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C & D Advertising achieves MWBE certification
ROME — C & D Advertising recently announced it has received its certification from New York State as a minority or woman-owned business (MWBE). Located at 103 West Court St. in Rome, the 26-year-old business began the certification process in January 2021 when President Jennifer Brillante became the majority owner after buying C & D […]

Lockheed Martin’s Suburban Syracuse facility wins $23M Navy contract modification
SALINA — The Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Missions Systems plant just north of Syracuse has recently won a nearly $23.1 million modification to a previously awarded U.S. Navy contract to exercise an option for AN/SLQ-32(V)6 design agent engineering, incidental material, and travel. Work will be performed in Lockheed’s facility in the town of Salina, and

Geneva General Hospital earns ACR ultrasound accreditation
GENEVA — Geneva General Hospital has recently been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in ultrasound. The accreditation resulted from an extensive review by the American College of Radiology (ACR), according to a news release from UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health, the hospital’s parent organization. Ultrasound imaging, also known as sonography, uses high-frequency sound waves

Lewis County firms win $104K for improvement, visibility projects
LOWVILLE — Eight Lewis County businesses will use grant awards totaling nearly $104,000 for various projects. Naturally Lewis, Inc. says the money comes from two different funds. The organization in late November announced the recipients of grants from the Building Business Fund and the Small Things, Big Impacts Fund. Building Business Fund is designed to

SBA says 14 upstate small-biz owners complete THRIVE
SYRACUSE — Their businesses operate in communities that include Boonville, Oneonta, Syracuse, and Auburn. A group of 14 small-business owners from across upstate New York on Dec. 6 completed the SBA’s THRIVE program. THRIVE is a redesigned version of the SBA’s annual Emerging Leaders program, an entrepreneurship-development program that helps small businesses grow and expand,

Tropical Smoothie Café opens in DeWitt
DeWITT — W2B Management LLC has opened its seventh Tropical Smoothie Café, LLC location in Central New York at 5761 Celi Drive in DeWitt. The opening comes about a month after W2B — a partnership between Roger Wagner, Jr. and brothers Rick and Mark Bartlett — opened a café in Camillus (shown in accompanying photos).

Syracuse Community Health Quick Care is now open at OCC
ONONDAGA — The new Syracuse Community Health Quick Care at Onondaga Community College (OCC) is now serving patients. Syracuse Community Health and OCC on Dec. 5 formally opened the new clinic on the OCC campus. The facility is open to OCC students and employees, as well as community members, the community college said in its


Year end is a crucial planning time for nonprofits
The end of the year is a good time for reflection and intention setting — not just personally, but also for nonprofit organizations. “We’re talking about strategic growth and what does it mean and why is it necessary,” says Terrence Phillips, a partner in the Bonadio Group’s assurance division. “To be viable in the future,

Rome Community Foundation awards $141K in grants to 15 nonprofits
ROME — The Rome Community Foundation awarded $141,083 in grants to 15 Rome–area charitable organizations in its fourth-quarter grant distribution round, the foundation recently announced. The grant recipients are: Mohawk Valley Health Services, $31,433; Capitol Civic Center, $29,000; Rome Cemetery Association, $15,000; Mercy Flight Central, $12,000; Copper City Community Connection, $10,800; Zion Episcopal Church, $9,000;
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