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ESD green-lights CNY, Southern Tier funding
Empire State Development’s (ESD) board of directors OK’d grants for a Central New York company and a Southern Tier community revitalization program Thursday. The state
NY’s manufacturing conditions continue swoon, survey finds
Difficulties continued for New York’s manufacturers in September, a monthly survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found. The New York Fed’s Empire
Raymond Corp. too busy growing to celebrate 90th anniversary
GREENE — Most companies celebrate major anniversaries with champagne and balloons. Raymond Corp. doesn’t have time to celebrate its 90th birthday. The business has doubled its production since 2009 and has added 500 employees in its U.S. operations since 2010 just to keep up with demand. With headquarters in Greene, Raymond says it’s the North
Binghamton to showcase itself to startups with ‘Startup Weekend’
BINGHAMTON — Attention, entrepreneurs with a great business idea: the city of Binghamton says it has just the place for you to come and pitch
HSLD&G law firm diversifies into private-practice work
JOHNSON CITY — For more than three decades, the law firm of Hogan, Sarzynski, Lynch, DeWind & Gregory (HSLD&G) has provided legal services to school
Rochester–area e-recycler, Sunnking, expands into Binghamton market
BINGHAMTON — Brockport–based electronics recycler Sunnking, Inc. has expanded into the Binghamton region. Earlier this year, Sunnking hired Ken Blaison, who founded and managed TechnoloCycle, Inc., a Binghamton electronics recycler, from 2008 until joining Sunnking. Blaison’s experience in both the industry and in the Southern Tier region made him a perfect fit for Sunnking’s plans
Legislation would provide grants for waterfront brownfield redevelopment
Proposed federal legislation would award grants of up to $500,000 to local governments and nonprofit organizations redeveloping abandoned waterfront properties. “I don’t think [the legislation] has any chance [of passing] before the election, but after the election there is an opportunity because this kind of idea isn’t a Democratic or Republican idea,” U.S. Sen. Kirsten
Ithaca College to host energy management conference
ITHACA — Ithaca College will host its annual Educational Energy Day (EdEnergy) conference Oct. 1 at its Campus Center. The confab, held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., spotlights energy management best practices, strategies, products, and technologies. The agenda includes speakers from Staples, Honeywell, Corning Natural Gas, Rochester Institute of Technology, GEM Energy Services, Building
New York starts market-acceleration program focused on energy efficiency
New York has launched a $30 million program that aims to bring energy-efficiency technologies to market quickly. The state calls the initiative the Energy Efficiency Market Acceleration Program. It will seek to accelerate energy-efficiency technologies’ development, attract technology businesses to New York, create market channels for companies, build business-development opportunities, and train professionals like engineers,
Construction kicks off on $15M Upstate Cord Blood Bank
ONONDAGA — The State University of New York Upstate Medical University is preparing to deal in blood — umbilical-cord blood. Upstate broke ground Sept. 17 on a $15 million construction project that will build a public umbilical-cord blood bank at its Community Campus in the town of Onondaga. The facility will be known as the
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