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• 5 CNY Companies Recieve Commercialization Grants: Five Central New York companies received state grants totaling $250,000 to commercialize "green and clean" technologies.The awards were made in the latest round of the Syracuse Center of Excellence's Commercialization Assistance Program. Read More
• Agrana Fruit US Planning $50M Facility: Agrana Fruit US Inc. will invest more than $50 million in Lysander to build a fruit processing plant that will employ up to 120 people. Agrana, a global company that makes fruit preparations for the dairy industry, chose a site on Sixty Road in Lysander's Radisson Corporate Park for the manufacturing and distribution plant. Read More
• Jadak, Medical Manufacturer, Expanding: Jadak Technologies, a maker of barcode scanners for the medical industry, plans to more than triple the size of its headquarters in Northern Onondaga County and create 60 jobs over the next 5 years. Read More
• Onondaga County Win Award from US Water Alliance: Onondaga County has won another national award for its groundbreaking "Save the Rain" program to control sewer overflows. The US Water Alliance, named the county as one of three winners of its "US Water Prize" for 2013. Read More
• NYS Agriculture Production Up: New York farmers substantially boosted  production of a number of key field crops last year, including corn and soybeans, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture data from the state. Read More
• Baldwinsville Anheuser-Busch InBev Facility to Add Jobs, Production: After several years of eroding production and employment - a decline that began in the 1990s - the brewery just outside of Baldwinsville is poised to make more ber in 2013 than it did in 2012, and add some workers at the same time. Read More
• Noble Health Services Opening Summer 2013: A new specialty pharmacy service is setting up shop at a former General Electric Building in DeWitt. Noble Health Associates, LLC, a newly created subsidiary of Kinney Drugs plans to open a mail-order pharmaceutical business. Read More
• Greenbuild 2012 Honors CNY Leaders: At the U.S. Green Building Council's 2012 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo Joanie Mahoney, Onondaga County Executive; Nancy Cantor, Chancellor and President, Syracuse University; and Stephanie A. Miner, Mayor of Syracuse each received the 2012 Global Community Leadership Award for their collective and collaborative efforts to foster substantive change across the Syracuse and Central New York landscape. See Video
• Phoenix, AZ using Saab-Sensis Airport Management System: The DeWitt based company said Sky-Harbor International Airport will use the system to manage the airport's resources more efficiently. Read More
• Institute for Human performance LEED Expansion: The additional square footage will increase the Institute's space by 77% and add much needed lab space. Read More
• New York State Top 10 Green Job Creator in Q3 2012: Environmental Enrepreneurs (E2), a national group of business leaders focused on the environment, relased the report. Read More
• Syracuse Finalist for $5M Bloomberg Philanthropies Award: Syracuse is one of 20 cities designated finalists in Bloomberg Philanthropies' Mayors Challenge, meaning it is still alive for $5M grand prose. The challenge has cities submit ideas that attempt to innovate, solveissues, and improve city life. Read More
• Lockheed Martin and SRC awarded Federal Defense Conracts Worth more than $60M: Contracts are for work related to developing radar systems for the Air Force and Army. Read More
• Tessy Plastics Launches New Expansion: Tessy is launching 6th expansion since 2001 to free manufacturing space to accomade new production line. Read More
• Syracuse airport begins non-stop flights to Minneapolis: Flights to Minneapolis provide crucial connections to Western US and across the Pacific. Read More
• Cascade Scores Big in Lacrosse Helmets: Founded in 1986, Cascade is the top-selling brand of helemts worn by professional and college teams around the country. Read More
• SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forrestry adds major in Sustainable Energy Management: Many The degree focuses on energy markets, management and resources. It was first offered Fall 2012. They will be trained for jobs in energy resource management with public agencies, private industry, and nonprofit organizations. Read More
• NY Gov. Cuomo Hosts Wine, Beer and Spirits Summit: Many suggestions grew from the idea that the state should continue to encourage the beverage industry to use NY's agricultural products, something that has been addressed by several recent laws that provide benefits to beverage makers who use local ingredients. Read More
• NY Small Business Leaders Brighten 6 Month Outlook: The American Express OPEN Small business Monitor shows 50% of small business owners in NY have a postive outlook on the economy and their business prospects over the next 6 months. Read More
