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More than $11 million has been awarded to projects in the Finger Lakes region in the fifth round of the state’s Restore New York Communities Initiative. Ten regional municipalities have been awarded $11.2 million to support revitalization efforts that range ...

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The Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) will consider nearly $250,000 in incentives for three projects at its upcoming meeting March 29. Genesee Lumber Co. plans to demolish an existing structure to make way for a more than 7,000-square-foot warehouse ...

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Food banks are a stop-gap measure, not the answer to hunger, agreed a panel brought together Wednesday, March 21, by Foodlink. And the question is not really how to solve hunger, but how to solve poverty, they said. “At a ...

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Imagine Monroe, formerly the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency, has approved five projects expected to create or retain more than 175 jobs in Monroe County. March projects include sales and mortgage tax exemptions for Sydor Instruments LLC, a photonics ...

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A 90-minute conference in the chambers of State Supreme Court Justice Daniel J. Doyle Wednesday morning did not produce a settlement in the Rochester Rhinos’ stadium-use dispute with the City of Rochester. As a result, the parties will return again ...

A president known to take the pulse of the American people by watching television talk shows has picked a University of Rochester graduate seen frequently talking about economics on TV to be his next economic adviser. President Donald J. Trump has ...

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Accessing American Legion Rayson-Miller Post’s 899 club rooms in Pittsford will become much easier for people with disabilities thanks to a $100,000 grant from the State and Municipal Facilities Program. New York State Assemblyman Joe Errigo helped secure the funding ...

Batavia has been ranked second among the nation’s 575 micropolitan areas by Site Selection magazine. It was the only city in New York State to crack the list’s Top 40. Micropolitan areas are regions containing an urban core population of ...

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Star Cider started out in the basement of a young couple’s home. But their dream to turn hard cider-making into a family business quickly outgrew that house in Clifton Springs, Ontario County. So Cortni and Adam Stahl traded their house ...

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IEC Electronics Corp. will invest more than $20 million to construct a state-of-the-art facility in Newark, Wayne County. The electronic manufacturing solutions provider plans to create up to 362 new jobs and retain 463 positions at the 150,000-square-foot facility to ...

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A dozen community leaders have been chosen to serve on an advisory panel that will oversee the state’s investment in “ROC The Riverway,” a joint initiative between New York State and the City of Rochester to revitalize the city’s waterfront ...

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Ambrell Corp. plans to move its Scottsville plant to a larger facility on Lyell Avenue, with help from Empire State Development. ESD will support the expansion project with up to $700,000 through a capital grant and the Excelsior Tax Credit ...

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Imagine Monroe, formerly the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency, has approved three local economic development projects expected to create or retain more than 150 jobs in Monroe County. APM Holdings LLC is a real estate holding company for Addison ...

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Monroe County’s Democratic legislators want County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo to explain why there still is no signed lease with the Rochester Red Wings more than five months after she announced a deal was done. They also want to know how ...

In a neighborhood that is 63 percent African-American, none of the 94 corner stores were owned or operated by an African-American living in the northeast Rochester neighborhood. Until the Freedom Market arrived in 2013, that is. The store on Webster ...

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