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SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: The Center for the Arts of Homer: Resilience in a Pandemic
HOMER, N.Y. — What do you do when the COVID-19 pandemic literally shuts down your whole operation? You get creative and pivot to an operation where you are staying relevant and fulfilling your mission. This is the situation faced by the Center for the Arts of Homer — and the approach it took to deal […]

Mohawk Valley heating and cooling firm opens Syracuse–area office
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Fred F. Collis & Sons — which has been providing heating, cooling, fuel-oil delivery, and other services to the Mohawk Valley since 1936 — has expanded its service area with a new office in the Syracuse region. The new office, located at 4586 Nixon Park Drive in the town of Onondaga, is

Pinckney Hugo Group expands Syracuse HQ, opens office in Rochester area
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Pinckney Hugo Group (PHG) — a Syracuse–based marketing communications firm — has purchased and renovated the building adjacent to the agency’s headquarters

Syracuse Crunch to require proof of full COVID-19 vaccination at Upstate Medical University Arena
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Crunch will require all their employees, game-night staff, and fans ages 12 and up to provide proof of full COVID-19

Verrier to depart Cayuga County Chamber and CEDA
AUBURN, N.Y. — Cayuga Strategic Solutions, Inc. — the joint venture and umbrella organization of the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce and Cayuga Economic Development

Commerce Chenango to honor BuildBlockCNY, others during annual luncheon in September
NORWICH, N.Y. — BuildBlockCNY LLC of Sherburne will be receiving the “Excellence in Small Business” award from Commerce Chenango. BuildBlockCNY is a national distributor for BuildBlockBuilding Systems and related modern green-building products in New York state and Northern Pennsylvania. The company says it specializes in insulated concrete forms. BuildBlockCNY is among the companies that Commerce

CPA firm formally opens new office in downtown Ithaca
ITHACA, N.Y. — Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC (KASH) — a Hudson, N.Y.–based firm that offers corporate accounting, tax advisory, and bookkeeping services — recently formally opened a new office in downtown Ithaca. KASH held a ribbon-cutting event with the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA) and Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick on July 22 at

New York’s small-business COVID-19 recovery grant program expands eligibility
ALBANY, N.Y. — More small businesses can now apply for funding in New York’s $800 million COVID-19 small-business recovery grant program. Starting Wednesday, businesses with

CNY regions see falling jobless rates, rising job growth in July
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions fell significantly in July compared to a year ago when the pandemic

ConnextCare receives Jobs Award from Operation Oswego County
OSWEGO — Operation Oswego County (OOC) announced that it recently presented its 2021 Jobs Award to ConnextCare, an Oswego County health-care provider. OOC gave out the award at its July annual meeting, in recognition and appreciation of the significant contribution and impact of ConnextCare’s more than 250 jobs and over $14.4 million in payroll on
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