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Mid-sized arts organizations will have access to grant money through a new program launched by Monroe County.

Lifespan of Greater Rochester has been awarded $240,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration to improve transportation services to doctor’s offices and other non-emergency medical appointments for underserved Finger Lakes residents.  

More than four dozen small businesses shared in $200,000 in awards from the town of Perinton's Recovery Grant Program, which assisted small businesses with expenses and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Villa of Hope was awarded a $15,000 grant to support its telehealth services for substance use.  

IDEX Health & Science’s Life Science Optics team - comprised of units in Henrietta; Lima, Livingston County, and Carlsbad, Calif. - recently made a $15,000 donation through the IDEX Foundation to the Special Olympics of New York.   

Over 1,000 pet mice and rats are now available for adoption after Lollypop Farm was awarded legal custody of them. 

The Levine Center to End Hate’s recent community survey has found that in many ways people from different racial/ethnic backgrounds live in different worlds within the Greater Rochester area.   “This survey offers a new level of understanding of discrimination ...

Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce has named 15 finalists for its 4th annual Greater Rochester Chamber IGNITE Award.

Goodwill of the Finger Lakes has formally opened the renovated Contact Center in a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this week at its 422 South Clinton Avenue campus. 

AT&T has teamed up with the Urban League of Rochester and Cameron Community Ministries to open a new state-of-the-art AT&T Digital Learning Lab @ CCM in Rochester, which will provide computers, digital education tools, digital literacy education, mentoring and internet access for children who face digital literacy barriers that threaten to undermine their long-term success.   

Harris Beach PLLC is making a $10,000 contribution to Hillside as part of a successful matching donation drive to support the non-profit agency on its 185th anniversary.  

The Alzheimer’s Association Rochester Finger Lakes Chapter marked its 40th anniversary of delivering care programs and services in the Rochester Elmira Finger Lakes region with a gala on May 20 that raised $100,000 for the nonprofit organization.   More than 340 ...

The Rochester Women’s Giving Circle announced the eight recipients of its 2022 grants, which total $182,000. 

UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will host its 10th annual Wilmot Warrior Walk on Sunday, Sept. 11 at Genesee Valley Park in Rochester.  

In partnership with the Rochester Area Community Foundation and Greater Rochester Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, The Strong is offering free general admission and parking this Saturday in celebration of Juneteenth.   The event is part of a larger, community celebration ...