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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 ...

LandPro Equipment broke ground Tuesday on a new facility in Batavia that will house the firm’s agricultural, commercial, construction and homeowner sales and service operations in Genesee County. The company, headquartered in the Chautauqua County village of Falconer, is building ...

The Genesee County Economic Development Center board of directors has approved a final resolution for incentives supporting Liberty Pumps’ $13.7 million expansion at the company’s operations in the town of Bergen. The manufacturer will invest nearly $14 million to build ...

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It’s perhaps one of the longest lasting Coming Soon billboards ever erected. Donuts Delite bought advertising space at the corner of West Ridge Road and Dewey Avenue in June to trumpet the impending arrival of a second location. Founder Sam ...

City of Rochester officials believe the new R Training Center at the Rochester Community Sports Complex gives youth a modern workout facility.

Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology will kick off its $19 million expansion and renovation of Max Lowenthal Hall with a ceremonial groundbreaking.

BayTowne Wine & Spirits unveiled a new, larger store last weekend that is focused on customer experiences and education. The 10,000-square-foot wine and spirits’ superstore is still in BayTowne Plaza, which is owned by the DiMarco Group, but is in ...

As New York continues a statewide push for the creation of more clean energy, LaBella Associates is experiencing strong growth in the renewable energy sector. A focus on solar construction by LaBella’s renewable energy group has led to a significant ...

Sometime, during the latter months of 1979, I caught wind that some resourceful Syracuse University students were lobbying for the new domed stadium on campus to be named in memory of Ernie Davis. I thought it was a brilliant idea, ...

Proposed legislation, a late-2020 law change and a possible bump in the corporate tax rate all should turn out to be beneficial for the affordable housing industry as objectives of the Biden administration play out. When the federal corporate tax rate ...

AeroSafe Global, whose cold-chain shipping expertise enabled a more rapid global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, heads the list of a dozen local firms named to the annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in America. Rochester-based AeroSafe Global ...

As Jay Wegman would pull into Elmridge Center on his way to Red Fedele’s Brook House in recent years, he’d gaze at what once was a vibrant shopping plaza and wonder if there could ever be a revival. A quick-trip ...

Two state agencies are making $7.5 million in funding available for a new clean energy initiative, designed to create up to 600 energy-efficient, all-electric affordable housing units. The pilot program, a collaboration between New York State Homes and Community Renewal and ...

Rochester Clinical Research is more than doubling its footprint on Helendale Road. A leader in COVID-19 vaccine development locally, RCR’s staff count has grown more than 100 percent in the last 18 months. The family-owned and nurse-founded business is working ...

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Which space could become the home office, can more cash be accessed if the bidding takes off and are you willing to accommodate post-sale needs of the seller have become common topics of discussions between homebuyer and Realtor as the ...