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CONTENTS
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WOMEN IN BANKING Top leadership at Fulton Savings Bank: Five of the top seven leaders are women.
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BANKING
Paper checks: do people still use them? | Why are so many bank branches closing? | Cybersecurity and the banking sector 8
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ECON. DEVELOPMENT
Micron is coming: How is the region preparing its workforce? | Nucor Steel of Auburn about to celebrate 50 years | Think Variant on the cutting-edge JUNE / JULY 2024
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RETIREMENT
Study says you need to have a $1.45 million nest egg to retire comfortably | What retirement plans are available for sole proprietors? | Collecting SS at 62
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Features 34 Cannabis
Fulton, Pulaski may soon have a cannabis store
37 Oswego: East vs. West More businesses favor the east
side of Oswego. See why
40 Teen Entrepreneur
Fair Haven teen starts business at 14, already plans succession
42 Manure Expo
North American Manure Expo coming to Auburn
44 Barber School
Barbershop business in Camillus opens barber school
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80 Nonprofit
Melanie Littlejohn takes the helm at CNY Community Foundation
100 Success Story
The Rooftop Lounge restaurant in Oswego
Departments 10 Publisher’s Note 14 Dining Out
Upstate picnic favorite brands
20 How I Got Started
Matt McGill, owner of Matt McGill Collision in Brewerton
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Christopher Baszto, new Farnham’s executive director
26 On the Job 28 Newsmakers / Biz Update 46 Tim’s Notes
Young entrepreneurs in CNY By Tim Nekritz
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Workforce development always a priority at Cayuga Community College By Brian M. Durant
100 This is the amount of money you need to comfortably retire: study
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Oswego County: A ‘Work Ready Community’ with a skilled workforce By Austin Wheelock
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Dan Harrington, Harborfest JUNE / JULY 2024 OSWEGO COUNTY BUSINESS
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE
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ere it is. Our 30th annual Summer Guide — The Best of Upstate New York. The 108-page booklet is packed with information about events, fun things to do and things to see. It includes a comprehensive events calendar, listing great events from June through October. I should say this is one of the most enjoyable publications we work on during the year. For a month or so, we forget about economic development, manufacturing and business-related stories. Our concerns are about the hottest events, the best places to visit and the best attractions in the region. We’re now in the process of distributing more than 40,000 copies all over the region. The publication is available through all Wegmans, many Tops Friendly Markets, Price Chopper and other local grocery stores. In addition, we place the guide at local hotels, motels, campgrounds, RV sites, restaurants, diners and many other high-traffic locations. All advertisers — from Buffalo to the Adirondacks to Cortland — get boxes of the guide and make it available to their patrons. We’re also at three major visitor’s centers along I-81: Two in the Thousand Islands area and one in Preble, just south of Syracuse. Those places get a tremendous volume of visitors. I’m a bit biased but the publication looks pretty good: it’s visually attractive, has great content, a great calendar of events and many offers from unique advertisers. It is fun and easy to read. As they say in the industry, it’s very reader-friendly. Turn the pages and you’ll find all sorts of stories and advertisements highlighting fun stuff to do and see. We thank the more than 200 advertisers who chose to advertise with us. They provide us the funds to produce
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Stefan Yablonski syablonski@twcny.rr.com WRITERS Deborah Jeanne Sergeant, Stefan Yablonski Aaron Gifford, Mary Beth Roach Edd and Cynthia Staton COLUMNISTS Austin Wheelock, Tim Nekritz Brian M. Durant ADVERTISING Peggy Kain | p3ggyk@gmail.com Rob Elia | roblocalnews@gmail.com SECRETARY Alisson Lockwood localnewsoffice@gmail.com
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and distribute the publication. In exchange, they get unparalleled exposure. We estimate the glossy publication reaches over 250,000 readers in the region — visitors and residents alike. Our website — www.cnysummer.com — gets about 10,000-15,000 hits a month. Our hope is that many of those readers will patronize those who advertise. PS: Get a free copy of the 2024 Summer Guide in the mail by subscribing to Oswego County Business. It’s only $30 a year and in addition to the guide, we will send every issue of the magazine (six issues a year), plus the 2025 Business Guide and, later on, the CNY Winter Guide. See our coupon on page 3.
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ADVERTISING INDEX 31 Sheds...................................32 A-Plus Tax Services..................29 Allanson-Glanville-Tappan Funeral Home......................45 ALPS Professional Services......32 Armstrong Appraisals................73 BarclayDamon...........................49 Best Copy Now..........................45 Bond, Schoeneck & King, Attorneys at Law..................12 Brennan Beach..........................19 Brookfield Renewable Power....83 Builder’s FirstSource.................31 Burke’s Home Center................30 C & S Companies....................107 Canale’s Insurance & Accounting ..........................21 Cayuga Community College........6 Century 21 - Galloway Realty....30 Christy’s Motel...........................19 CNY Arts......................................4 Colonial Financial Group...........15 Community Bank.......................55 Compass Credit Union..............49 ConnextCare.............................11 Crouse Hospital...........................2 E J USA.....................................61
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Lasnicki Landscaping & Nursery.............................23 Longley Brothers.......................36 LW Emporium Co-Op................18 MACNY......................................77 Menter Ambulance....................83 Mimi’s Drive Inn.........................16 Mirabito Financial Group...........99 NBT Bank..................................79 Novelis.....................................108 Nucor Steel Auburn...................43 NYS Office of Parks...................95 Onondaga Community College.13 Ontario Orchards.......................19 Operation Oswego County......107 Oswego Community Development Office..............33 Oswego County Federal Credit Union.........................54 Oswego County Mutual Insurance.............................21 Oswego County Opportunities OCO...............57 Oswego County Promotion Tourism Department..............5 Oswego County Workforce New York — Career Center.........73
Oswego Sub Shop.....................16 Pathfinder Bank.........................83 Patterson Warehousing.............75 Peter Realty ..............................57 Plumley Engineering..................65 RiverHouse Restaurant.............16 Rudy’s Lakeside Drive-In...........16 Scriba Electric............................32 SOS — Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists............................23 Speedway Press........................51 St. Joseph’s Health....................25 Sweet-Woods Memorial............31 TDO...........................................79 United Wire Technology............65 Universal Metal Works...............75 Upstate Cardiovascular Group....7 Valti Graphics............................36 Vashaw’s Collision.....................29 Walker’s Cleaners.....................29 Whelan & Curry Construction....77 White’s Lumber & Building Supply....................30 WRVO.....................................104
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