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Tompkins Chamber, CVB to sell their Ithaca headquarters, seek new main office

ITHACA, N.Y. — The Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) plan to sell their headquarters at 904 East Shore Drive in Ithaca and find a new main office in the future. Read More

SIDA approves funding for more than 50 small businesses, nonprofits to help with COVID-19 expenses

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency (SIDA) board of directors on Wednesday approved 52 grants and one loan to small businesses and nonprofits to help them with pandemic-related expenses. Read More

Horseheads developer buys former NYSDOT property in Ithaca at auction for nearly $4M

ITHACA, N.Y. — A real-estate developer from Horseheads purchased the former New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) maintenance facility in Ithaca for $3.79 million during an auction held Tuesday. Read More

New York manufacturing index rises in September

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index climbed 13 points to 17 in September, representing its third consecutive positive reading. Read More

State completes work on second phase of access project to State Fair’s orange lot

GEDDES, N.Y. — Construction on the second phase of the New York State Fair orange lot project is finished. Read More

TCGplayer to hire more employees, adds Seamless co-founder to company board

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — TCGplayer on Monday announced that it plans to hire more than 100 new full-time employees over the next year as the company expands into new collectible lines of business. Read More

TTM Technologies, 65 others to use state funding for workforce training

DeWITT, N.Y. — TTM Technologies, the California–based firm that owns Anaren in DeWitt, is among the organizations statewide that were awarded funding in the state’s workforce-development initiative. Read More

U.S. Army awards ANDRO $3 million contract to develop artificial-intelligent radio

ROME, N.Y. — The U.S. Army has awarded ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC a $3 million U.S. Army Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) contract to develop a “first-of-its-kind,” artificial intelligence (AI) based radio. Read More

Syracuse University sports events closed to the public due to COVID-19 until further notice

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University Athletics announced Friday it will not host fans at any home sports events “until further notice” due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read More