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From coffins to buttons to electrical appliances, the products that once drove the Flower City’s economic engine had at their core a manufacturing component. A leisurely stroll or Sunday drive through Rochester a millennia ago might have found you looking ...

Every day 10,000 baby boomers celebrate their 65th birthday. It’s been this way since 2011 and it will continue through 2029, until the last baby boomer reaches this milestone. Baby boomers represent individuals born between mid-1946 and mid-1964, according to ...

Everybody’s career path is unique, but there are some common threads for people who climb the ladder quickly. Ambition and resolve link these four executives who have achieved high-level positions at a young age. Here they share discuss the pivotal ...

From a child at home with the flu to a snow storm to having an appliance delivered, millennials, like their older counterparts, are bombarded with life’s little interruptions. But as young professionals climb the corporate ladder and gain more responsibility ...

When Pamela Black-Colton, the executive director of admissions & student services for University of Rochester’s School of Education, was earning her MBA at night, she never went anywhere without her textbook. She would use any spare minute she could find ...

The workforce is changing. Generation Z is making its way into the workspace and baby boomers are quickly becoming a minority. Millennials are revolutionizing the workforce with high expectations and a sense of urgency. Young professionals in today’s economy are ...

The Rochester Business Journal has honored business people of all age groups through its many awards programs. This candid conversation provides the opportunity for a recent Forty Under 40 winner to talk to a recent ICON Honors award winner about ...

As executive director of Connected Communities, a nonprofit dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty and revitalizing the Beechwood and EMMA neighborhoods, LaShunda Leslie-Smith makes it a priority to get out into those communities as much as possible. “I am ...

A recent Harvard study showed that 51 percent of millennials do not support the system of capitalism. In many ways, they have a right to be skeptical. Levels of inequality in the United States are among the highest in the ...

Age: 28 Company: Upstate Special Needs Planning Position: Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer What organizations do you volunteer with? Current involvement includes: WXXI & The Little Theater Board of Trustees; Villa of Hope Board of Directors; Mental Health Association Board ...

“Inspire others to dream by supporting their passions. Caring goes a long way.” -Chris Piedici, Senior Manager, Freed Maxick CPAs PC       “Always have something to write with and to write on. You never know when you might ...

The engineering profession has a long and proud tradition in Rochester, with dozens of firms and internationally respected academic programs. Local engineering companies, some with offices in other states, work on projects around the country. This month, local leaders in ...

Setting the correct asking price matters when selling any home, but that is doubly true when it comes to luxury properties. A glass-enclosed wine cellar, a steam room or a horse stable may be the X factor that sparks an ...

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As a real estate agent in the Rochester area for 31 years, Linda Wilson is meticulous and thorough. Before she shows a home, she makes sure she has toured it herself. She wants to know the essentials and the nuances, ...

When it comes to what people want in their living space—homeowners and renters alike—nothing is too much to ask for. From millennials to Generation Xers to baby boomers, each generation has different asks when it comes to housing, but one ...

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