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Galin Brooks has been named new president and CEO of the Rochester Downtown Development Corp. Brooks will take the reins on June 20. She will succeed Heidi Zimmer-Meyer, who will retire on June 18 after 38 years with the organization, ...

Ocean Insight will invest nearly $1.8 million to expand its location in Rochester and plans to add up to 100 new jobs over the next five years.  

State, local and college officials gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center at Monroe Community College's downtown campus.  

Empire State Development has opened the application window for the 2022 Grow-NY food and agriculture competition.   Grow-NY attracts high-growth food and agriculture startups to compete for $3 million in total prize money each year and supports 20 finalists through a business ...

The city of Rochester will invest $6.8 million for revitalization of Genesee Gateway Park and the Riverway Trail.

A series of free informational workshops aimed at providing a roadmap to recovery and growth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is being offered to Ontario County small businesses and nonprofits. Ostrander’s Consulting, hired by Ontario County’s planning department, ...

  The proposed city of Rochester budget includes a 9.6 percent increase in spending — with public safety, neighborhoods and economic empowerment among the priorities — but no change in the tax levy. Mayor Malik Evans unveiled on Friday morning ...

Genesee Co-op Federal Credit Union has purchased Weider Hall, located at 389-395 Gregory St. in Rochester’s South Wedge. The credit union has been located in the building since 2005 and in the South Wedge since 1998.  The purchase price was ...

As Monroe County sought ways to curtail ongoing staffing issues at Monroe Community Hospital last year, County Executive Adam Bello wanted to hear directly from employees. The input from one woman hit home. “She said, ‘I can work across the ...

A series of new special events in the heart of downtown — from music and movies to art and food — has been launched to lure people to the streets of Rochester and reconnect them with what the city has ...

The latest pitch competition by Marl Startup Studio of Rochester will be May 19, and include 10 entrepreneurs who will be able to pitch their projects to the venture capital community. Marl Startup Studio is looking for first-time founders and ...

CooperVision will expand operations at two separate locations in Monroe County in a $62 million project that will create up to 173 new jobs.    Citing an increase in global demand for its contact lenses and a growing product portfolio, the ...

The city of Rochester will use $13.3 million to build 100 single-family affordable houses, helping to correct the wrongs made by redlining.

Genesee County has awarded 22 local businesses $875,000 through the Genesee CARES Business Recovery Fund.   For-profit businesses with 25 or less employees who experienced adverse economic impacts due to the COVID-19 pandemic were eligible to receive funding.  Genesee CARES awards ...

Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and New York State’s Regional Director of Empire State Development Vinnie Esposito announced the start of the Aqueduct Reimagined project.