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New York State Electric and Gas, Rochester Gas & Electric and Avangrid Foundation have donated $400,000 to the Project SHARE Heating Fund to help lower-income residents with their heating bills this winter. The program also is funded with support from ...

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Longtime Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation President and Trustee Donald Whitney died on Sunday following a brief illness. He was 72. Mr. Whitney was born Jan. 29, 1948, in Watertown, Jefferson County. Following his graduation in 1966 from Adams Center Central ...

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In 2019, the city of Rochester, working with numerous internal and external stakeholders, put together a comprehensive plan, a nearly 500-page document that addresses six initiative areas that was designed to enable the region to realize its full potential. Rochester ...

Wayne County’s Jrlon Inc. has extended its footprint with the acquisition of South Carolina manufacturer Metalworx Inc. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Metalworx is a high-performance contract manufacturer that specializes in precision machining and complete metal fabrication. ...

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The Flower City Arts Center has named Cheryl McKeiver as its new executive director. McKeiver brings decades of experience to the role including leadership roles in finance, operations management, in academia, for-profit and nonprofit organizations statewide. Prior to her arrival ...

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The Genesee Gateway Local Development Corp. last week approved the sale of a nearly six-acre parcel at the Buffalo East Technology Park in East Pembroke. J&R Fancher Property Holdings LLC purchased the property, which includes three developable acres at $50,000 ...

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A local lawn care application firm has added contactless snow removal to its offerings. Lawn Love, an Uber-like company that connects clients to lawn care firms, has partnered with dozens of Rochester snow removal businesses to offer a contactless, on-demand ...

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Action for a Better Community will partner with a number of local organizations next week on the first day of a series that will address Rochester’s two pandemics: COVID-19 and racism. “Racism is a Public Health Crisis — Attacking the ...

ESL Federal Credit Union invested more than $10 million last year to help support local organizations with their pandemic efforts, the company said this week. ESL FCU reinvested nearly $20 million in the community overall. “Nonprofits have been experiencing critical ...

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Operating conditions in the manufacturing sector improved significantly in December, a monthly report from IHS Markit shows. The IHS Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index recorded the sharpest upturn since September 2014. The seasonally adjusted PMI was 57.1 in December, ...

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Despite the upheaval of a global health crisis, small business owners are showing their mettle and remaining upbeat about their future, a new survey from JPMorgan Chase shows. The 11th annual Business Leaders Outlook Survey found that nationwide, more than ...

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Confidence among Upstate New York consumers continued to trail both the state and nation in the fourth quarter, a quarterly report from Siena College Research Institute shows. Overall confidence in the fourth quarter, which includes current and future confidence, was ...

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Rochester could be the new home of Plug Power Inc.’s new “gigafactory,” according to a statement from U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer last week. But Plug Power officials will neither confirm nor deny the assertion. A company representative said in an ...

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A local coalition of child and family advocates has developed the Rochester Education Fellowship, which will enable a leader to co-create and build a new, community-centered vision for bold, transformation change for Rochester’s public school systems. The coalition is looking ...

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Rochester-based technology solutions provider System Management and Planning Inc. has been acquired by a Virginia-based technology solutions consultant for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will enhance the footprint of Herndon, Va.-based ePlus Inc., as well as broaden its technology solution ...

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