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Downtown Living Tour moved to late September
SYRACUSE — The Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc. plans to hold its 14th annual Downtown Living Tour on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The event is normally held in mid-May, but the Downtown Committee moved it this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Our date was Saturday, May 16, but as we […]
Construction continues on upcoming Salt City Market
SYRACUSE — The construction effort continues on the upcoming Salt City Market, a $24 million project at 484 S. Salina St. in downtown Syracuse. It is a design-build project for Syracuse–based VIP Structures, says Maarten Jacobs, the project’s executive director who spoke with CNYBJ on June 1. Jacobs also serves as director of community prosperity
Geddes Federal makes $1 million investment in Home HeadQuarters fund
SYRACUSE — Home HeadQuarters, Inc. on June 1 announced that Geddes Federal Savings & Loan recently made the inaugural investment of $1 million into the organization’s Enterprise fund. Home HeadQuarters is a Syracuse–based nonprofit neighborhood and community-development organization that provides home ownership and home-improvement opportunities for Central New York families. The organization created the fund
Workers take down COVID-19 triage tent at Oswego Hospital
OSWEGO — Workers have removed the triage tent that Oswego Health had set up outside the emergency room at Oswego Hospital. The organization had set up the tent a few weeks earlier to help in screening patients for COVID-19 before they entered the emergency department. The hospital said it had constructed the portable tent on
New York’s construction sector posts nearly 42 percent year-over-year loss in jobs in April
Construction employment in New York state fell by 167,700, or 41.7 percent, to 234,100 jobs in April from 401,800 jobs in the year-earlier month amid the COVID-19 shutdown, the New York State Department of Labor reported on May 21. Only the leisure and hospitality industry, which lost 638,000 jobs, posted a larger percentage, year-over-year decline in
Bonadio partner provides advice for contractors returning to work in pandemic
Marc Valerio, who is also a certified public accountant, spoke to CNYBJ on June 2 and provided thoughts on several topics. The Bonadio Group — which is headquartered in Rochester and has offices in Syracuse and Utica — describes itself as the largest independent provider of accounting, tax, and consulting services in upstate New York.
May U.S. jobs report stuns with gain of 2.5 million jobs and drop in jobless rate
The U.S. economy surprisingly added 2.5 million jobs in May and the unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent from 14.7 percent in April May as
City of Utica allows restaurants to use its sidewalks for outdoor dining
UTICA, N.Y. — The City of Utica on Wednesday announced that restaurants can apply to use city sidewalk space for outdoor dining now that the
Madison County seeks developers for state canals initiative project in Canastota
CANASTOTA — Interested developers have until July 21 to respond to Madison County’s request for qualifications (RFQ) on a project to turn 160 Center St. in Canastota into a “canalside pocket neighborhood.” The project is part of the state’s Reimagine the Canals initiative. The county released a request for qualifications (RFQ) in partnership with the
New York state home sales tumble 29 percent in April
CNY & national sales also fall sharply due to COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic took a big bite out of April homes sales across the state, locally, and nationally. New York realtors sold 6,626 previously-owned homes in April, down 29.3 percent from 9,374 homes sold in April 2019. New listings and pending sales fell even
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