This is CNY

Hi everyone. As we approach the one-year anniversary (!) of launching This is CNY, we want to thank one of our top corporate partners, M&T Bank, for their incredible support over this past year. ??? We sat down recently with Stephen Gorczynski, regional president of M&T Bank, to hear why he loves to live and work in Central New York. (We especially love his shoutouts for Eva's and the Syracuse Mets Baseball Club.) "I wish we could show people a crystal ball of Central New York 10 or 15 years from now," Steve said. "The vision is there. We'll be a thriving community for years to come." We have exciting growth plans for 2025. Want to partner with us like M&T Bank? Let's talk. https://lnkd.in/ge4QC8Qv - Katrina Tulloch, editor ?? : Nick Lusnar, Advance Media New York

Happy Thanksgiving from the This is CNY team! We're grateful for the incredible support we've received this year and for the opportunity to share the stories of our region. Thank you for joining us and for all you do to uplift CNY!

Over 300 local companies were recognized at?CenterState CEO‘s Economic Champions Celebration this week for adding jobs, expanding facilities, reaching milestones, advancing DEI initiatives and more. Congratulations to all who were honored at the event. CenterState CEO President Robert M. Simpson thanked the business and nonprofit leaders in the room for working together to make Central New York a thriving, prosperous region for all. “As we celebrate today, please remember that we are here because of your persistence.” said Simpson. “When we show up together...there is no force on planet earth that can stop us.” Here are more great shots from our This is CNY photo booth at the celebration, including Jess Abbott of CenterState CEO, Heather Drake Bianchi of Drakos Clinical Dynamics, Tashia Thomas of Coordinated Care Services, Inc. (CCSI) and Andre Harper of Dunbar Association Inc., Deanna Delmonico and Alison LoVuolo of The Salvation Army Syracuse Area Services, Deryn Pomeroy of William G. Pomeroy Foundation and Michael Sgro, of Michael Sgro Leadership Coaching, Stephanie Long of Mirror Mirror Inc. Bridal Boutique and Bill Long of MultiMed Billing Service. See all our photos here: https://lnkd.in/e5j_wpfY

We are THRILLED to welcome The Everson Museum Of Art as our newest This is CNY partner for 2025! Set in its iconic I.M. Pei-designed building, The Everson Museum of Art is where art and community come together in Syracuse. We look forward to working together to share news of The Everson's upcoming exhibitions and programs for all ages, including family activities, artist talks, workshops and exclusive member events. Thank you to all of our terrific corporate and nonprofit partners for their support throughout 2024! ?? You can learn about them all here: https://lnkd.in/gdU-_Je2

Congratulations to the 306 local companies recognized for adding jobs, expanding facilities, reaching milestones, advancing DEI initiatives and more at CenterState CEO's Economic Champions Celebration earlier today! We were excited to be there and to share our mission with attendees, some of whom came by to have their picture taken, including CH Insurance, Evelyn Camille Hoskins Ingram of Wegmans Food Markets with Gwen Sanders of National Grid, Yusuf Akyar of Science Academies of New York Charter Schools and M.A. Polce, along with our own team. We'll have a full gallery up tomorrow on thisiscny.com. Photos by Dennis Nett and Katrina Tulloch.

This was once a social gathering place for?Le Moyne College?students, and the longtime home for the school’s drama department. ?? But the building on the edge of campus known for decades as the Le Moyne College Firehouse has been mostly vacant and unused since about 1998. Now, the college is working to bring the old firehouse at 1150 Salt Springs Road back to a useful role in campus life. The most visible feature will be a full-service location for Syracuse-based?Cafe Kubal. Don Cazentre has the full story: https://lnkd.in/g4_SM5i9

Today marks the one-year anniversary (!) of This is CNY, and we’re celebrating with exciting news about our growing team. ? Welcome to Amy Bleier Long, who’s joining This is CNY as our managing editor! ? Amy has been serving her community for years as the editor of Central New York Magazine, and we’re thrilled to add her incredible creativity, energy and endless story ideas to our team. ? Our mission at This is CNY is to elevate and celebrate the Central New York area, and to serve as a resource for new and current residents seeking career news, education and a high quality of life in the Syracuse area.?With Amy on board, we can do so much more. Sky’s the limit. ? Congratulations Amy, welcome to This is CNY!??? -Katrina Tulloch, editor More details: https://lnkd.in/eAV2YFPQ

Syracuse airport officials are speeding up plans to build a major terminal expansion and a new parking garage to handle an increase in passenger traffic driven by?Micron Technology’s arrival?in Central New York. ?? Planning has started for a terminal expansion that would include 19 all-new gates that would eventually replace all the current ones, according to H. Jason Terreri, IAP, A.A.E., ACE, director of Syracuse Hancock International Airport - SYR. Officials are also drawing up plans to replace the airport‘s aging parking garage with a much bigger one. Rick Moriarty shares what the changes could mean for travelers: https://lnkd.in/etfVvDRx

The latest phase of a $370 million expansion at Turning Stone Resort Casino — the largest since it opened in 1993 — is now underway. Some 73 tons of steel arrived at the Oneida Indian Nation-owned casino in recent days. The nation and its business arm, Turning Stone Enterprises, also announced they have signed contracts with 26 different contractors, all based in Upstate New York, to handle mechanical, electrical and plumbing on the project. The plan is to make Turning Stone the largest resort convention destination in the state, Don Cazentre reports: https://lnkd.in/e9i2QDwj?

A Syracuse company that created a device that automates the imaging of microorganisms for researchers won $50,000 in a commercialization competition this week at The Oncenter. Triton Bio, a startup in the CNY Biotech Accelerator, Upstate Medical University, was one of 12 companies to compete in the competition, an annual event held by?FuzeHub, a not-for-profit organization that supports small and medium-sized manufacturing companies in New York. Triton makes a “smart” incubator called Mira that automatically captures high-resolution images of microorganisms in petri dishes every few minutes or hours. The images give microbiologists a way to observe how microorganisms change size, shape, quantity and color over time. Rick Moriarty has the story: https://lnkd.in/eHSn8MSV