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Utica University students to help operate Nexus Center
UTICA — Utica University will partner with the Nexus Center to provide students in the school’s sports-management program a chance to gain some professional experience helping to operate the new, almost 170,000-square-foot facility after it opens this fall. The Nexus Center will allow students to have a “hands-on, interactive learning experience to help put their […]

Utica’s Nexus Center nears completion
UTICA — The nearly 170,000-square-foot Nexus Center will open in Utica this fall, bringing a new sports facility and, hopefully, thousands of visitors to the area. “We have to be open in November because we have tournaments scheduled,” says Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. With three 200-foot by 85-foot playing surfaces for ice

Wynn Hospital allows MVHS to start with a clean slate
UTICA — Once complete next year, Mohawk Valley Health System’s (MVHS) 10-story, 72,000-square-foot Wynn Hospital will serve area residents with a state-of-the- art facility that improves upon the flaws of existing buildings, hospital officials say. Building an entirely new structure allowed MVHS to start with a clean slate and truly design the space from the

Harbor Point project in Utica moves forward
UTICA — After years of delay, things are progressing again with the City of Utica’s plan to turn its waterfront area into a destination for residents and tourists, alike. On June 16, the city announced it formally took ownership of the 1933 building from the New York State Canal Corporation, which is a major step

First Woodhaven homes listed for sale in Rome
ROME — The first of 250 new homes where military housing once stood hit the market in Rome recently. Bonacio Construction, Inc. of Saratoga Springs just wrapped up work on the first seven homes of the 250 planned for its Woodhaven housing development on Park Drive in Rome. And Julie & Co. Realty, LLC, also

Skydome indoor drone-testing facility to transform Rome UAS test site
ROME — As they took flight at the end of the ceremony, two drones stretched out a ribbon that officials would cut to formally open the $13 million Skydome at Griffiss International Airport in Rome. Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr. and Hope Knight, president, CEO, and commissioner of Empire State Development, handled the ribbon

Tech Barn to serve as gateway to Marcy Nanocenter campus
MARCY — Planning is moving forward on the Tech Barn mixed-use project that will serve as the entrance point to the Marcy SUNY Parkway corridor and set the tone for the Marcy Nanocenter campus beyond it. Park Grove Realty LLC of Rochester landed the developer’s contract for the project late last year and has been

NBT provides financing for transformative Mohawk Valley projects
UTICA — NBT Bank officials say they are pumped about the economic and development transformation taking place in the Mohawk Valley and their role in helping to procure financing for some of the projects. “It’s a great story what’s going on in the Mohawk Valley,” John H. Watt, Jr., president and CEO of parent company

Little Falls focuses on city’s DRI projects
LITTLE FALLS — Officials in Little Falls have been busy since the state selected the city last December to receive $10 million in funding during the fifth round of the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI). For the only city in Herkimer County, the funding presents an opportunity to develop projects to help connect isolated parts

Velocity Clinical Research Syracuse formally opens DeWitt location
DeWITT, N.Y. — Velocity Clinical Research Syracuse on Wednesday formally opened a new location at 5000 Brittonfield Parkway in DeWitt. Velocity Clinical Research Syracuse —
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