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Southern Tier IDAs work together to market region as a clean-tech corridor
Economic-development agencies in the Southern Tier are teaming up to market the region as a clean energy and technology hotspot in hopes of attracting new business and creating jobs. “We’re really excited about this,” says Stacey Duncan, executive director of The Agency in Broome County. Talks between the agencies began last spring, with a focus […]

ANDRO lands $15 million SBIR contract for U.S. Army work
ROME, N.Y. — ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC has won a $15 million contract to design and build an electronic signal-detection unit for the U.S. Army.

Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown starts requiring masks again
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Medical Center announced it has reinstituted temporary masking requirements effective immediately as the number of Bassett employees testing positive for COVID

Syracuse mayor appoints Hill as director of business development
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has announced the appointment of Brianca Hill as director of business development in the city’s Department of Neighborhood

LeadSafe CNY initiative receives $150,000 grant
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to the Central New York Community Foundation’s LeadSafeCNY initiative, allocated toward the

SALINA, N.Y. — OCWA, Central New York’s Water Authority, announced that Sheilla Roth has joined as its new CFO, effective Tuesday, Dec. 26. In this

Central New York Community Foundation selects its next president & CEO
Littlejohn succeeds Peter Dunn, who served as the Community Foundation’s president & CEO since 2008. Until Littlejohn assumes her new role on March 1, Thomas

Walsh says deer-management effort starting this week
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh announced that deer management carried out by qualified wildlife managers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will
A decade of the Taste NY program marked at Destiny USA’s CNY Welcome Center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Taste NY — the state program that “highlights the quality, diversity, and economic impact of food and beverages grown, produced, or processed”

Workforce Development Board receives $500K for environmental-job training
UTICA, N.Y. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $500,000 to the Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison and Oneida Counties for environmental-job training programs. The agency awarded grants totaling $7 million to 14 organizations across the country through its Brownfields Jobs Training Program to help recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization
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