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North Country projects get boost from National Grid grants
Economic-development projects involving Watertown Public Square, a boost for the Drum Country NY marketing program, and a Potsdam business renovating an adjacent building were among those National Grid helped fund last year. The energy company said it invested a total of more than $2.6 million in economic-development funding in 2021 in Central and Northern New York aimed […]

B&L makes two senior-level promotions in Watertown office
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C. (B&L) — a regional engineering, planning, environmental, and landscape architecture firm — announced that two employees in its Watertown office have received a senior-level promotion in 2022. Dustin J. Clark, an engineer, has been promoted to associate. He is a member of B&L’s water resources practice area from

Sperling Building in downtown Watertown sold for $615,000
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — The 11,200-square-foot retail building on 0.8 acres at 312 Arsenal St. in Watertown was recently sold for $615,000. Christopher Clark, a commercial real-estate agent at Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company, helped arrange the transaction, representing both the buyer and the seller, according to a news release from the real-estate firm. It didn’t

Woodland Farm Brewery plans Boonville location
BOONVILLE, N.Y. — Woodland Farm Brewery plans to expand this summer with a second taproom in the former Hulbert House on Main Street in Boonville. Woodland owner Keith Redhead says the idea first surfaced in the summer of 2020 when the “What’s Happening in Boonville, New York” Facebook page organizer reached out to him and

Sacred Heart Apartments in Syracuse sold for $615,000
SYRACUSE — The Sacred Heart Apartments, a 21-unit apartment complex on West Genesee Street in Syracuse, was recently sold. Renpro, LLC purchased the complex — located at 1265-67 W. Genesee St., near Sacred Heart Church — from Richard Flaherty for $615,000, according to a release from Hemisphere Holdings Corp. Richard L. Will, president of the

Arc Herkimer receives grant for café project
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Arc Herkimer has received a $1,500 grant from Berkshire Bank for its new vocational initiative, Copper Café, set to open this spring. The café will be a training ground for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to develop restaurant and hospitality skills. Currently under development, the café will build job-readiness skills in

Brod sells Syracuse New Times building to charter school
The man who previously served as publisher of the Syracuse New Times has sold the building where the publication operated. William Brod tells CNYBJ that he’s also launched a company focused on outdoor publications that’s based in Cazenovia. Building sale The building that housed the Syracuse New Times publication now belongs to the Syracuse Academy of Science

Binghamton Chamber honors Building BC Award recipients
The 2022 Building BC Innovative Award, which recognizes a project, product, or service that “thinks outside the box” went to iM3NY. With a focus on clean-energy, lithium-ion batteries, the company is the first major battery manufacturer to locate in this part of the country, according to a chamber news release. The business looked at non-traditional

Guthrie Clinic expands presence in Ithaca with City Harbor location
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Guthrie Clinic has recently expanded its footprint in Ithaca with its City Harbor facility, a 60,000-square-foot, three-story medical office building. The Guthrie facility at 720 Willow Avenue began offering services to patients Feb. 7. Guthrie Ithaca on Hanshaw Road will remain open, providing primary care and specialty services, the organization noted.

Universal Bookkeeper plans move to new office
UTICA, N.Y. — What started out as a hobby in 2015 for Justin Miller has since grown into a full-fledged business with a staff of five and a new location coming later this year. Miller was working as the CFO of Hospice & Palliative Care in New Hartford at the time but started providing accounting
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