Member Essentials-CEO Insights April 2024

Posted on April 1, 2024

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Below is a snapshot of the latest news and top headlines from our members. We want to hear from you! You can request your organization's news and events be shared on the CenterState CEO website.   

 

A partner at Bousquet Holstein appointed as president of the CNY Collaborative Family Law Professionals Board. 

CNY Community Foundation announces new nonprofit bridge-loan program. 

Dannible & McKee LLP expands to Florida and relocates Schenectady office. 

Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo & Skaneateles Community Center announce Skaneateles expansion of Honey Bee Café. 

The Hart Lyman Companies and Conifer Realty, LLC announce “$1 billon plans” for the Great Northern Mall property. 

Le Moyne College’s ERIE21 programming will extend beyond the city of Syracuse. 

Liberty Resources plans to use state-grant funding to develop housing programs in Onondaga and Cortland counties. 

Central New York’s Lockheed Martin plant wins $276 million U.S. Air Force contract. 

M3 Placement and Partnership is now a nationally certified Women’s Business Enterprise by the WBEC Metro NY. 

National Grid will spend $4 billion on a multi-year upgrade to improve upstate New York’s grid resiliency. 

A new agreement allows students who complete a gap year of community service in either Buffalo or New York City to have a “seamless pathway” to Onondaga Community College

Oswego Health officially opens The Manor at Seneca Hill facility. 

The Port of Oswego Authority’s Central New York Agricultural Center, a project handled in partnership with C&S Companies, has received a silver award from ACEC’s New York Chapter. 

SAAB plans to open a new munitions facility. 

Construction begins on $28.5 million expansion project at Syracuse Hancock International Airport

NBT Bank Stadium will have two new hospitality options for the upcoming Syracuse Mets season.  

VIP Structures earns 2023 Varco Pruden Hall of Fame award for its work on the J.W. Didado Electric New York operations headquarters. 

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