• Seneca Data supercomputer is one of the most powerful, and cleanest, in world:  Cicero based computer manufacturer build HokieSpeed, a supercomputer at Virginida Tech. It ranked 96th on the latest Top 500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. Read more
• FAA awards Saab Sensis contract for surface systems in airports: Andrews Air Force Base, home to the presidents's Air Force One, will be one of nine airports to be outfitted with Saab Sensis equipment designed to keep track of planes on the ground. Read more 
• Sysco Syracuse's latest expansion updates food-service giant:  Sysco is spending over $20 million on an expanding its Van Buren facility. The project will add 125,000 square feet to the facility and increase its freezer capacity. Read more
• Central New York lands $103.7 million in State Economic Development Money:  As part of Governor Cuomo’s NY Open for Business policy initiative, 10 regions across New York drafted 5-year strategic plans and competed for millions of dollars in Economic Development Awards. The Central New York Regional Economic Development Council’s plan was chosen as a “Best Plan”. The council’s plan included 30 projects and requests for $40 million in state funding. The state delivered $63.7 million more.  Read more
• Governing Magazine names Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney a Public Official of the Year: Probably the most prominent of Mahoney’s Syracuse-friendly decisions, though, was to push back on a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consent order aimed at cleaning up Syracuse’s Onondaga Lake, considered to be one of the most polluted in the country. Read more
• Central New York really cleans up in new jobs study: With almost 10,000 “clean economy” jobs, Central New York has one of the most intensely green economies of any region in country, according to a study from the Brookings Institution. Read more
• Welch Allyn hands off research incubator to Syracuse University: Medical device manufacturer Welch Allyn is transferring a research incubator it founded three years ago to Syracuse University. The change will allow the incubator, known as Blue Highway, to expand its efforts to develop innovations beyond health care to other areas of science and technology. Read more
• Frankfurt Airport chooses Sensis Corporation in DeWitt for upgrade project: The Frankfurt Airport in Germany has awarded Sensis Corp. a contract to expand and upgrade a system of sensors that allows operators to track the movement of aircraft and vehicles on the airport’s grounds. Read more
• Four CNY companies getting federal grants totalling nearly $200,000: Three Syracuse companies and one from Ithaca will receive a total of nearly $200,000 in government grants today to demonstrate how products they are developing can improve air quality and water systems. Read more
• Companies unite in Syracuse to develop brighter LED lights: Syracuse’s newest high-tech venture will manufacture improved lighting. A partnership of two small engineering companies and a Canadian LED (light emitting diode) light manufacturer announced a collaboration to design, manufacture and sell brighter, more energy-efficient LED lamps. Read more
• Onondaga County and Syracuse are recognized by the EPA as a Top 10 Green Community: The EPA has announced that Onondaga County and Syracuse have been chosen as one of the 10 communities nationwide to be a Green Infrastructure Partner. The city and county are planning to complete 50 green infrastructure projects this year under the banner of Onondaga County's "Save the Rain" program. Read more
• Governor Coumo Launches 'Recharge New York' Program Allowing Businesses to Buy Low Cost Power and Create Jobs: Under Recharge New York, companies will be awarded power contracts based on capital investment commitments, job retention and creation, consistency with regional economic development council priorities, and other factors. Businesses participating in the program must also demonstrate a commitment to maximizing energy efficiency. Read More
• Top Ten Reasons Why Syracuse is a Cleantech Leader: In 2010, Syracuse, New York’s Cleantech Center was listed as one of the top ten cleantech clusters around the world. The center of upstate New York, Syracuse has been looked at as a leader in clean technologies for the entire New York State. Syracuse fosters innovation, research, development, and implementation of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and technologies. Read More
• New Tax Break Incentivizes Downtown Development: In March, the Onondaga County Legislature passed a new tax incentive enabling municipalities to grant tax exemptions for renovations of buildings with a mix of commercial and residential uses. Read More