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ITHACA — A new life sciences incubator at Cornell University plans to help young companies get closer to market. Plenty of early-stage companies in life sciences are swallowed in the so-called “valley of death,” says Lou Walcer, director of the new Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences. They might […]

SYRACUSE — Representatives from Upstate Venture Connect have been meeting with groups from around New York State in an effort to spark the formation of more seed funds. Both the Seed Capital Fund of CNY (SCF), which formed in Syracuse in 2007, and the Cayuga Venture Fund of Ithaca, which served as the model for

SALINA  —  Immediate Mailing Services, Inc. (IMS) is expanding and addressing a range of clients’ needs. The company, based in Salina, offers a range of mail-sorting, printing, and direct-marketing services — it can print mailings like bank statements or advertisements, insert letters into envelopes, and presort mail so that the U.S. Postal Service delivers it

SYRACUSE — ZeroDraft opened its third office in January and has plans for even more expansion in 2013 or 2014. The Syracuse–based company provides services like insulation and air sealing, replacement windows and doors, energy assessments, heat and cooling, and more to residential and commercial customers. The firm’s third office, in Buffalo, opened last month

SYRACUSE  —  Organizers of CenterState CEO’s annual business show are making several moves this year — on the map, on the calendar, and in planning and promoting the event. CenterState has decided to hold the show, which is in its 20th year, on Oct. 25. That is about seven months later than it has been

SYRACUSE  —  Solvay Glass is preparing to open a new window of opportunity this spring with a renovated showroom.  “Getting people into the showroom is going to be exciting now,” says Lisa Husnay, marketing director at Solvay Glass. “We’ve got beautiful displays.” The business is in the process of redoing the showroom at its headquarters

OSWEGO — Gentiva Health Services, Inc. decided to move from its home of five years in Oswego to accommodate increased staffing levels that left its longtime office bulging at the seams. “We’ve really just outgrown the space,” says Bernadette Schuffenecker, branch director of Gentiva’s Oswego office. “We would have been happy to stay [in place]

WATERTOWN –– Waite Toyota of Watertown, a fourth-generation auto dealership that has been serving Watertown and the Fort Drum area since 1929, is expanding and remodeling its facility. Darrick Pleskach, general manager, says the dealership is participating in the nationwide Toyota re-imaging plan, and is expecting to put up a new sales center as well

SYRACUSE — The Multicultural Association of Medical Interpreters of Central New York, Inc. (MAMI) recently relocated its Syracuse office to a larger space to accommodate increased demand for its interpreting services.  The nonprofit MAMI’s new home at 731 James St., to which it moved on Jan. 23, is 968 square feet. That’s more than twice