Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Syracuse, Central New York and beyond.

Syracuse, three Ithaca firms win prize money in Grow-NY contest; Geneva firm wins grand prize
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Dropcopter, a tenant of Syracuse’s Tech Garden, on Wednesday captured one of two $500,000 prizes at the pitch event of the inaugural

Syracuse firm is runner-up in IDEA NY business-accelerator competition in Mohawk Valley
ROME, N.Y. — PreVision Corp. from Syracuse won $100,000 as the runner-up in the IDEA NY business-accelerator competition. United Aircraft Technologies (UAT) of Albany won

Utica named Mohawk Valley winner in fourth round of Downtown Revitalization Initiative
UTICA, N.Y. — The state is awarding the City of Utica $10 million in funding as the Mohawk Valley winner of the fourth round of

Genius NY announces 2020 semifinalists
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Genius NY has announced 19 semifinalists for the 2020 competition. Genius NY, a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, stands

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse will add two floors, and the state-supported 50-mile drone corridor between Syracuse and Rome is complete.

People news: MACNY hires Donovan as workforce development coordinator
DeWITT, N.Y. — MACNY, The Manufacturers Association announced it has recently hired Eileen Donovan as its workforce development coordinator. In this role, she will support

People news: MVHS names Evans HR operations program manager
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has appointed Tara Evans as its human resources (HR) operations program manager. In this

Rescue Mission completes project expanding food service and culinary education center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Rescue Mission Alliance announced it has completed a $5.8 million project that expanded and renovated the Clarence L. Jordan Food Service

FAA approves beyond line-of-sight testing on part of drone corridor between Rome and Syracuse
ROME, N.Y. — The New York unmanned-aircraft system (UAS) test site at Griffiss International Airport in Rome now has the authority to fly drones beyond

PAR Technology to acquire Florida–based software company for $42 million
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — ParTech Inc. on Thursday announced it has agreed to acquire AccSys, LLC, also known as Restaurant Magic, a Tampa, Florida–based restaurant
Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Syracuse, Central New York and beyond.