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LASMNY to use $107K state grant to assist those facing COVID-related evictions
UTICA, N.Y. — Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York (LASMNY) in Utica will use a state grant of $107,000 to help tenants that are facing

2nd phase of State Fair’s orange lot project wraps up
GEDDES — Crews have completed construction on the second phase of the New York State Fair orange lot project. The effort was about “improving access to the State Fairgrounds and furthering the transformation of one of Central New York’s economic engines,” the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a Sept. 15 news release. As

RAV buys, plans to improve Salina Industrial Powerpark
SALINA — In August, RACER Trust announced the sale of a multi-tenant industrial park, which was formerly a General Motors (GM) manufacturing plant, to Jamesville–based RAV Properties. The Salina Industrial Powerpark features an 805,860-square-footage main building with a separate 14-acre shovel-ready site; the property totals 78.5 acres. The park currently has 13 tenants that employ

NYSTEC to open new procurement technical assistance center
Service-disabled, veteran-owned businesses in the Mohawk Valley and Capital Region could benefit from a new procurement technical assistance center (PTAC) that is set to open in Troy on Oct. 1 with a subcenter in Rome. NYSTEC (New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation) has announced the upcoming opening of the IgniteU NY PTAC, which will provide procurement

USDA awards loan to Scriba for sewage project, Potsdam for water project
The Town of Scriba in Oswego County and the Village of Potsdam in St. Lawrence County will use federal loans for projects focused on sewage

Cree CEO visits Mohawk Valley Fab construction site in Marcy
MARCY, N.Y. — Crews working on building the Mohawk Valley Fab for Cree Inc. in Marcy, near Utica, are focused on the project’s vertical work

Tompkins Chamber, CVB to sell their Ithaca headquarters, seek new main office
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) plan to sell their headquarters at 904 East Shore Drive

Horseheads developer buys former NYSDOT property in Ithaca at auction for nearly $4M
Dugo purchased the 8.16-acre state-owned former DOT maintenance facility located on the Cayuga Lake Inlet at 683 Third Street in Ithaca at a live onsite

State completes work on second phase of access project to State Fair’s orange lot
The new I-690 eastbound on-ramp bridge also accommodates pedestrians with a 10-foot wide pedestrian walkway that will help ease the journey to and from the

Rosamond Gifford Zoo breaks ground on new $8M animal health center project
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Rosamond Gifford Zoo on Thursday morning broke ground on construction of a new animal health center. The project is a $7.5
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