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Vision-care company Warby Parker to open store in Fayetteville in early 2025
FAYETTEVILLE, N.Y. — Warby Parker Inc. (NYSE: WRBY), a New York City–based company that specializes in vision-care needs, is coming to the Towne Center at Fayetteville in early 2025. COR Development Company says it has signed a lease with Warby Parker, representing the brand’s first location in the Syracuse area. Warby Parker will be located […]

Oncenter to host New York State Innovation Summit on Oct. 28-29
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Plenty of speakers and a commercialization competition are part of the agenda for the upcoming New York State Innovation Summit on Monday

State parks generate a $3.7 billion economic impact
State parks and historic sites in New York state generated a $3.7 billion economic impact in 2021, rivaling the economic impact of the state’s agricultural sector, which produced $3.3 billion for the same year. The data comes from an economic-impact report titled, “New York’s State Parks: The Economic Engine for the State” by Parks &

So Sweet Candy Shoppe moves to Clinton
CLINTON — After more than three decades as a floral designer, Margaret Rienzo never planned to open her own business. However, a lifelong love of baking led to her second career as an entrepreneur and owner of So Sweet Candy Shoppe in Oneida County. Rienzo started the business in her home in Utica in 2005,

Two hotel projects announced as first grant recipients in Onondaga County hotel initiative
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Hotel projects in the towns of DeWitt and Salina are the first two grant recipients in the Onondaga County hotel initiative to
Broome County hotels see fewer overnight guests in September
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels registered a drop in occupancy in September, even as two other key indicators of business performance improved substantially in the month. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county fell 4.7 percent to 62.5 percent in the ninth month of 2024, compared to
Jefferson County hotels post a strong month of business in September
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Jefferson County hotels registered a more than 15 percent jump in overnight guests in September, as two other important indicators of hotel-business performance also improved substantially. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the North Country’s largest county climbed 15.5 percent to 66.6 percent in the ninth

Hartwick College opens Baking Innovation Lab in Oneonta
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Hartwick College recently unveiled its new Baking Innovation Lab (BIL), part of the Hartwick Center for Craft Food and Beverage (CCFB), with

Binghamton University president to step down at end of academic year
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger will step down after the end of this academic year, according to a Friday, Oct. 18 post

Naturally Lewis awards $50K in startup funding to two Lewis County businesses
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — Naturally Lewis says it has awarded a total of $50,000 to two Lewis County businesses as part of the Launch Lewis County initiative. Coffee & Clay Cafe will use $20,000 for startup equipment, furniture and inventory for a new cafe and pottery studio in Constableville. At the same time, Hartley’s Meat Market
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