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The autos were rolling in, so the lumalon people had to pack up and move aside temporarily. Lumalon, a Pittsford company specializing in light-emitting diode, or LED, illumination, is executing an $866,000 contract to install LED lighting at six buildings ...

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Headwater Food Hub has merged with Crooked Carrot, an Ithaca-based food hub. Headwater, based in Ontario, Wayne County, but largely serving Rochester-area consumers, connects a network of farmers and food processors with a focus on sustainability to individual, commercial and ...

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Construction has begun on a $1.1 million project to replace a bridge in  Perinton. The state Department of Transportation will close the bridge that carries Route 31F over Thomas Creek in Perinton on July 16, with project completion expected this ...

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Get a grip on energy supply and transmission and you can put out a much better welcome mat for business development. That was the primary message speakers drove home at the State of the Region breakfast June 19 sponsored by ...

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An LGBTQ-friendly apartment complex and adjoining pharmacy and a 101-unit apartment building that will also feature retail space are one step closer to becoming the next parts of the Inner Loop East Transformation Project. Rochester Mayor Lovely A. Warren announced that ...

MRB Group, a Rochester-based engineering, architecture and surveying firm, has acquired Chatfield Engineers. The move expands MRB’s municipal services team and is designed to enhance services to clients of both firms. “In order to serve the increasing need clients, we also ...

New York State ranks among the top 10 states nationwide for its zero-emission vehicle, or ZEV, policies, a new report from the Electrification Coalition shows. In its inaugural ZEV State Policy Rankings, New York ranked fifth on the list, behind ...

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The New York State Association For Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH) is urging the state Senate to vote against an Assembly-passed bill that would require prevailing wages be paid on any project that receives public funding. The bill, sponsored by Harry Bronson ...

Empire State Development is hoping to transform the former Butler Correctional Facility in Wayne County into an entity that will promote economic growth in the region. The ESD issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the purchase and redevelopment of the ...

State regulators and local affiliates of Avangrid power company have negotiated a $3.9 million settlement of an investigation into the utility companies’ handling of wind storm outages in March 2017 that resulted in more than 170,000 customers losing power, some ...

The State of New York is making $100 million available for transportation funding to support and enhance community growth and revitalize downtowns. The funds, made available to the state through the Federal Highway Administration and awarded through the state Department ...

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With an expected loss of 80 percent of the existing skilled workforce over the next 15 years, the International Code Council has launched a website for the ICC Military Families Career Path Program. The program helps veterans who are transitioning ...

A breakfast seminar detailing how Building Information Modeling (BIM) can create a more efficient project timeline will be conducted by the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) Upstate Chapter at 7:30 a.m. on April 24 at the Buta Pub in ...

You could say Fisher Associates just became the prime delegate for the “We Love Rochester” campaign. The multidisciplinary consulting firm of engineers and surveyors officially christened a new downtown office at 180 Charlotte St. on Monday morning, becoming part of ...

The transformation of Rochester’s Inner Loop has been recognized for design and architectural excellence. Stantec is one of four firms across the state recognized in the transportation category with the Diamond Award, the highest honor from the ACEC. The National ...