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Christine Whitman believes it is better to be overcautious than underprepared as her firm navigates the business landscape amid the COVID-19 outbreak. “We’ve taken this very seriously right from the beginning and have been planning for it,” says Whitman, chairman ...

A local accounting firm, RDG+Partners, is providing free assessments for businesses to help them figure out which stimulus benefits they are eligible for, and to which they should apply.  The firm offered a similar service after the 911 terrorist attacks, ...

  Rochester’s health care providers believe they can more than double the number of available hospital beds within existing facilities to more than 4,000 should there be a wave of serious COVID-19 cases due to the coronavirus pandemic. But doctors ...

Business owners: Over the last few weeks, you have faced many difficult decisions and undoubtedly, there will be more in the weeks and months to come. You already know that owning a business and being responsible for the welfare and ...

As I write this, much of the country is on lock-down due to the coronavirus. Schools, bars and restaurants are empty; people not in essential services are staying home and avoiding even small gatherings; the stock market has lost over ...

Officials at Monroe Community College began handing out on Thursday the first of 200 laptop computers to students who need them to continue their college courses online.  The need was identified after the college began to communicate with students by ...

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A small-business emergency loan program has been created by Monroe County that aims to provide up to $10,000 in no-interest funding within seven days. The program, approved Wednesday by the Monroe County Industrial Development Corp., offers zero-interest loans of up ...

The four Department of Motor Vehicles locations in Monroe County (Greece, Irondequoit, Henrietta and Rochester) will be closed indefinitely for all in-person transactions. There was an automatic extension of validity on driver’s licenses and non-driver identification cards that expired on ...

Constellation Brands is committing $2.5 million in donations to help provide relief in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The international beverage company based in Victor announced Thursday that its donations, made in partnerships with some of its major brands, ...

Brite, a Victor-based managed service and IT solutions integrator, is offering free IT advice to local businesses to aid in the growing remote workforce due to the coronavirus pandemic. Brite has implemented complementary consultation to businesses owners who have questions ...

Instead of grilling a gorgeous steak and creating a beautiful plate presentation late last week, restaurateur Tony Gullace  was alone in the kitchen at Max at Eastman Place, cutting raw steaks and sealing them by Cryovac so customers could cook ...

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Monroe County has created a job portal to connect essential businesses that are looking to hire during the coronavirus crisis with healthy individuals who are looking for work. The hope is that a single employment platform will streamline the hiring process ...

Hickey Freeman Tailored Clothing is set to begin production of protective face masks for the medical staff at Rochester General Hospital, the Rochester manufacturer said Tuesday. “We have hundreds of the best sewing machine operators in the country. When Rochester ...

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Anticipated approval of $2 trillion in emergency legislation means small businesses can continue to pay employees, laid-off workers will receive full pay for four months and local governments and health care providers can continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “This ...

Many law firms are being inundated by questions from firms striving to comply with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order to close all non-essential businesses in an effort to slow down the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve been on the phone and ...