Discover CNY’s Best-Kept Business Opportunities

The Insider's Guide to The Central New York Business Community

Author

Mike Marcellus
March 20, 2026

In partnership with

The Syracuse Networker

👋 Good afternoon, Central New Yorkers’! Welcome to The Syracuse Networker, the local newsletter serving professionals in the CNY business community.

In today’s issue:

👍 500 Local Women Attend Utica Leadership Summit

👀 New York small business growth lags nation as costs, regulations weigh on entrepreneurs

📈 Central New York organizations seeking Wide Area Network (WAN) Connections/Internet Access, Architectural and Engineering Services, Event Speaker Support & Content Management, and more

❤️ Free Healthcare Training in NY Still Available, But Time Is Running Out

📅 Register for Central New York networking events

👨‍💻 And more …

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🍇 GRAPEVINE
CNY Business Buzz

A look inside the Central New York business community.

  • 500 Local Women Attend Utica Leadership Summit (Read)

  • New York small business growth lags nation as costs, regulations weigh on entrepreneurs (Read)

  • NY budget: Labor, lawmakers want $200M for thermal energy (Read)

  • How gas prices have changed in Syracuse in the last week (Read)

  • Longtime Central New York Restoration Business Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (Read)

  • Billing mistakes, attached frustration cost Americans billions (Read)

  • Upstate New York Healthcare Lab Cuts Workforce, 45 Affected (Read)

  • Great Escape Included In $331 Million Sale Of Six Flags Theme Park Portfolio (Read)

  • I-81 contractor denies allegations of discrimination in lawsuit by Black-owned Syracuse trucking company (Read)

  • Binghamton University: Many laid-off Sodexo workers to be rehired by new food vendor (Read)

📈 PIPELINE
Sales & Marketing

Sales leads for CNY businesses.

  • Wide Area Network (WAN) Connections/Internet Access needed in Clinton County (Link)

  • Architectural and Engineering Services for Current and Future Master Plan Projects for Clinton County Buildings and Grounds (Link)

  • The Central New York Regional Transportation Authority is seeking qualified companies to provide turnkey replacements of two existing boilers (Link)

  • Furnish Onondaga County Courthouse 2ND Floor (Link)

  • Event Speaker Support & Content Management needed at NYS Office of General Services (Link)

  • Information Technology Umbrella Contract – Distributor Based (New York Statewide) (Link)

  • The Finger Lakes DDSO is soliciting bids to Design a Roof (Link)

❤️ BOOSTS
Resources & Support

Connect with tech, capital, and innovation in Central New York.

  • Free Healthcare Training in NY Still Available, But Time Is Running Out (More)

  • Applications Open for Round Eight of the $3 Million Grow-NY Global Food and Agriculture Business Competition (More)

  • Arrow Financial Plans Acquisition Of Adirondack Bancorp In $89 Million Deal (More)

  • CNYCF grant supports Laker Limo (More)

  • Cornell partnerships propel semiconductor innovation through NY THRIVE vouchers (More)

📅 EVENTS
Business & Networking

Where CNY professionals go to learn, connect, and grow.

🤝 4/2 ABP Networking at Dave & Buster's (Register)

🤝 4/8 Networking@Rev: Campus to Community Connections (Register)

🤝 4/10 Community Listening & Networking Events (Register)

🤝 4/17 QuickBooks 101: A Beginner-Friendly Workshop for Small Business Owners (Register)

🤝 4/18 Mastery of Networking 1000 (Register)

🤝 4/9 Power and Profit: Taking Control of Your Business Finances (Register)

🤝 6/28 Girls in Business Camp Syracuse 2026 (Register)

🤝 7/9 CNYSHE's Annual Golf Tournament 2026 (Register)

🤝 8/27 Syracuse Career Fair & Networking Event. New York Career Series(Register)

🤝= In Person, 💻 = Virtual 

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