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Meyda Lighting designs its future
YORKVILLE — Fifty years after its start by Meyer and Ida Cohen, Meyda Lighting is still going strong with the third generation hard at work at the business. The business got its start in 1974 when Ida asked her husband Meyer to build a stained-glass lamp for their kitchen window to block out the neighbor’s […]
CBRE highlights trends in Syracuse real-estate market
SYRACUSE — The normalization of hybrid work and a “flight to quality” by commercial-office tenants are two major issues currently affecting the office leasing environment, according to findings presented at CBRE Upstate NY’s Syracuse Market Outlook Midyear Review. The commercial real-estate firm held a review session to go over the findings on June 6 at
Indium Corporation announces 13 summer interns in a program that has launched many careers
CLINTON — Indium Corporation recently welcomed 13 new interns to its summer internship program. The initiative serves as a launch pad for college students, providing a real-world business environment for participants along with feeding the company’s future employment pipeline. Each intern is immersed in work experience through assignments, working on projects and programs that align
EDR ranked on top 500 design firm list
SYRACUSE — EDR, a design, engineering, and environmental-services firm, was named to the Engineering News-Record “Top 500 Design Firms” list for 2024. Companies are ranked according to revenue for design services performed in 2023, according to Engineering News-Record, a publication focused on engineering and construction news and information. EDR officials extended gratitude to the firm’s
N.Y. manufacturing index improves in June, but still shows contraction
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index rose 10 points to -6.0 in June, an improvement but still indicative of contraction in manufacturing activity in New York state. The general business-conditions index is the monthly gauge of New York’s manufacturing sector. Based on firms responding to the survey, the June reading indicates manufacturing business
SUNY Poly awards seed grants to 11 faculty-led projects
MARCY — Eleven faculty-led projects at SUNY Polytechnic Institute received a total of $440,675 in round one, seed-grant funds, the university announced. SUNY Poly’s associate provost for research office received the applications from faculty, which were reviewed by peers who determined which projects would be supported. The money comes from SUNY Poly’s $2.7 million share
SU reappoints dean of College of Engineering and Computer Science
SYRACUSE — Syracuse University (SU) has reappointed J. Cole Smith to a five-year term as dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS). The announcement follows a review process that included feedback from key stakeholders, including ECS faculty, staff, and advisory-board members. “In Cole’s nearly five years as dean, the College of Engineering
2024 Architecture & Engineering Directory
Welcome to the 2024 edition of The Central New York Business Journal’s Architecture & Engineering Directory. This directory features current data and projects from the region’s architecture and engineering firms. Industry-specific data is also included to provide a snapshot of architecture and engineering in the region and state. Note: Not all of the businesses we
HISTORY FROM OHA: The story of Lee & Green + Salt City Bottling Company
George Raynard Lee and Arthur Green founded Lee & Green in Sleaford, England, in 1881. The two men bottled aerated water at their Sleaford factory, and soon expanded to other English cities — Spalding in 1886; Bourne in 1891; and Skegness in 1899. Along with bottling aerated water, these factories brewed and bottled ginger beer,
Sitrin offers scholarship to train future nursing aides
NEW HARTFORD — The Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center is providing eight academic scholarships for individuals interested in enrolling in the Madison-Oneida BOCES nursing-aide training program. Upon graduation, scholarship students are guaranteed employment at Sitrin and must sign a two-year employment contract with Sitrin, the health-care organization announced in a release. The 125-hour course
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