IN MARCH, Onondaga Community College SBDC welcomed a new Director, Robert "Bob" Griffin. Bob was previously a certified small business advisor at Binghamton University SBDC. Bob brings more than 20 years of marketing and management experience in the hospitality industry to the Onondaga Center.
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"The North Country has a big child care problem. About 85% of our region is considered a child care desert, meaning there are more children than slots in care."
Jefferson and Lewis County economic developers are working hard to offset this stat. Liz Lonergan (Director, Watertown SBDC) and Megan Stadler (Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Jefferson Community College) are among those covered on NCPR this week about how they are increasing child care options in the region through a new Home-Based Childcare Training Program.
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Watertown SBDC interview with WWNY 7News on SBDC resources for small business owners and the upcoming Virtual Entrepreneurial Program.
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April 1st was an exciting day for our Columbia-Harlem Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Local leaders were invited to tour their new space on Columbia Business School's Manhattanville campus in Geffen Hall.
Columbia-Harlem SBDC Director, Kaaryn Nailor Simmons, was joined by Columbia representatives to highlight Geffen Hall's Innovation Lab (I-Lab), SBDC offices, Café, and Kravis Hall's dining and commercial space. Geffen Hall's Café is open to the public and features local products from the Harlem Local Vendor Program.
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Sonya Smith is making history three times over. She's the first woman, first African American, and the youngest director of the New York Small Business Development Center.
"Representation either as a woman or a woman of color is important to just show that connection of, yes, there is space for us all to do something great,” said Smith. "My goal is to really see how we can support those businesses in sustaining or transitioning to a different business model or even if they're looking at succession planning."
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