Participants in the formal-opening ceremony of the Mohawk Valley SBDC’s new location at thINCubator at MVCC included: (from left to right) Frank DuRoss, VP of community development and executive director of the MVCC Foundation; Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri; MVCC President Randall VanWagoner; Roxanne Mutchler, director of the Mohawk Valley SBDC; Grace Wang, interim president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute; New York State Assemblyman Brian Miller (R–New Hartford); and Bernard J. Paprocki, director of the Syracuse district of the U.S. Small Business Administration. (Photo provided by Mohawk Valley Community College)
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has moved its operations to the thINCubator at 326 Broad St. in Utica.
The thINCubator, a business-development incubator, is a program of Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC).
Mohawk Valley SBDC previously operated at the Marcy campus of SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly). It contends its new location will bring it “even closer to community members being served by the organization.”
“This move is another step toward fulfillment of the entrepreneurship pledge made by MVCC in August 2018 to increase the college’s focus on entrepreneurship. We are thrilled to have the Mohawk Valley SBDC join with us in our entrepreneurship initiatives to foster economic growth in our community,” Randall VanWagoner, president of MVCC, said in a news release.
Mohawk Valley SBDC is one of 22 regional centers throughout New York State that make up the NY SBDC network. The State University of New York administers the SBDC, while the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the State of New York, and host campuses fund the centers, per the New York SBDC website.
“We are excited to work collaboratively with the New York State SBDC and MVCC to enable the Mohawk Valley SBDC to more efficiently achieve its important mission and provide community members with even greater access to its business services,” Grace Wang, interim president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, said. “We are thrilled to continue our strong partnership with MVCC as we find the best ways to serve the needs of the Mohawk Valley, and we look forward to the Mohawk Valley SBDC’s continued success.”
About the Mohawk Valley SBDC
The Mohawk Valley SBDC was established in 1986 to provide small-business owners and entrepreneurs in Oneida, Madison, Herkimer, and Lewis Counties with confidential business counseling, training, and business research “at no cost.”
As one of 22 regional centers around the state, the Mohawk Valley SBDC says it has worked directly with 13,549 businesses, helping them to invest more than $255 million in the area’s economy. It contends it has helped create or save 7,620 jobs to-date
The Mohawk Valley SBDC has three business advisors and a government-contracting coordinator.
“I have seen first-hand MVCC’s and SUNY Poly’s dedication to entrepreneurship, and when I was approached earlier this year with this plan, it soon became evident that this would be a win-win for the community and SBDC,” Brian Goldstein, SBDC state director, said in the release.
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
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