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Oneida County’s hotel occupancy rises more than 10 percent in January
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotels continued to attract more guests in January compared to a year prior as the lodging industry keeps snapping back from the pandemic’s deleterious effects on business. The county’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) rose 10.5 percent to 39.7 percent in January from the year-ago […]

Generous Roasting offers coffee to benefit Upstate Cerebral Palsy
ROME, N.Y. — Upstate Cerebral Palsy (UCP) has partnered with Delta Lake Conference Center’s Haven Camps and Generous Roasting Company to produce three coffee blends that are roasted, packaged, and shipped by individuals working in Vocational & Employment Services at UCP. This partnership allows the individuals receiving services to build valuable work-life skills as well

Anything But Beer buys East Syracuse industrial building for $225,000
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Anything But Beer, LLC recently purchased a 3,500-square-foot industrial building at 302 Terrace St. in the village of East Syracuse for $225,000. Gary Cottet, of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company, arranged the transaction, representing the seller. Wike Properties, LLC is listed as the prior owner of the 0.18-acre property, according to

Launch NY Seed Fund to benefit from foundation’s $3M investment
“As a result of ongoing support from the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation starting in 2016, we have grown to meet demand in our community for mentorship and capital to help entrepreneurs make their new business ideas a reality. Together, we are contributing to new-economy jobs in our region while simultaneously building the most active

New York home sales slip in January, CNY sales mixed
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 10,935 previously-owned homes in January, down 5.4 percent from the 11,565 homes they sold in January 2021, as the industry grappled with record-low inventory. Pending sales in January edged up 0.6 percent to 9,698 from 9,639 a year prior, pointing to a possible reversal of sales declines in

Birch Wealth Management adds employee, plans growth
ROME, N.Y. — With the philosophy that everyone deserves a financial planner, whether they are close to retiring or just starting their careers, Iris Buczkowski founded Birch Wealth Management in September 2019. Since then, she has grown her firm to $40 million in assets under management and recently added a full-time employee. Birch Wealth is

North Country projects get boost from National Grid grants
Economic-development projects involving Watertown Public Square, a boost for the Drum Country NY marketing program, and a Potsdam business renovating an adjacent building were among those National Grid helped fund last year. The energy company said it invested a total of more than $2.6 million in economic-development funding in 2021 in Central and Northern New York aimed
New York egg production dips nearly 1 percent in January
New York farms produced 146.6 million eggs in January, down 0.95 percent from 148 million eggs in the year-prior period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged almost 5.75 million in January, a drop of 0.7 percent from nearly 5.79 million in the same month in

Program offers information on launching a food-based business
ROME, N.Y. — For everyone that whipped up some sourdough bread while in lockdown and thought, “I should sell this,” Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County has just the program to help make that happen. The From Recipe to Market program, in partnership with Mohawk Valley Community College’s Rome campus, kicks off March 9 and

Three North Country businesses transition to younger ownership
Three businesses in Franklin County are remaining “active in their communities for years to come” with the involvement of young entrepreneurs and local economic-development organizations. The businesses are Little Town Lanes and Martin’s Handmade Pretzels in Moira and Happy Camping RV in Vermontville. The Franklin County Economic Development Corp. (FCEDC) worked with the new owners of the
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