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City of Syracuse awards winter COVID-19 grants to 23 small businesses
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has announced that 23 Syracuse small businesses will use grant funding to “adapt to the challenges presented by
Oneida County hotels see more than half of rooms filled in October
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County hotels posted an occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) of 51.8 percent in October, down 21.5 percent from a year ago, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. Though business was hindered by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was the smallest year-over-year
Jefferson County hotels see fewer than half of rooms occupied in October
WATERTOWN — Just under one out of two Jefferson County hotel rooms, on average, were occupied in October amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent report. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county came in at 45.8 percent in October, down 16.1 percent from October 2019,
Oneida Nation begins effort to fill more than 250 hospitality positions
VERONA, N.Y. — The Oneida Indian Nation is extending — and candidates are accepting — offers for hospitality positions at its properties. That’s according to Joel Barkin, VP of communications, who tells CNYBJ in an email that as of Dec. 1, the organization had set up more than 400 interviews and members of the Oneida
Greater Utica Chamber leader to leave to work for family businesses
UTICA, N.Y — Meghan Fraser McGrogan, executive director of the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce, will be resigning from her position at the end of
Broome County no longer reporting possible virus exposures
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Broome County Health Department said it is no longer announcing individual locations, like restaurants and stores, where the public may have
Ithaca Area Economic Development president McDaniel appointed to international board
ITHACA, N.Y. — Heather McDaniel, president of Ithaca Area Economic Development (IAED), has been appointed to a seat on the board of directors of the
Microdrones adds United Kingdom firm as distributor
Microdrones announced it has added Drone Pilot Academy of the United Kingdom as a distributor of drone-surveying equipment throughout the UK and Ireland. Microdrones is
Oneida Nation upgrades air-filtration systems at SavOn, Maple Leaf Market stores
VERONA, N.Y. — Oneida Nation Enterprises says it has upgraded the air-filtration systems at all of its 16 SavOn and Maple Leaf Market stores in
Survey: Half of New Yorkers plan to spend less than $500 on holiday gifts
Nearly half of respondents (49 percent) plan to spend under $500 in gifts during this holiday season, a figure that is “virtually unchanged from last year.” At the same time, nearly one-third (32 percent), expect to spend $1,000 or more on holiday gifts, which is up from 21 percent a year ago. That’s according to a
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