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A small-business emergency loan program has been created by Monroe County that aims to provide up to $10,000 in no-interest funding within seven days. The program, approved Wednesday by the Monroe County Industrial Development Corp., offers zero-interest loans of up ...

Brite, a Victor-based managed service and IT solutions integrator, is offering free IT advice to local businesses to aid in the growing remote workforce due to the coronavirus pandemic. Brite has implemented complementary consultation to businesses owners who have questions ...

Instead of grilling a gorgeous steak and creating a beautiful plate presentation late last week, restaurateur Tony Gullace  was alone in the kitchen at Max at Eastman Place, cutting raw steaks and sealing them by Cryovac so customers could cook ...

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Anticipated approval of $2 trillion in emergency legislation means small businesses can continue to pay employees, laid-off workers will receive full pay for four months and local governments and health care providers can continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “This ...

The City of Rochester is expanding its Kiva loan program to make more capital available to small businesses during the economic downturn expected in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Mayor Lovely A. Warren announced the changes Monday that will expand ...

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The ability to better serve a current Rochester client, and perhaps others in the future, prompted Shea Murtaugh to expand her media planning and buying agency to Monroe County late last month. But because Pittsburgh-based Hoffmann Murtaugh has designed a ...

Monroe County Executive Adam Bello on Wednesday implored all non-essential businesses to “send your employees home” as social distancing practices continue to ramp up in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. “We need to protect the most ...

Building-related permits and business permits can still be obtained, but the city of Rochester’s Neighborhood and Business Development Department has implemented new customer service procedures to comply with social distancing mandates. Most forms must be submitted by mail or in the ...

The troubled former Ramada Plaza by Wyndham airport hotel on Brooks Avenue has been sold at foreclosure auction to the lender — and for far less than the former owner owed on the mortgage. Atlanta-based Access Point Financial LLC submitted the ...

Two-thirds of U.S. business owners are confident their business is prepared to carry on should the coronavirus (COVID-19) become a widespread health issue, according to research from Paychex. Of the 300 randomly selected owners, 59 percent said they have a ...

Business borrowers who need to seek loans outside of traditional banks now have a single source: Pursuit. Pursuit is the new name for the New York Business Development Corporation and two nonprofit affiliates, The 504 Company and the Excelsior Growth ...

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A Penn Yan winery is again receiving attention from the James Beard Foundation. Red Tail Ridge Winery’s owners, Nancy Irelan and Mike Schnelle, have been nominated for a 2020 James Beard Award in the category of outstanding wine, spirits or beer  ...

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Clear Choice Hearing and Balance is paving the way for private, full-scope audiology with a first-of-its-kind pediatric audiology office suite located adjacent to its Greece location at 103 Canal Landing Blvd. Founded by certified hearing instrument specialist Christine Tirk in ...

Integrated media agency Hoffmann Murtaugh has expanded to Rochester, the third location for the Pittsburgh-based firm. Founded in 2004, Hoffmann Murtaugh specializes in media planning, buying, digital, social media and public relations. Jill McNair will manage operations in Rochester. The ...

  Since entering the workforce, Mike Long has always been doing something in the construction trades. He did framing. He did electrical work. He did siding. He did roofing. He also always did those tasks while working for someone else. ...