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Students living in Rochester’s Cornerstone Group and Charles Settlement’s Stadium Estates properties now have access to free wireless internet connections through the Community Classrooms program. Community Classrooms aims to repurpose underutilized spaces within affordable housing developments to ensure students have ...

A task force of local government partners and community leaders will assess internet services in low-income and rural areas of Monroe County in hopes of finding solutions to close service gaps and eliminate access barriers. The Monroe County Advisory Task ...

Greenlight Networks will acquire Plexicomm, LLC, a Binghamton-based internet solution provider, allowing for expansion of the high-speed fiber network into Broome and Tioga counties. Greenlight has already signed a purchase agreement for Plexicomm and will absorb the firm’s 12 employees ...

A new solar array built in the town of Ontario for Home Leasing is linking up with the power grid, enabling the Rochester-based provider of affordable housing to reduce energy costs at a number of its apartment communities in the ...

Faced with an all-funds gap of $31.4 million, the city of Rochester is providing three avenues for public input on the budget for fiscal year 2021-22. Residents may participate in any or all of the public forums: An online survey ...

Construction is set to begin this week on the rehabilitation of the State Street Bridge over the Erie Canal in the village of Pittsford. The project is designed to preserve and extend the service life of the steel truss bridge, ...

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The state Department of Environmental Conservation has released its 2018-2020 progress report on the restoration and protection of New York’s Great Lakes resources. The report highlights a number of projects in and around Rochester and the Finger Lakes designed to ...

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Nearly $90 million in state and federal funding is being made available for rail and port infrastructure improvements across New York. “Our statewide and regional economies depend on having a reliable and resilient transportation network to support commercial activities,” Gov. ...

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Genesee & Wyoming Inc., which has its administrative base in Rochester, last year secured $1.6 billion in new investments. The railroad last week released its 2020 U.S. industrial development results, which includes 45 new projects that are expected to generate ...

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The $7.7 million Mt. Read Boulevard rehabilitation project has been completed, nearly two years after its start in April 2019. The project transformed the road between Buffalo Road and Lyell Avenue by resurfacing the pavement and implementing a “road diet” ...

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Some $200 million has been made available to local governments statewide to improve their bridge infrastructure. The new BRIDGE NY funding will allow localities to rehabilitate and replace bridges and culverts across New York state. It builds upon $500 million ...

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In 2019, the city of Rochester, working with numerous internal and external stakeholders, put together a comprehensive plan, a nearly 500-page document that addresses six initiative areas that was designed to enable the region to realize its full potential. Rochester ...

The most recent COVID-19 economic relief bill provides significant support for struggling businesses and organizations but still more must — and will — be done, according to Sen. Charles Schumer. In a webinar with Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce members on ...

Contractors in New York expect revenue in 2021 to decline in every construction category as the coronavirus pandemic continues and the public and private sectors delay or cancel projects. The Associated General Contractors of America annual Construction Outlook Survey showed ...

Farmington’s Leonard’s Express, an asset-based transportation provider, will reward its drivers with COVID bonus pay. From Nov. 30 through April 2, Leonard’s drivers will earn an extra 3 cents per mile driven. At the end of the four-month period, the ...

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