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Walking in the double doors of Warehouse127 is like stepping into an episode of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper.” On the left are immaculate white walls, while exposed brick lines the right side of the building. Look up and you’ll see wood ...

Social anxiety can be debilitating. It held back Linda Heeler for much of her life, until she discovered life coaching. Heeler was a dental hygienist for over 25 years, but she knew in her gut that there was something else ...

  It’s been six years since the video was released of bus monitor Karen Klein being verbally berated by four Greece Athena Middle School students. Although it was a horrendous situation, good has managed to come out of it. Cynthia ...

At age 7 Bob Capurso found his calling in life: Scouting. He started as a Cub Scout and his since gone on to earn the Silver Beaver Award, the most prestigious award in volunteer scouting. In between that time Capurso ...

Mae Fox is soft spoken, gentle, compassionate, empathetic—the list goes on. So, when her counselor suggested she try anger management classes 20 years ago, she was rightfully stunned. “I said, ‘I think you need to look at the chart you ...

As a business owner, Maureen Ballatori thrives off of creativity and change. It was that yearning to be more freely creative that pushed her to start her business, 29 Design Studio, in the first place. 29 Design Studio began as ...

It can be hard to let go of a business you started from scratch and patiently nourished to success. However, Chris McEntee put her business in the right hands when she sold Splatters Studio Ltd. a decade after she opened ...

  Meals by DeLeo started by accident. Owner and executive chef Jason DeLeo was meal prepping for himself when a friend, Nick Benedetto, approached him at a body building competition and asked him about his regimen. DeLeo told him about ...

  Heather Collins suffered from problematic skin. When she couldn’t find any successful treatments, she took matters into her own hands and created her own soap company, Indie Goat Soap, with her business partner, Amanda Marino. Originally from Pennsylvania, Collins ...

Bob Whipple has become so knowledgeable on the topic of trust that he has earned himself the title “Trust Ambassador.” Like many other locals, Whipple spent 31 years working for Kodak. Always fascinated by leadership, he spent much of his ...

People are paying more attention to what they wear on their feet. And I’m not referring to shoes. Jeff Rogers noticed people were turning away from plain old black or white socks and advertising funky sock patterns. An entrepreneur by ...

  For Bobbie Goheen, helping others achieve their goals is her bread and butter. Goheen is a leadership consultant who launched her own business, Synthesis Management Group, in 2000. Before setting out on her own, she spent 18 years working ...

As the first generation in her family to attend college, Jodi Rosenshein Atkin has a deep appreciation for higher education. Decades later, she has now found herself in a career centered on helping others navigate their path toward higher education. ...

Michael Caceci was once a transplant who knew little about the Rochester community beyond the walls of Xerox Corp. Today, however, he is a well-connected small business owner who has networked with thousands of professionals inside and beyond Rochester. Caceci ...

  Anthony Imburgia joined the Profeta Painting team as a project manager in April 2016 and just a year and a half later he and his brother, Nick, are co-owners of the business. The Imburgia brothers purchased the business from ...