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With four floors of student housing already fully leased, Gallina Development Corp. will welcome a second wave of tenants into Innovation Square starting in December as the reimagination of the Xerox Tower continues in downtown Rochester. Floors 10-13 are home ...

Hyzon Motors Inc. has appointed Pat Griffin as president of Vehicle Operations. Griffin most recently served as CEO at Crane Carrier Company, a leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of vocational trucks and specialty vehicles. During Griffin’s tenure, he successfully positioned ...

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More than three-quarters of New Yorkers think about protecting themselves or their families from COVID-19 as they go about their daily lives, according to a new report.

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With a mission to eliminate racism and empower women, the YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County has its collective hands full. But not so full that it can overlook an opportunity to invest in women of color.

Plug Power Inc., the Albany area manufacturer of clean energy processes, broke ground on Wednesday on its $290 million green hydrogen fuel production facility at the Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) in Genesee County. Gov. Kathy Hochul joined ...

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What would it take for someone with a background in information technology to pivot to an entrepreneurial role in sustainable growing and indoor farming?

The town of Irondequoit will use $500,000 in state funding to create a year-round farmer’s market and make the Town Hall campus more accessible. The work, dubbed the “Backyard Project,” will turn the campus into a multi-use park and public ...

Three industrial properties on Marway Circle in Gates recently sold to a New York City real estate investment firm for $15 million. Rochester NY Warehouse LLC, an affiliate of Alexander Property Holdings, LLC, purchased 4, 5 and 8 Marway Circle ...

Southwest Area Neighborhood Association Inc. at Montgomery Neighborhood Center has joined United Neighborhood Houses, a policy and social change organization. UNH is a network of settlement houses that now has 45 members. “We believe deeply in the power of the ...

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Rochester Regional Health is more than halfway to meeting its goal of using 100 percent renewable energy by 2025 and the effort is only one of several sustainability initiatives at the health system aimed at ensuring a healthy environment, improving ...

The Monroe County Department of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) was implemented in March 2021. The department was developed by County Executive Adam Bello to drive his commitment and vision of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce and community per his 2020 Transition ...

Gilda’s Club Rochester has changed its name to Cancer Support Community Rochester to better reflect what the not-for-profit organization does.

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An inability to fill temporary jobs could have a significant impact on the local retail, delivery and hospitality industries during the holiday season, according to an analysis of open positions by national staffing specialist PeopleReady. Job postings (a total of ...

The Salvation Army of Greater Rochester is reassessing its co-ed emergency shelter for youth and will be referring homeless youth ages 16 and 17 to the Center for Youth and other local agencies, the organization said Tuesday. “Genesis House has ...

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The Strong National Museum of Play has partnered with the WeGo Foundation to help sick kids in hospitals nationwide. The partnership will enable sick children to explore the Strong with a kid-friendly, fully controllable robot that allows them to see, ...

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