HORSEHEADS — Northeast Commercial Interiors, LLC/Renova — a supplier of custom millwork, cabinetry, and countertops to the construction industry — has leased 58,000 square feet of industrial space at the Horseheads Sand and Transloading (HOST) Terminal at 224 N. Main St. in Horseheads. 

The company is relocating its operations from Vermont to the Horseheads facility in a “significant” expansion, viewing the location as “optimum” to serve its client base, according to a news release from CBRE/Syracuse. Lease terms weren’t disclosed.

The HOST Terminal has an additional 275,000 square feet available in the 200 acre, rail-served property, as well as land for build-to suits, the real-estate firm says.

The 2 million-square-foot HOST Terminal industrial park is exclusively represented by Rick Searles and Brian Tenant of CBRE/Syracuse.

SYRACUSE — The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCCRA) recently appointed Blair Page to its board of directors. 

He is a faculty member in Le Moyne College’s Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and previously taught at Onondaga Community College. 

Page says his research interests include ecosystem ecology, particularly aspects involving human resource use, waste generation, and the ensuing impacts on ecosystem services.

Page earned a master’s degree in wildlife ecology and a doctorate in biogeochemistry, both from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology, with a minor in chemistry, from St. John Fisher College.

OCRRA is a nonprofit, public-benefit corporation that the New York State Legislature created in 1990. 

ELMIRA — Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG) announced that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of 26 cents a share.

The banking company will pay the dividend on Oct. 2 to common stock shareholders of record as of the close of business on Sept. 18, according to a Chemung Financial news release.

At its current stock price, the dividend yields about 2.6 percent on an annual basis.

Chemung Financial is a $1.7 billion financial-services holding company, headquartered in Elmira, which operates 33 branches through its main subsidiary, Chemung Canal Trust Company. Started in 1833, Chemung Canal Trust says it is the oldest locally owned and managed community bank in New York state. 

Chemung Canal Trust ranks ninth in deposit market share in the 16-county Central New York area, according to the latest FDIC data. It has 20 branches, with more than $950 million in deposits, in the region.

Chemung Financial is also the parent of CFS Group, Inc., a financial-services subsidiary offering mutual funds, annuities, brokerage services, tax preparation services, and insurance. It also has an insurance company subsidiary called Chemung Risk Management, Inc., based in Nevada

SYRACUSE — Hillside Family of Agencies (HFA) announced that Robert Linn, of Syracuse, has been appointed the new board chair of Hillside Children’s Foundation, an HFA affiliate. 

Hillside Children’s Foundation leads all fundraising activities and programs across the Hillside Family of Agencies, and supports HFA’s ongoing work toward fulfilling its community-oriented mission, the nonprofit said in a news release. 

Linn is the former office managing partner of Ernst & Young in Syracuse and a longtime supporter and local advisory board member of Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection (HW-SC) in Syracuse. The year-round HW-SC program serves more than 1,200 Syracuse City School District youth. 

HFA says it provides “comprehensive health, education, and human services for children and families whose challenges threaten their ability to realize their full potential.” The organization says its 100 coordinated programs benefit more than 13,000 youth, adults, and families annually.   

UTICA — Oneida County has again been recognized as one of the nation’s top digital counties by the Center for Digital Government.

The award identifies the best technology practices among U.S. counties nationwide, honoring leading examples of counties that deploy technology to improve services and create efficiencies.

Oneida County was ranked number six in the 150,000-249,999 population category in this year’s 15th annual Digital Counties Survey.

The Center for Digital Government said the following about Oneida County’s digital prowess in its survey report published in Government Technology magazine.

“A perennial member of the top digital counties, Oneida County, N.Y., shows no signs of slowing. One focus on the minds of many has been to upgrade cyberdefenses through remote backups and constant attack monitoring. Oneida has designed and installed a Continuity of Operations/Disaster Recovery data center specifically designed with data segregation that will allow other municipal governments to securely store their data in a physical location where that municipality could work from in the event of a server room disaster at their primary data center. In 2016, the county decided to conduct a Cybersecurity Risk Assessment. Recommendations were then established into the framework for a cybersecurity program in March 2017.

In addition to improving digital cyberinfrastructure, Oneida also focused on physical infrastructure. Oneida, in collaboration with neighboring counties, began working with the Mohawk Valley Transportation Management Center to enable a seamless management of the transportation network within Oneida County for the traveling public. The project is looking to build consensus with local elected officials on the importance of smart transportation infrastructure to increase awareness and generate project support in the form of a project working group. Additionally, the project is working to identify key corridors to be upgraded, develop a GIS database of smart infrastructure, and create a road map for implementing applicable, cost-effective solutions and strategies with tangible benefits.”

For more information on this year’s Digital Counties Survey, visit: www.govtech.com/dc/articles/Digital-Counties-Survey-2017-Results.html.