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Business leaders in the Finger Lakes region believe the state’s economy will be a little better in 2022, but lingering challenges from COVID-19 will remain.

Finger Lakes Community College will host a Cannabis Business Incubator Symposium from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 at the main campus. Registration is required, and participants must show proof of vaccination against COVID-19. The event will ...

New York state manufacturers can apply for grants through RG&E’s and NYSEG’s Manufacturing Accelerator Program.   MAP is a grant-based program that helps local manufacturing companies strengthen their businesses through growth and productivity-based initiatives.  It is one of several programs that ...

Buoyed by more than $200 million in private investment along the site of the former Inner Loop East, city officials are ready to convert what remains of the sunken roadway.

Rep. Joe Morelle said he will push the Rochester region as the home for a government-supported regional technology and innovation hub as Congress looks to invigorate private sector growth with $6.8 billion in America COMPETES Act funding. But as the ...

Genesee County is launching a $1 million Community Development Block Grant to help businesses impacted by the pandemic.  Through the Genesee CARES Business Recovery Fund, businesses that were negatively impacted by COVID-19 will be eligible to receive a grant of ...

The future of Monroe County will be the focus of a series of virtual and in-person sessions as leaders create the first update to the county’s comprehensive plan in 40 years. The first Plan Forward community workshop will be from ...

Vancouver-based clean energy technology firm Ionomr Innovations will establish its U.S. fuel cell and green hydrogen electrolysis research and development center in Brighton.   The company will renovate space at the Metro Business Park to create a customer applications test ...

With workforce development considered a catalyst for economic growth by administration officials, the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency (COMIDA) will undergo a transformation to better align with the priorities of County Executive Adam Bello. Along with workforce development initiatives, ...

Companies looking to grow their business have another tool to use with Greater Rochester Enterprise Inc.’s economic gardening program. GRE, by partnering with the National Center for Economic Gardening, can now provide the program to qualified companies within the nine-county ...

The Victor Local Development Corp. is seeking nominations for the 16th annual Victor Business Awards, with nominees to be honored at a luncheon on May 12. The awards luncheon has been postponed the past two years because of the COVID-19 ...

Baldwin Richardson Foods is investing $50 million to expand its manufacturing facilities in Wayne County.   The company plans to make necessary equipment, technology and construction investments at the facilities located in the towns of Macedon and Williamson to meet ...

Five Star Bank continued to make commercial real estate loans despite all the vagaries in the economy by focusing on borrowers with strong financial backgrounds.

The Rochester Area Community Foundation and The Shore Foundation have launched a new initiative to provide increased access to technology for community associations and neighborhood business associations in the city of Rochester. The effort, spearheaded by state Sen. Jeremy Cooney ...

The online seminar, sponsored by Rochester Economic Development Corp., included a discussion of economic development efforts underway in the Rochester region.