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Puerto Rico is getting a $4.5 million boost in its economic development arm, with a public-private project aimed at accelerating solar business on the island. The package involves $3.8 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to train workers in ...

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Wegmans Food Markets Inc. will invest $175 million to build a regional distribution operation in suburban Richmond, Va., allowing the Rochester-based grocer to better service stores as it continues to expand in the mid-Atlantic region. Virginia officials lobbied to land ...

City and state leaders along with development partners celebrated on Friday the completion of Stadium Estates Phase II, a $13 million scattered-site housing initiative in Rochester’s JOSANA neighborhood. Stadium Estates Phase II created 46 new affordable homes, with residency based on ...

Joe Robach has been called an institution and a stalwart, a fair-minded legislator who could back-burner partisan politics to do what was right for his district. More than anything, however, he has been a voice for the Rochester region during ...

At least three local farms are receiving more than $100,000 each in grants from the federal government to help bring their operations up to date with renewable energy systems.  The state director for rural development announced this week that New Yorkers ...

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New York State and private colleges are linking arms to support cleaner energy. The state announced on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding between the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, ...

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Wayne County fruit farmer Gary Orbaker won the Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award at the annual meeting of the New York Farm Bureau last week. Orbaker, who raises fruit in Williamson, Wayne County, was honored for his contributions to membership ...

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A local company that has been developing a solar panel that can produce more energy and be made more quickly has earned a $4 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to scale up its technology and process. Energy ...

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The first waiting-list signup in three years for the Rochester Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV) begins Monday and closes on Dec. 22. More commonly known as Section 8 vouchers, the rental assistance program helps subsidize the cost of ...

Construction is underway on Penfield Square, a $29 million affordable housing community for seniors developed by Home Leasing. The four-story building will feature 114 housing units, including 45 for older adults in need of supportive care that will allow them ...

Considering his father, his maternal grandfather and an uncle all chose the banking industry as a vocation, it was pretty much a given that Roger Brandt Jr. would uphold family tradition when he finished college. Working for a bank was ...

He has helped create distinguished commercial property, upscale suburban town homes, apartments in Henrietta, and now is building VIDA, a housing and retail center within The Strong’s Neighborhood of Play. Howard Konar’s duties as president of Konar Properties keep him ...

The power of bulk purchasing and carbon-free sources of energy are factors behind a wave of decisions local municipalities are making about buying electricity. In the Rochester area, several communities have already agreed to engage with a community choice aggregator ...

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Groups still wanting to rent an igloo at the ROC Holiday Village may be disappointed unless they’re looking for time on New Year’s Eve. The downtown festival site, now in its second year, provides a mix of entertainment, food, drink, ...

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Sen. Charles E. Schumer called upon the federal government Wednesday to allow more time for comment on proposed hemp regulations, concerned that the proposed rules would harm the rising industry of growing the useful plant. Schumer announced his concerns while ...

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