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Tompkins Chamber, Convention & Visitors Bureau to relocate to Ithaca’s west side
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce and Ithaca/Tompkins Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) are moving to Ithaca’s west side. The chamber’s board

Syracuse Athletics to renovate, expand Manley Field House into the Lally Athletics Complex
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University Athletics plans to renovate and expand Manley Field House into the John A. Lally Athletics Complex, “a state-of-the-art academic and

CNYSME selects Ed Riley to receive 2022 Crystal Ball Award
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Central New York Sales & Marketing Executives (CNYSME) has selected Ed Riley as the 45th recipient of its annual Crystal Ball

Nascentia Health begins work to convert the Beeches complex in Rome into senior housing
ROME, N.Y. —Nascentia Health has started renovation work on the Beeches facility in Rome, which will become the Nascentia Neighborhood at The Beeches. The Syracuse–based

NBT Bank renews lease at AXA Tower II in downtown Syracuse
SYRACUSE — NBT Bank recently renewed the lease for office space at its Syracuse Financial Center, located in AXA Tower II at 120 Madison St. in downtown Syracuse. John Clark and Brian Balash of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company negotiated the lease renewal, on behalf of the tenant, NBT Bank, per a news release from

Rome Health says new physician center will be ready this summer
ROME, N.Y. — The Hayner Hoyt Corporation of Syracuse has started work on an $11.4 million project to build a new physician center on the Rome Health hospital campus. The organization on Nov. 10 hosted a ceremonial demolition crew to break down walls. Rome Health expects the new physician center to open in late summer

The newly opened Coffee Tree is a family affair
SHERRILL, N.Y. — The Coffee Tree — a new café owned by the mother-daughter duo of Kathleen Roberts and Kaylee Sierson — opened in Sherrill in mid-October to “astronomically” good business. Sierson tells CNYBJ that “support from the community has been three times what we had projected” since the small business’s formal opening. The Coffee

Inns of Aurora opens Taylor House Conference Center
AURORA, N.Y. — The Inns of Aurora has opened the Taylor House Conference Center, which it describes as the “resort’s capstone restoration to a collection of premier hospitality offerings.” The project is part of a 20-year effort focused on “restoration, preservation, and adaptive reuse of historic buildings” in the village of Aurora. The organization declined

Winter Fair set for return to Fairgrounds in February
GEDDES, N.Y. — Organizers have started promoting the third Winter Fair and hope the message reaches all corners of the Empire State. The third Winter Fair is set for Feb. 4-6, 2022 at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds in Geddes. “We try to reach out not only to Central New York

Downtown Clayton project can boost tourism, officials say
CLAYTON, N.Y. — Elected officials believe a recently completed project in downtown Clayton in Jefferson County will benefit the community’s role in Thousand Islands tourism. Crews have finished work on a $9.3 million project that reconstructed and modernized State Route 970L, the main travel route through the Jefferson County village. The project “improved resiliency” against
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