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ROME, N.Y. — Justin Call, CEO of Go Figure, located in Utica, walked away with the $15,000 prize at the Air Force Research Lab Information

People news: MVHS promotes Fasolo

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UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has named Joelle Fasolo director of IT financial and ambulatory applications. In this position, she

Carthage Area Hospital seeks $25 million for consolidated medical campus

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MVP Health Care names Barbero senior leader, general counsel

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HealthlinkNY names Romeo executive director

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CNY tweets-June 4 2018

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Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, marketing, social media, HR, career, and personal tips. SBA @SBAgov80% percent of all U.S. small businesses have no employees. Here are 5 strategies you can use to make your business work: http://ow.ly/2ux930k6mIn NFIB @NFIBOur new poll, conducted by @MorningConsult, shows that

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Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, marketing, social media, HR, career, and personal tips.

SBA @SBAgov
80% percent of all U.S. small businesses have no employees. Here are 5 strategies you can use to make your business work: http://ow.ly/2ux930k6mIn

NFIB @NFIB
Our new poll, conducted by @MorningConsult, shows that Americans see #smallbusiness as crucial to our economy – and view small business owners as more trustworthy leaders to meet the needs of local communities. Learn more: http://on.nfib.com/2IDOF7Y

IMMG @Impact_MMG
Referrals make it easier to get in the door with new customers. The majority of people say they are willing to provide a referral if asked, but very few take the initiative to do it on their own. If you aren’t asking for them, you are missing opportunities.

Mark Cordy @MarkCordy1
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Lamb Social Media @lambsocialmedia
How do you take your coffee? Everyone’s different, and that’s why some people prefer one social media platform over another. Don’t treat each platform in the same way.

Dave Ulrich @dave_ulrich
Individuals and organizations that are ‘change champions’ are less threatened by #change when they have the tools to manage it. These tools include creating agile organizations that can allocate work, build autonomous teams to move quickly, and adapt policies.

Mitch Mitchell @Mitch_M
Who Will Follow You When You Leave? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/who-follow-you-when-leave-mitch-mitchell/?published=t … by Mitch Mitchell on LinkedIn #leadership #successionplanning

Harish Chand @harishchand314
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one. https://goo.gl/MhfCMt #Careeradvice #Career

Hannah Morgan @careersherpa
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ConMed to pay quarterly dividend of 20 cents a share in early July

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UTICA — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based medical-device maker, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share for the second quarter. The dividend will be payable on July 5 to all shareholders of record as of June 15. At the company’s current stock price,

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Papa elected to three-year term on Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York board

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Ronald J. Papa, president and CEO of National Fire Adjustment Company, Inc. (NFA), has been elected by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Upstate New York board of directors to a three-year term as a board member. NFA has been a BBB-accredited business for 55-plus years, according to a BBB news release. Papa has been

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M&T Bank elects Pearson to board of directors

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M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB) announced the election of Kevin J. Pearson to its board of directors and the board of its main banking subsidiary, effective May 15. Pearson is vice chairman of M&T Bank with overall responsibility for M&T’s Commercial Banking Division, the Technology and Banking Operations Division, Credit Division, and Wilmington Trust, which

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Syracuse eateries add outdoor seating as weather warms up

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SYRACUSE — As the dogwoods bloomed, outdoor seating returned to sidewalks outside restaurants and bars in Syracuse. According to statistics from the City of Syracuse, some 35 businesses had permission to add outdoor seating, creating space for 831 more customers. Giovanni Giardina, co-owner of The Fish Friar on East Genesee Street in the city, says

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SYRACUSE — As the dogwoods bloomed, outdoor seating returned to sidewalks outside restaurants and bars in Syracuse.

According to statistics from the City of Syracuse, some 35 businesses had permission to add outdoor seating, creating space for 831 more customers.

Giovanni Giardina, co-owner of The Fish Friar on East Genesee Street in the city, says his restaurant has a permit for outdoor seating for 24 diners. “It’s the best,” he says, of outdoor dining.

Jennifer Walls, co-owner of Sweet Praxis, says her bake shop has outdoor seating for about 30 people. She says she has no data on whether the seats mean more business. However, Walls notes that it provides visibility. “It just shows customers that you’re open.”

Businesses can’t just put tables and chairs anywhere, explains Merike Treier, executive director of the Downtown Committee of Syracuse. “Any restaurant that has outdoor seating has to have a café permit approved by the City of Syracuse.”

Seats and tables need to be set up so pedestrians can pass by, she says, and there has to be some sort of separation between the dining space and the rest of the sidewalk.

Some places put up small fences, others install posts connected by chains, she says. In Hanover Square, one restaurant uses planter boxes.

Treier agrees with Walls that outdoor seating makes Syracuse restaurants more visible — and not just to diners.

Restaurant owners notice the success their neighbors are having with outside seating, she says. They respond by adding their own outdoor seating. “It helps them be competitive.”

Treier says it’s not just outdoor seating that makes restaurants more visible in the area right now, but also the quantity of eateries. “We have more restaurants than we used to have,” she says.

The restaurants are expanding to serve the growing number of people living downtown, she says, “and catering to the 29,000 employees who work downtown.”

For many workers who have been cooped up for months, eating lunch or dinner outside is about more than eating, she says. “It’s the ability to get outside.”

Sitting outside is about even more than being out of doors, she adds. “It lets people be more immersed in the downtown experience.”

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