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Chobani announces $200,000 in Impact Fund grants
Awards will promote innovation, entrepreneurship, & more NEW BERLIN, N.Y. — Yogurt maker Chobani recently announced this year’s recipients of grants from the annual Chobani Impact Fund. It’s a program designed to fuel innovation, expand economic opportunity, and promote entrepreneurship, diversity, and inclusion in Central New York. Through its partnership with the Community Foundation for […]

Community Foundation for South Central New York awards $318K in grants to regional nonprofits
JOHNSON CITY — The Community Foundation for South Central New York (SCNY) recently announced it has made grants totaling $318,288 to 17 organizations in the region in its fall grant round. The successful grant applications, approved through a competitive, volunteer panel and board-review process, are for a variety of capital projects, operations, economic development, and

Owners of Mohawk Valley donut shop and son convicted of tax evasion
UTICA, N.Y. — A federal jury in Utica on Wednesday convicted the owners of Dippin Donuts and their son for conspiring to defraud the U.S.

People news: Helio Health names Mancini chief clinical officer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Helio Health, Inc. — a nonprofit provider of services to promote recovery from the effects of substance use, mental-health disorders, and other

Crews begin work on Rome Health’s new physician center
ROME, N.Y. — Crews have started work on Rome Health’s $11.4 million project to build a new physician center on the hospital campus. The organization

Tompkins County to use $300K grant to launch microenterprise-assistance program
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County will use a $300,000 grant to support microenterprise development in the area. The New York State Office of Community Renewal’s

Centro, TCAT, BC Transit to benefit from newly passed infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Centro in the Syracuse area, TCAT in the Ithaca region, and BC Transit in the Binghamton area are among the systems that

Tops Markets completes merger with Price Chopper / Market 32
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Tops Markets has completed its merger with Price Chopper / Market 32 in a deal that brings together two upstate New York–based

CenterState CEO recognizes area Economic Champions, JMA Wireless
CenterState CEO also presented its Community Visionary Award to JMA Wireless for “embodying a vision of economic opportunity, and for its work to create a

People news: MVHS adds new radiation oncologist to cancer center
UTICA, N.Y. — Dr. Hsin Kwung Li has recently joined the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) Cancer Center as a radiation oncologist, where he provides
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