business Center in Watervliet and offers monthly in-person and online training options.

Lender Center to use grant for research into racial wealth gap

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The MetLife Foundation has awarded Syracuse University’s Lender Center for Social Justice a $2.7 million grant for research initiatives with a specific focus.  They’ll focus on ways to “accelerate efforts to address the racial wealth gap and help dismantle the root causes of wealth disparity,” the university said in a release. The

Greater Utica Chamber names Business of the Year finalists

UTICA — The nominees are in for the 2022 Business of the Year awards from the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce. The chamber recently announced the finalists in each of five categories and will announce and celebrate the winners at its annual Business of the Year Awards luncheon on Dec. 8 at Hart’s Hill Inn

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