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Two vastly different plans to drive economic growth and tourism on the state’s 524-mile canal system will receive funding through the Reimagine the Canals competition. The $1.5 million award recipient was the team of Madison County Planning Department, STREAM Collaborative ...

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Amy Casciani grew up in Irondequoit and raised her children there, so she understands the status the old shopping mall once held in the town. “I know what the mall meant when it was up and running, and I especially ...

The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council has endorsed 23 projects in the nine-county region, with a total cost of more than $171 million, to further the Finger Lakes Forward strategic plan. In its 2018 annual report, FLREDC proposes $20 ...

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Now that the local athletes have already made their name on the snow of the national skiing stage, management at Bristol Mountain is hoping to do the same with their facility. The Ontario County outdoor recreation staple in South Bristol ...

New York Secretary of State Rossana Rosado has approved the City of Rochester’s updated Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), enabling the city to advance ROC the Riverway and other waterfront revitalization plans. The LWRP, originally approved in 1990 and last ...

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Rochester Young Professionals (RYP) is hosting the 8th Annual Entrepreneur’s Expo this November. Last year’s expo drew over 300 young professionals, and this year’s is expected to be an even bigger event. Guests will have the opportunity to network with over 45 ...

The Brighton Planning Board’s decision this week to approve plans for a Whole Foods grocery store on Monroe Avenue apparently won’t stop a community organization that is suing over the project. “They had a good inning,” said Howie Jacobson, the ...

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Imagine Monroe, Monroe County’s industrial development agency, has approved incentives for eight projects expected to create or retain more than 365 full-time jobs. “This was a banner month for Imagine Monroe—our most powerful local economic development tool is now investing ...

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All fans entering Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial will be subject to screening by hand-held metal detectors, and access to an outdoor smoking area will no longer be allowed. The changes were announced this morning by Pegula Sports ...

After 11 years, 150 public meetings and well over a million dollars in legal fees for all parties, Mark IV Enterprises says a judge’s ruling will finally allow construction on Westport Crossing Residential Community in the Village of Pittsford to ...

A Syracuse suburb has told Robert Morgan’s development company that it will no longer entertain his plans for an apartment complex and retail center on a vacant brownfield site. The Board of Trustees for the Village of Fayetteville informed Morgan’s ...

Industrial space is expected to be a thriving facet of commercial real estate development in the next few years, according to a prominent educator and industry analyst. While office and retail real estate won’t be as strong, Joshua Harris said ...

The Genesee Gateway Local Development Corp. (GGLDC) has approved a $100,000 loan for Rest & Revival Float Center LLC’s renovation of a Batavia facility. The renovation includes the purchase of new machinery and equipment and has a capital investment of ...

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The Genesee County Economic Development Center on Thursday will consider two applications for incentives. Amada Tool is seeking incentives for an $8.8 million capital investment to increase the company’s manufacturing facility by roughly 19,000 square feet. The project would create ...

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With just a couple of years of entrepreneurial experience under their belts, the three owners of Genesee County’s L&M Specialty Fabrication already have grown their business to the point that new space was a necessity. Thirty acres of new space. ...

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