Syracuse mayor appoints Hill as director of business development

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has announced the appointment of Brianca Hill as director of business development in the city’s Department of Neighborhood and Business Development (NBD).

In this role, Hill is responsible for promoting business development through the attraction of new businesses and the retention and expansion of existing local businesses throughout the city of Syracuse.

As director of business development, she will also provide support in the development and launching of economic-development programs and administrative support for local development corporations. The work involves both project analysis along with preparation and delivery of incentives designed to encourage business-investment decisions in the city, Walsh’s office said.

Hill has worked for the City of Syracuse in multiple roles within the Division of Business Development.

Most recently, she held the position of business corridor manager, working with a diverse group of businesses, entrepreneurs, developers, and economic-development partners to “track and monitor” ongoing investments within business corridors. In this role, Hill coordinated maintenance and upkeep of neighborhood commercial and mixed-use business corridors throughout the city of Syracuse. She also provided support and outreach for property owners, businesses, and neighborhood organizations.

She also oversaw the $2 million American Rescue Plan Act Commercial Corridor Improvement Fund, supporting more than 40 development projects throughout the city.

Hill holds a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from SUNY Oswego. She was recently appointed to the executive committee of the Crouse-Marshall Business Improvement District and also acts as a city representative on numerous advisory groups and associations. They include the economic development task force for the East Adams neighborhood, multiple Downtown Neighborhood Association groups, East Genesee Regent Association, NeXT Business Development Advisory Group, and SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry AmeriCorps Neighborhood Health Advisory Board.

Hill also recently completed the Community Preservation Corporation’s ACCESS program for Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) real-estate developers, Walsh’s office said.