We work hard
so you don't have to.

We build platforms that grow your business every month. Not just a website. A growth engine. Rooted in Ithaca's creative community, built for businesses and brands ready to reach their full online potential.

Clients we have worked with

"Pete is a true professional. He took the time to understand what I needed and delivered a site that exceeded my expectations. Responsive, reliable, and easy to work with."

Al Delmerico
Al Delmerico Research Scientist
Pete Stergion, Brooks New Media

Today we build platforms that help businesses grow the same way we did: organically, through real connections, with 15 years of IT experience behind every project.

Inspired by community. Grown organically. Built to deliver.

We started just like you. An idea, a passion, and a desire to connect with others and build something that brought our creative vision to life. In 2007 we were making the drive from Buffalo to Ithaca every chance we got for GrassRoots Festival, local shows, and long weekends in the Finger Lakes. Back home it was Thursday at the Square and the Buffalo music scene. We were taping shows, shooting photos, and writing reviews. We needed a place to put it all, so we taught ourselves to build a website and launched bandsthatjam.com.

That passion project grew into something bigger. GrassRoots gave us our first photo passes. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad gave us our first real client work. We started Brooks New Media as a way to help others grow like we had. The work grew beyond the music scene. Local businesses, law firms, event planners, e-commerce stores. Every project came through a connection, a referral, a handshake. That is how we have always grown.

In 2018 we made the move to Ithaca, the community that had been pulling us in for years. We connected with the GrassRoots Festival team, helped bring Ithaca Reggae Fest online, and put down roots.

2007 BandsThatJam.com launches in Buffalo. Live show photography, recordings, and reviews from the festival scene.
2009 Brooks New Media goes official. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, law firms, local businesses across Buffalo.
2011 Go To The Mill e-commerce store goes live. Our first full-stack client.
2018 Moved to Ithaca. Ithaca Reggae Fest, Pulse of Ithaca podcast, Ithaca is Bubbles.
2020 Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival. The big one. Plus Shakori Hills GrassRoots in North Carolina.
2025 Launched monthly growth plans, SEO auditing, and business automation services.

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