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Sun Environmental expands footprint with Rochester acquisition, Buffalo employee
CLAY — Sun Environmental Corp., a Clay–based environmental-services company, has in recent months added an office in Rochester and an employee to service the Buffalo area. The firm acquired New York Environmental Technologies Inc. (NYETECH) in Rochester in a transaction that closed in May. Sun had worked with NYETECH on projects and considered the company […]
Potentia Management Group has a new home in New Hartford
NEW HARTFORD — Potentia Management Group, LLC (PMG) is settling into its new 650-square-foot office in New Hartford after previously operating in Oriskany. PMG describes itself as “an independent full-service technical-management consulting firm specializing in the design and implementation of sustainable green technology for commercial businesses.” “We help commercial businesses reduce their energy consumption,” says
Ecologist to help Seneca Army Depot property owner develop conservation plan
ROMULUS — Deer Haven Park, LLC announced it has tapped Keith G. Tidball, Ph.D. to help owner Earl Martin in developing a wildlife-conservation plan for the former Seneca Army Depot property. In June, Martin, owner of Seneca Iron Works — parent company of Deer Haven, was selected by the Seneca County Industrial Development Agency (IDA)
Cuomo: Binghamton, Ogdensburg sections among 12 new brownfield opportunity areas
Sections of Binghamton and Ogdensburg are among 12 new brownfield-opportunity areas in communities across New York. The designation helps participants develop strategies to revitalize neighborhoods affected by “dormant and blighted” properties, Cuomo’s office said in an Aug. 22 news release. New York will give projects in these areas “priority status” for grants and the project

Clarkson manufacturing incubator, Tug Hill land trust win grants
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, on Sept. 2 announced $1.8 million in economic-development grants for eight upstate local governments and not-for-profit organizations. The winners included these two projects: Clarkson University — Expansion of Manufacturing Incubator Clarkson will receive $250,000 to help fund conversion of Damon Hall into light-manufacturing incubator space, creating new spaces for startups.

Lakeview Amphitheater ticket sales top 200,000 in first season, Onondaga County reports
GEDDES, N.Y. — Ticket sales for the first season at the Lakeview Amphitheater exceeded 200,000, Onondaga County announced in a news release. The county was

OBG acquires North Carolina firm
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse engineering firm OBG (formerly known as O’Brien & Gere) has acquired a North Carolina engineering firm. Charlotte, North Carolina–based PENTA Engineering,

Mackenzie Hughes plans December move to the Galleries
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Mackenzie Hughes LLP will move its business office and 75 employees to the Galleries of Syracuse at 440 South Warren St. in

Construction begins on Tioga Downs hotel
NICHOLS, N.Y. — Construction is underway on a new six-story, 161-room hotel at Tioga Downs in Nichols. Owner Jeff Gural and other community leaders attended

FAA awards Oswego County Airport $843,000 in federal funding
VOLNEY, N.Y. — The Oswego County Airport will use $843,000 in federal funding to fix two taxiways and replace the taxiway lighting. The Federal Aviation
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