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If you ever want to disappoint the folks at Visit Rochester, just tell them they can’t work. The COVID-19 pandemic created a collective case of cabin fever for the 18 employees at Visit Rochester, the official tourism promotion agency of ...

As we prepare to host the Rochester Business Journal’s annual Women’s Leadership Summit, we asked several women who lead in our region for their perspective on some of the main topics to be discussed. The summit, to be held virtually ...

As workplaces reopen following the pandemic, childcare again is at the top of workers’ minds. By some counts, 20,000 childcare centers closed nationwide since the start of the pandemic and one in nine childcare worker jobs have been lost. But ...

Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required for guests 12 and older attending any event at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. The mandate follows a similar requirement issued earlier this month by Pegula Sports and Entertainment for events ...

In its second quarter 2021 survey, KeyBank asked 400 owners and executives of middle market businesses — defined as those in the $10 million to $2 billion range — how macroeconomic conditions and government policies have impacted their businesses.  The survey found that ...

Small business owners have been accepting of change and thinking creatively when it comes to retaining customers during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Jan Pisanczyn, director of the Brockport Small Business Development Center.   Small business owners took numerous steps to adapt to the current climate, he says.   Among them was to ...

New research shows that nearly one-third of employees say their comfort level with in-person work has decreased because of the COVID-19 delta variant.

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Tom Golisano has given the largest single, private gift in the history of Special Olympics, a $30 million donation that will expand the organization’s Healthy Communities program. Special Olympics Healthy Communities provides health services globally for people with intellectual disabilities, ...

Rich Tyson remembers vividly the conversations that sparked his desire to buy rental property in the city of Rochester. He had been speaking with Tommy Davis, then the chaplain at the Monroe County Jail, about the legal system and what ...

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2021-22 season includes a return to live performances and will be one of the most diverse in RPO history. It is also the first under the baton of music director, Maestro Andreas Delfs. Delfs is hoping ...

Adrian Jules Custom Clothiers has always prided itself on elegance and perfection. From the exquisite design to the distinctive tailoring, an Adrian Jules hand-crafted suit makes a statement. So it’s only fitting that their new store and showroom at 2937 ...

With the recent full approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19, and as unvaccinated individuals continue to account for the majority of recent hospitalizations and deaths caused by COVID-19, employers throughout the country are considering, or being required to implement COVID-19 vaccination mandates for their ...

Jin Xiao believes the key to reducing barriers to access to dental care could be a smart phone. Xiao, D.D.S., is an associate professor and the director for Perinatal Oral Health at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health at the ...

Business owners, beware: your unemployment insurance taxes are likely to go even higher in 2022 and beyond, which could slow New York’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli is warning. A historic surge in unemployment claims ...

When David Craig was studying to become a researcher at the Rochester Institute of Technology, he had his first cancer diagnosis. After the Co-founder and CEO of GRYT Health entered the pharmaceutical industry, he became a patient in his professional ...