According to Business First the top 25 Life Sciences companies in WNY employ 4,300 people. Some of the Buffalo companies on the Business First Life Sciences rankings by number of employees include: Caplugs – 280 employees Harmac Medical Products Inc. – 250 employees CPL Niagara – 240 employees Ethox International – 229 employees AccuMED Technologies – 203 employees VOIP Supply (photo) a Buffalo company that provides voice over Internet protocol equipment founded in 2002, made Inc. Magazines list of the fastest 500 growing companies. VOIP Supply currently has 55 employees with revenues of $19.5 million. Worldwide Travel Staffing a Tonawanda…
Author: Chrissy
If you ask any member of the proposed Waterfront Weather Center’s steering committee about the project that brought them together, it seems each will ultimately end up describing it the same way: Exciting. Happily, progress has been rolling along smoothly, and it’s hard to see it any other way. Don Paul, steering committee member and everyone’s favorite weatherman, says the project took shape “like pieces of a pie that came together.” Both he and fellow member Craig Turner shared an idea for a “snow museum,” which would focus on lake effect and Great Lakes weather. The thought had been marinating,…
With so many free outdoor activities this summer, it seems that Buffalo really does try to make the most of the season. “Movies on the Meadow” is the Parkside Community Association’s contribution to the calendar of events, offering free films for the third year in a row. The Parkside Lodge in Delaware Park hosts the event for the next three Saturdays in July, projecting films outside on July 7, July 14 and July 21. In order to provide a diverse assortment of films, Movies on the Meadow offers Secondhand Lions on July 7, Dial M for Murder on July 14,…
On at least one college campus this summer, the stigma attached to “campus food” will suffer a substantial blow. Beginning June 30, the University Community Farmer’s Market will begin bringing fresh locally grown produce, as well as jellies and jams, to UB’s South Campus, in the parking lot north of Allen Hall near the junction of Kenmore Ave. and Main St. The market will be open every Saturday rain or shine from 8 am to 1 pm. until October 13. “The University Community Farmer’s Market is a partnership between two community groups, the University Heights Collaborative and the Eggertsville Community…
Calling all gardeners: I know your green thumbs have been swelling ever since you shoved your safety orange snow shovel in the garage in favor of its exceedingly charming, soil-hungry counterpart. The season you’ve been waiting for all year is here in full force, and you’re happily spending as much time as possible digging, weeding and preening. Well, here’s the opportunity to do even more, and beautify our city (not to mention have a shot at an Elmwood shopping spree) in the process. This summer marks the first annual Elmwood Gardeners’ Challenge. The Elmwood Village Association (EVA), in a project…
If you’re still heated it’s not you riding around on the Kustom-made Jack O’ Lantern bike you won for supporting local charities, you’ve got another chance to make it happen. South Side Kustoms is holding its second annual bike raffle, this time to benefit the VA Hospital of Buffalo and the Buffalo City Mission. 4000 tickets are currently being sold for a chance to win a fully customized motorcycle in a drawing to be held November 12th at Club Chit Chat (1048 Clinton St.). They’re eager to get the tickets sold out, and why wait? Only $10 to support two…
Jerry Turcotte believes in having a plan. As the coordinator of MicroBiz Buffalo, his role is to “promote every other organization” under its umbrella, all of which are united in their effort to develop local small business. Citing the discouraging statistic that marks 75-80 percent of small businesses for failure in the first three years, Turcotte believes most of them come up short due to their failure to make a plan. “It’s daunting, but they need to do it…So many people are focused on the day-to-day, the week-to-week, it’s hard to step back and look at the big picture,” he…