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September

Watertown–based Runningboards Marketing opens Syracuse office

SYRACUSE — The president of Runningboards Marketing, a Watertown–based mobile digital-billboard company, sees Syracuse as the “hub of Central New York” and wanted to have an office here. Read More
Smullen starts as Clear Path for Vets CEO of advancement & strategy

CHITTENANGO — A former chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell assumed a leadership role at the Chittenango–based nonprofit Clear Path for Veterans this summer. Read More
SBA awards Syracuse University’s IVMF $100K grant for veteran business training

SYRACUSE — The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV) is an initiative “combining entrepreneurial education with hands-on experience,” the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) says. Read More
Unity House of Cayuga County adds Wilder to board of directors

AUBURN — Unity House of Cayuga County, Inc. announced it has elected a new community leader for the agency’s board of directors. David C. Wilder, president of the Illinois–based St. Thérèse of Lisieu Read More
State Property Checks Explained

My office has been getting calls from constituents who are understandably confused about two rebate checks the state has begun to mail to property taxpayers and whether they should expect to receive o Read More
Briggs & Stratton begins operations in new Sherrill manufacturing facility

SHERRILL — Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE: BGG) has a new facility in the Sherrill Industrial Park. Read More
New section of Erie Canalway Trail opens in Mohawk Valley

Trail addition in Herkimer County will help complete 750-mile Empire State Trail initiative GERMAN FLATTS — The New York State Canal Corporation recently announced it has opened a new section of the Read More
Cucharale launches consulting firm

WESTMORELAND — When the investment firm she worked for was acquired by an out-of-state company, Catherine (Cathy) Cucharale says it was the perfect opportunity for her to branch out on her own. Read More
County program starts with 3 firms using Lyft to get JOBSplus clients to work

SALINA — The struggle historically for small businesses that employ lower-wage workers is needing their employees to have a car to get the job, while the employees need the job to get the car. That’s according to Eileen Brophy, president of Brophy Services Inc. Read More

Business Calendar

Virtual Onboarding Best Practices 1/26/2021 8:15 AM - 1/26/2021 10:00 AM Read More
Central New York Political Leadership Institute (CNY PLI) Information Session 1/26/2021 5:00 PM - 1/26/2021 6:00 PM Read More
BingBizCon 2020 1/28/2021 8:30 AM - 1/28/2021 3:30 PM Read More

Opinion

OPINION: New Yorkers Need a Consistent Recovery Plan to Get the State Back on its Feet In the aftermath of COVID-19 lockdowns, New York’s economic-development and reopening plan has been confusing, inconsistent, and has disregarded objective data and legislative cooperation. In every co Read More
OPINION: How to Reform the Social Security System With Social Security’s finances in the spotlight these days, especially since COVID-19 devastated the U.S. economy, there is no shortage of ideas for how to reform the Social Security System (SS) to r Read More
OPINION: New York Needs Leadership, Cooperation to Weather the Storm The New York Assembly recently reconvened to begin the 2021 legislative session. While the halls of the Capitol were dramatically different due to COVID restrictions, we begin our work with a sense of Read More

Business Mentors

VIEWPOINT: How Younger Workers Can Mentor Older Ones & Move Companies Forward Mentoring usually refers to a manager, executive, or expert ienced employee guiding a younger person in the workplace, helping them acquire knowledge and new skills that foster professional growth. Read More
VIEWPOINT: How Health Care Can Embrace a Digital Transformation It desperately needs one The health-care industry would be better equipped to meet its many challenges if it were more willing to embrace a digital transformation it so desperately needs. Health-car Read More
VIEWPOINT: Businesses were unwilling to change but now they can see 20/20 in 2021 Many business leaders say that change is a good thing, until it is hoisted upon them and they must decide to change or die. I’m a little tired of hearing the term “new normal,” but the economy, the w Read More

People on the Move

JOSEPH E. ROCCO, III Bowers & Company CPAs, PLLC has named JOSEPH E. ROCCO, III an audit partner in the Syracuse office of the firm. He graduated from Hartwick College with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, with a mi Read More
The Bonadio Group The Bonadio Group’s Syracuse office has promoted the following in-charge accountants to the role of senior accountant as of Jan. 1: LULU ZHANG, commercial team; BENJAMIN NOVAK, health care tax-exempt Read More
DANA NICOLETTI Pinckney Hugo Group has hired DANA NICOLETTI as an assistant account manager. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo, she gained experience in marketing at American Food & Vending Corp. Nicoletti has a ba Read More