The City of Rochester has not been kind to its existing building stock. The Urban Renewal trend of the mid-60s and 70s favored car-centric development and Rochester—being a wealthy enough city at the time to participate—took advantage of that. Neighborhoods ...
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It takes financial teamwork for commercial and housing real estate projects to be built successfully. Tax incentives and credits help meet that financial burden. Builders in Monroe County typically get that help from Imagine Monroe, an economic development organization that ...
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Alison Meyers was selected after a five-month national search that drew 150 applicants. She is a nationally recognized poet and writer of fiction, having been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for both poetry and fiction.
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Read More »A $1 million gift from a centenarian alumnus will give faculty and staff at Alfred University a one-time bonus. Terry Galanis Sr., a 101-year-old entrepreneur who graduated from the Allegheny County college in 1940, asked that his gift be used ...
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The Finger Lakes Region has received $498 million of the $500 million promised by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 through the Upstate Revitalization Initiative. To date, 100 projects have received financial commitments from the state. “These commitments are an important ...
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George A. Payne has been providing dedicated service to the Ontario County Fair for 74 years, and now he’s being honored. The George A. Payne Fund and Apprenticeship Program, established by the Ontario County Agriculture Fair Society, will provide students ...
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ESL Federal Credit Union and First American Equipment Finance have both been named on the Fortune lists of the best workplaces in finances and insurance. A collaboration with Great Place to Work, the list is a culmination of surveys submitted ...
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Ginny Clark, executive director of the Sands Family Foundation, will be the commencement speaker for Finger Lakes Community College on May 18. Clark recently retired as vice president for Constellation Brands, the global beverage company started by the Sands family. ...
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Walmart is showcasing Victor’s Michele Liddle, owner of The Perfect Granola, as an example of small entrepreneurs who get a big boost by pitching their products to the giant retailer. Walmart is accepting applications for new vendors through April 30 ...
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DuPont Nutrition & Health, a division of DowDuPont Inc., has completed construction on a new probiotics fermentation unit at its Rochester location, making it the largest unit in the world. The addition is part of a multiphase, nearly $100 million ...
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Rochester based Omni-ID Corp. has sold its ProVIEW solutions business unit for an undisclosed sum. ProVIEW, which now will be part of Panasonic Industrial Devices Sales Co. of America, provides material flow management solutions to the manufacturing industry, with a ...
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Eastman Kodak Co. after the bell Monday reported a full-year net loss of $16 million, down $110 million from 2017 earnings. For the full year ended Dec. 31, Kodak’s revenues decreased by roughly $61 million, from $1.386 billion to $1.325 ...
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New York has officially passed its budget for the 2020 fiscal year. The $175.1 billion document stands as the ninth consecutive budget that holds spending growth to 2 percent and includes a number of new provisions as well as some ...
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Substantially more houses came onto the New York market in February compared to the previous year — except in Monroe County. While the statewide months supply of homes for sale climbed to 5.5 — which represents a year-over-year growth of 3.8 percent ...
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Pharos Systems International Inc. has relocated its headquarters to the Riverwood Tech Campus on East River Road in West Henrietta. A software development company specializing in print management, Pharos’ products improve the security of internal printing and create more cost-efficient and ...
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