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State funding to help pave 14 more miles of Syracuse roads
SYRACUSE — The City of Syracuse will more than double the miles of roads it will repave this construction season. The increase in road work results from an “infusion” of $7.25 million in New York State Touring Routes funding to the city, the office of Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh said in an Aug. 17 news […]

People news: Lyskawa joins Christopher Community as CFO
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Christopher Community, Inc. — a nonprofit development and management company providing affordable housing for low- and moderate-income people — recently announced it

Onondaga County announces plans for $25 million Hopkins Sports Complex in town of Salina
SALINA, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon on Tuesday announced plans for the $25 million Hopkins Sports Complex, a multi-sports athletic venue focused on

Live It Downtown complex in Utica to formally open Friday
UTICA, N.Y. — The Live It Downtown fitness and retail complex in Utica will formally open on Friday. The Fitness Mill gym occupies almost two-thirds

Utica College announces school’s largest ever endowed scholarship as it dedicates Wilcox Center
UTICA, N.Y. — Utica College has its largest-ever endowed scholarship with a donation of $2 million from the estate of Francis A. Wilcox. Utica College

Memorial at State Fairgrounds honors highway workers killed on duty
GEDDES, N.Y. — Highway workers who were killed on the job are now honored with a new memorial at the New York State Fairgrounds in Geddes. It’s located near the midway entrance and west of the Horticulture Building on the State Fairgrounds, the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul said. Hochul unveiled the memorial during a

Benefit Design Services leases nearly 2,800 square feet in DeWitt
DeWITT, N.Y. — Benefit Design Services (BDS) Corp. recently leased 2,777 square feet of office space at 5010 Campuswood Drive in the town of DeWitt. Cory LaDuke & Brian Balash of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company represented the tenant in the transaction. No lease terms were disclosed. The office is located in a two-story, 71,269-square-foot

New state laws tackle subcontractor wages, shared-work benefits
New state laws that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed on Labor Day make construction contractors liable for the wages owed to their subcontractors and extend shared-work benefits. They also establish a demonstration program to implement speed-violation monitoring systems in work zones to help keep workers safe and require the payment of prevailing wage to building service employees at

Barton & Loguidice acquires second New England firm, expanding presence in Maine
Barton & Loguidice is a Salina–based engineering, planning, environmental, and landscape-architecture firm with 350 employees throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Owner William (Bill) J.

CLAYTON, N.Y. — The state says crews have started work on a $2.4 million project to repair the wastewater-collection system and treatment plant in Clayton in Jefferson County following flooding in 2019. The Village of Clayton is using funding that was provided through the state’s Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative, or REDI, the office of
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