Previous Clients

Moosewood is a plant-based restaurant based in the Ithaca Commons. For nearly 50 years, its cookbooks have served as the global guide to vegetable-forward eating, introducing generations to a vegetarian gastronomy that includes fish and seafood.

Rasa Spa offers a variety of services focused on holistic wellness, including massage, bodywork, facials, skincare, and energy work. They emphasize creating a tranquil and beautiful atmosphere to support healing and client empowerment. 

Crosswinds Farm and Creamery is a grass-based regenerative family farm located in the Finger Lakes. They hand craft artisan cheeses featuring the milk of Brown Swiss cows.

Gourdlandia is a farm and art gallery centered around spreading gourd knowledge and appreciation. They've been featured on CBS and AtlasObscura, featuring workshops where consumers can create nightlights, lamps, and more.

Hopshire Farm & Brewery is a family-owned brewery that offers premium-quality beer made from locally sourced ingredients. They also partner with various local businesses to provide great music and delicious food.

Lively Run Dairy is one of the longest-operating commercial goat dairies in the country, pioneering goat cheese in the American marketplace since 1982. The entire team at Lively Run works to continue the mission of crafting delectable artisan cheese inspired by the historic Finger Lakes food culture in a way that honors people, animals, and the land.

The North American Food Systems Network (NAFSN) is a professional development association for people working together to strengthen local and regional food systems. NAFSN works to be a leader in the professional development of food systems practitioners, and the food systems profession itself, by tapping into a diverse network of food systems professionals who value community, collaboration, innovation, integrity, justice, equity, productivity, education, and efficacy

GigFinesse is a data-driven service that connects musical artists directly to venues without the need for a middleman. By offering full transparency, GigFinesse looks out for the artist and helps them keep what they earn. GigFinesse aims to revolutionize the live music industry by empowering artists everywhere.

Caleb’s Community Kitchen is an Ithaca-based community kitchen that aims to offer culturally diverse dishes to everyone. Currently in the idea phase, our client tasked us with identifying unique partnerships to supply ingredients, secure funding, and cut costs. Through our 2 work streams, we were successful in optimizing  logistical details to help our client make their idea into a reality.

Adelina's Pizza Truck is an upcoming business that operates in the Finger Lakes region. Formerly Adelina's, a warm cozy neighborhood restaurant that operated in Greenpoint in NYC, they serve vegan and vegetarian style pizza to the Ithaca area.

National Benefit Brokerage is a small business focusing on providing financial wealth and management advice and selling financial products to a group of varied clients. Select financial products include annuities and life insurance, in partnership with the Investment Center brokerage group.

Jenny Creek Flowers is a flower farm in Trumansburg that sells seasonal flower bouquet subscriptions, dahlia tubers, and a variety of cutting garden starts. The farm hosts in-person dahlia u-picks and photo sessions, as well as gardening, wreath decorating, and flower bar workshops.

Marmalade Mercantile sells vintage and new farmhouse decor. Known for its curated seasonal products, the store reflects the owners' passions, who have been sharing their love for antiques and vintage treasures with the community,

Autumn's Harvest Farm is a regenerative farm in the Finger Lakes that prioritizes environmental health, providing grass-fed and finished beef, heritage breed pork, and pasture-raised chicken and eggs.

Ithaca Coffee Company is a local coffee shop located in the Triphammer Marketplace, near Target. They have gourmet food, specialty teas, baked goods, and a tavern that serves craft beer. Overall, they aim to provide an escape for everyday people looking to explore something fun, fresh, and vibrant in the Ithaca area.

Ithaca Soy is a tofu producer that makes handmade, unpasteurized, artisanal, small-batch tofu and Tofu Kan, whose products can be found in Wegmans alongside other distribution locations.

Odyssey Bookstore, named in honor of Ithaca and the original connections to The Odyssey, is a local bookstore celebrating what is special and unique about the town of Ithaca. ​Odyssey has close to 8,000 books and offers delivery options for millions of other titles ranging from fiction to philosophy, science to science fiction, children's books to gardening, and much more.

Alphabet Soup is a locally-owned and independent specialty toy store that offers fun and educational toys, including classic toys and newer releases. As a staple in Ithaca Commons for generations since 1984, Alphabet Soup provides entertainment for people of all ages, including adults who are able to revisit their childhoods through the vast sticker wall and high-quality toys of the store.

Northstar House is a pub and bistro located in the heart of the Ithaca Downtown region. Being a staple in the Ithaca community for many years, Northstar House provides a wide variety of foods. One of the most important things for them is that they support the small businesses in the Ithaca community by shopping for food items exclusively through the farmers markets and businesses in the region.

Ithaca Wine Ventures is a project-oriented small startup that focuses on providing innovative solutions, memorable experiences, and creating unique value propositions by leveraging expertise and the Ithaca and Finger Lakes wine region. Ithaca Wine Ventures is committed to taking on interesting and challenging projects that leverage the local community to make Ithaca more important in the eyes of Finger Lakes producers, and vice versa.

Flow Plus Pilates is a female-founded fitness center organized to empower its clients in both private and group classes. Members have access to both a massage therapist and Pilates instructor. This semester, CYC will conduct a marketing strategy to engage with recurring and potential customers while adapting to the virtual environment.