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St. Lawrence County Tourism Dinner to honor North Country businesses
OGDENSBURG, N.Y. — The 2025 St. Lawrence County (STLC) Tourism Dinner, set for Wednesday June 4, will present STLC Tourism Excellence Awards to two tourism champions that continue to elevate visitor experiences and destination development across the county, the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce announced. The Best Western University Inn in Canton will receive […]
Greater Binghamton Chamber hands out 2025 awards to area business, civic leaders
BINGHAMTON — The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce held its annual dinner and meeting on May 15 with 300 business leaders in attendance. During the event, the chamber reviewed the past year’s accomplishments, highlighted future plans, and honored several individuals for their accomplishments, the chamber announced. Inessa Yonaty, owner of The Goldsmith, was honored as
SUNY Poly and AIS expand research, innovation partnership
MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Assured Information Security (AIS) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) marking an expansion of their partnership to
Pathfinder Bancorp profit rises more than 40 percent in Q1
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBHC), the holding company for Pathfinder Bank, reported net income of $3 million, or 41 cents a share, in the first quarter of this year, up nearly 43 percent from $2.1 million or 34 cents, in the first quarter of 2024. Pathfinder attributed the growth to improving operating
Area small businesses honored with SBA, SBDC awards
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the North Central Small Business Development Center (SBDC) on May 5 recognized five area small businesses and one bank to begin festivities associated with National Small Business Week. The SBA’s Syracuse district office held the awards ceremony in the Gordon Student Center at Onondaga Community
SBA Syracuse district office recognizes Savurn Memorials
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — The Syracuse district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has recognized a family business in Norwich as a regional Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year. The SBA honored Savurn Memorials, LLC during its May 5 recognition event at Onondaga Community College’s (OCC) Gordon Student Center. Father and son Mark
New York SBDC remembers founding director Jim King
ALBANY, N.Y. — The man who helped launch the New York Small Business Development Center (NYSBDC) in 1984 and served as its executive director for 33 years recently died at the age of 73. In its May 7 announcement, NYSBDC described James L. (Jim) King as a “widely respected leader whose vision, dedication, and decades
Capital–area cybersecurity firm to move to Rome’s Innovare Center
ROME, N.Y. — A Troy-based cybersecurity startup will establish its software development and operations headquarters at the Innovare Advancement Center in Rome and join the Griffiss Institute’s incubator. The Innovare Center offers an innovation ecosystem designed to accelerate breakthroughs in national security, defense technology, and advanced cybersecurity. “By relocating to Innovare and partnering with Griffiss
Pathfinder Bank expands small biz, commercial-lending teams
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Pathfinder Bank recently announced it has added three experienced lenders in the commercial and small-business banking space: James Wright, Heather Mulhall, and Ryan Kohutanich. These new hires bring deep local market expertise and a proven track record of operational success, Pathfinder contends. They are driving business loan and deposit growth in Syracuse,
GSBDC, CenterState CEO partner to help area small businesses
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A new partnership between CenterState CEO and the Greater Syracuse Business Development Corporation (GSBDC) seeks to scale GSBDC’s lending resources and better serve the region’s small businesses. CenterState CEO is an economic development and chamber of commerce organization, while the GSBDC is a certified development company by the U.S. Small Business Administration
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