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Syracuse Cultural Festivals Fund offers grants to boost local events
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Cultural Festivals Fund has $135,000 available to help produce local events, and the Downtown Syracuse Foundation, Inc. is accepting applications

Home HeadQuarters is Syracuse recipient of $200K KeyBank bicentennial grant
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse–based Home HeadQuarters, Inc. will use a $200,000 philanthropic grant from the KeyBank Foundation to support its Affordable Capital Capacity Building project.

NNY Community Foundation grant supports historic trail project in Henderson
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — The Northern New York (NNY) Community Foundation recently awarded a $2,500 grant to help launch an interactive trail project that highlights history

VIEWPOINT: Employee-Benefits Provisions in One Big Beautiful Bill Act
President Donald Trump recently signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law. And, while employee benefits play a relatively minor role in the

New York home sales dip 1 percent in June, but inventory rises
ALBANY, N.Y. — Realtors in New York state closed on the sale of 8,879 previously owned homes this June, a drop of 1.3 percent from

Community Financial System boosts quarterly dividend in Q3
DeWITT, N.Y. — Community Financial System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) — parent company of Community Bank, N.A. — recently announced that it has increased its quarterly

Five graduate from Oswego Health’s paid CNA training program at The Manor at Seneca Hill
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health announced that five employees recently graduated from its paid certified nursing assistant (CNA) training program at The Manor at Seneca

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) environmental conservation police officer (ECO) Heather Scalisi on July 21 received the Stanley Hamlin Conservationist of the

2025 Family-Owned Business Directory
Welcome to the Central New York Business Journal’s 2025 Family-Owned Business Directory. This is our 2nd annual Family-Owned Businesses list, with firms listed alphabetically. The

WISE offers business-plan writing course in September
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The WISE Women’s Business Center is accepting applications for the next course on writing a business plan, which is called “Accelerate: Business