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Little Falls focuses on city’s DRI projects
LITTLE FALLS — Officials in Little Falls have been busy since the state selected the city last December to receive $10 million in funding during the fifth round of the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI). For the only city in Herkimer County, the funding presents an opportunity to develop projects to help connect isolated parts […]

Construction begins on flood-resiliency project in Clayton in Jefferson County
CLAYTON, N.Y. — Construction has started on a series of flood-resiliency projects in the village of Clayton in Jefferson County. The four projects were awarded

JMA Wireless formally opens HQ, manufacturing facility just south of downtown Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — JMA Wireless, a company specializing in 5G-wireless technology, on Thursday formally opened its new headquarters and manufacturing facility at 140 Cortland Ave.

Fulton Savings Bank’s former CEO honored by OOC
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Operation Oswego County Inc. (OOC) recently recognized Michael J. Pollock with the Martin Rose Economic Developer Merit Award during the OOC annual meeting held in mid-June. Pollock, now retired, previously served as president and CEO of Fulton Savings Bank. OOC said it honored Pollock “in recognition and appreciation of his outstanding record

Owners of winery in Constantia honored for entrepreneurship by Operation Oswego County
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Operation Oswego County (OOC), at its recent annual meeting, recognized the owners of the Grace Tyler Estate Winery in Constantia with an entrepreneurship award. OOC on June 16 presented its 2022 Dee Heckethorn Entrepreneur Award to Richard and Elizabeth Hamilton “in recognition and appreciation of exceptional entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and dedication for

CNY closed home sales dip nearly 9 percent in June, pending sales fall more than 33 percent
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Realtors in a six-county region of Central New York closed on the sale of 783 homes in June, down 8.5 percent from the 856 homes they sold in the year-prior month. That’s according to the latest housing-market report released by the Greater Syracuse Association of Realtors (GSAR) on July 20. However, pending

Project to redevelop ShoppingTown Mall can proceed after contract signing
DeWITT, N.Y. — Onondaga County and the development group involved have signed a contract allowing the redevelopment of ShoppingTown Mall at 3649 Erie Blvd East in DeWitt to move forward. The county’s July 20 announcement about the contract came almost a year to the day of the initial announcement about the project in July 2021.

New York home sales fell in June
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 12,520 previously owned homes in June, down 8.6 percent from the 13,693 homes they sold in the year-ago month, as tight inventory and rising prices and mortgage rates took a toll. That’s according to the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR) June housing-market report issued on July
Oneida County hotels post 12 percent rise in occupancy in June
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) increased 12.1 percent to 67.5 percent in June compared to the year-prior month. That’s according to a recent report from STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. Through the first six months of the year, occupancy in the

Access project at Carpenter Falls Unique Area in Cayuga County is now complete
Funding from the state’s Environmental Protection Fund supported the project, the DEC noted. Carpenter Falls Unique Area includes “dramatic” steep terrain and waterfalls. The 37-acre
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