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Salt City Market opens with neighborhood-entrepreneur vendors
SYRACUSE — The newly opened Salt City Market boasts it offers “regional and international cuisine from entrepreneurs in your neighborhood” and is the “food hall for all.” Salt City Market, located at 484 S. Salina St. in Syracuse, formally opened Jan. 29. The two anchor tenants in the 78,000-square-foot, four-story building are the Syracuse Cooperative […]

Syracuse-area businesses deploy HealthWay-donated air purifiers
SYRACUSE — HealthWay of Pulaski on Feb. 3 announced it donated Intellipure air-purification systems to 18 Syracuse businesses or organizations, including several restaurants. The air purifiers will help to improve air quality in these indoor spaces and “promote cleaner air,” CenterState CEO said in a news release. The donation “represents an effort to connect local

Cornell engineering startup wins NFL innovation contest
ITHACA — Organic Robotics Corporation (ORC), an engineering startup at Cornell University, captured prize money in the 6th annual NFL 1st & Future competition, sponsored by the National Football League. ORC won with its stretchable sensing technology, Light Lace, and topped a field of four finalists. The finals were televised Feb. 2 on the NFL

Virtual conference to focus on business ownership in NNY
SARANAC LAKE — Small-business opportunities for the “next generation” of entrepreneurs in Northern New York (NNY) are the focus of a four-day virtual conference set for Feb. 24-27. The North Country Center for Businesses in Transition (CBIT) will host the virtual event that will “attract and empower aspiring” entrepreneurs to pursue business ownership in NNY,
VIEWPOINT: How to Support our Small Businesses & Local Economy
Buying local supports our area’s economy and builds community by directly helping our neighbors. According to Syracuse First, if we shift 10 percent of our budgets to supporting locally owned, independent businesses over non-local businesses, it could generate $130 million in new economic activity for Onondaga County alone, and nearly $25 million in new tax revenue. This concept

Port & Company, CPAs rebrands as Ranucci, Dalton & Schenk, CPAs, P.C.
DeWITT, N.Y. — Starting on Jan. 1, the accounting firm formerly known as Port & Company, CPAs began operating as Ranucci, Dalton & Schenk, CPAs, P.C. The firm has certified public accountants and certified valuation analysts and advisors. Its services include accounting, tax planning and compliance, personal financial and estate planning, business planning, business valuations,

Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce selects new executive director
UTICA, N.Y. —The board of directors of the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce has appointed Kari Puleo as its new executive director. She will be

SU’s Whitman School appoints new director of marketing & communications
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University announced it has appointed Dawn S. McWilliams as director of marketing and

Businesses start the Be a Neighbor Fund to help Utica small businesses
UTICA, N.Y. — Four Utica–area businesses have launched the Be A Neighbor Fund, which seeks to raise money to help small, local companies in Utica

Launch NY invests more than $2M in 32 companies during 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Launch NY worked with more than 175 investors to deliver $2.23 million to 32 companies through its #InvestLocal community. Its effort during 2020 “pushed the venture-development organization to over $5 million in lifetime investments,” the organization said in a Jan. 25 news release. Launch NY’s #InvestLocal financing programs in 2020 provided seed
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