WATERTOWN — Confluence Running North Country, a new running shoe store on Arsenal Street, isn’t like those typical box stores where you pick out a sneaker brand and make sure
BU graduates find success in proprietorship of local businesses Sidney Slon/Photo Editor Alex Jaffe, ‘12, MPA ‘14, aimed to create a bar that provided a new social outlet for the BU community, resulting in the founding of The Colonial.
Former students own, found businesses in Downtown Binghamton
March 25, 2021
As Binghamton University students venture through restaurants and stores around Downtown Binghamton, they may notice many businesses are run by once-students themselves.
Among the vast network of alumni-owned businesses in Downtown Binghamton and beyond are The Colonial, Binghamton Hots and Confluence Running, each owned and founded by BU graduates. Alex Jaffe, ‘12, MPA ‘14, is an owner and a founder of The Colonial, a bar and restaurant frequented by BU students. The idea came to Jaffe while he was obtaining his graduate degree.