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The Genesee County Economic Development Center’s board of directors will consider an initial resolution for a community solar project at its board meeting.  

The Partnership for Downtown Rochester will continue community engagement efforts with virtual and in-person informational sessions on March 29.

The event's keynote speaker will be Bill Foster, CEO of BioWorks Inc., which manufactures and markets biologically based pest control and plant nutrition products.

The loudest voices drive the types of legislation and unfunded mandates that harm our businesses or drive them out of New York State.

The board approved a proposal for $27.5 million in previously committed New York State funding to invest $23 million in new equipment and tool upgrades to further enhance the TAP facility’s research and development capabilities and to amplify the consortium’s collaboration with regional universities, with $4.5 million in operational support. 

Horizon Acres Associates, LLC, based in Rockland County, is partnering with Geis Companies, based in Streetsboro, OH, to build six flex commercial/industrial facilities totaling 1.5 million square feet.  

As exploration of the viability of a BID continues, the downtown partnership has placed an emphasis on community input and dialogue.

Investments in Monroe Community College and Finger Lakes Community College are proposed in Gov. Kathy Hochul's Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget.

The Edwards Vacuum’s facility will serve the semiconductor industry and advanced manufacturing sectors and create some 343 jobs.  

Cornell University's Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) is producing the competition in partnership with the Northeast Dairy Foods Research Center. The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center has provided a $1 million grant.

Nominations for the 17th annual Victor Business Awards are now being accepted. The awards are presented in conjunction with the Victor Local Development Corp. and the town of Victor.

This new year we must be intentional about treating economic development as an investment in public safety. I support tax incentives to bring new jobs to our state, but these employers must also ensure that the promised jobs are accessible to those families that need them most. Ribbon cuttings and photo-ops are not enough. We need specific strategies to remove hiring barriers by thinking about transportation, childcare, and workforce training as part of the job creation formula.

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Greater Rochester Enterprise had a record year in 2022, securing 40 separate company project wins.  The agency reported more than $1.2 billion of new capital investments across the region last year – up 20 percent from 2021- as well as ...

A proposed 60-unit apartment community in Penfield and renovations for the Security Risk Advisors, Inc. office at the Culver Road Armory received approval for tax incentives from the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency on Tuesday.

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Edwards Vacuum, part of the Atlas Copco Group, is proposing to invest $212 million for the first phase of the company’s semiconductor dry pump manufacturing project at New York’s Green Manufacturing mega site at STAMP; while Horizon Acres Associates Inc. is proposing to invest $142 million to build several flex commercial/industrial facilities in the Town of Pembroke. 

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