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As part of a call for federal funding, the New York State Association of Counties has submitted a list of infrastructure projects from 40 counties statewide totaling more than $7.35 billion. Monroe County was omitted from the request, although selected ...

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Nearly 2,300 businesses and organizations in the Rochester metropolitan area have received Paycheck Protection Program loans for $150,000 or more, helping to save more than 107,000 jobs, new data from the U.S. Small Business Administration shows. The data also shows ...

KeyBank has invested more than $281 million to support low- to moderate-income communities in the Rochester area in the first three years of its National Community Benefits Plan, according to the bank’s 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report. The National Community Benefits ...

Attorney Danielle Ponder has joined the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office in the newly created position of Special Assistant Public Defender – Diversity and Inclusion Officer. As part of the executive leadership team, Ponder will guide the office’s efforts to ...

When it comes to creating and re-creating houses, Kim Bailey could best be described as an artist. She can turn mundane and well-worn into vibrant and eclectic, whether it’s with reclaimed wood framing and custom-milled moldings or hand-crafted counter tops ...

There is no question COVID-19 hit many small businesses hard, but not all businesses were adversely affected by the unfortunate arrival of COVID-19 in March. The following companies are examples of small businesses that found their services were needed even ...

Small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures often face an array of challenges that they need to overcome using the limited resources that they have at their disposal. During the early stages of a business, financing, organizational setup and staffing may prove ...

The YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County is in the final stages of absorbing many of the services of Sojourner Home, a nonprofit that has provided homeless women and children with housing, self-sufficiency skills, and education programs for more than ...

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The city of Rochester has begun work to create an online database of police department disciplinary records, with launch expected by the end of the year at the latest. Implementation of the online resource comes after the New York legislature ...

As regions of New York State continue their phased re-openings, businesses of all sizes have prepared or are preparing to recall their employees to return to work — either physically or virtually. As with seemingly every aspect of the COVID-19 ...

When one company has been in business for 76 years, which is the case for LeChase Construction Service LLC, and when one of its frequent partners on projects, Billitier Electric Inc., has been around for 50 years, the involved parties ...

Constellation Brands has acquired Empathy Wines and plans to use the digitally native wine brand to expand its own direct-to-consumer platform. The acquisition is part of Constellation’s vision to be a “bold and innovative, high-end portfolio of distinctive brands and ...

New York State Electric & Gas Corp. and Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. have filed their 2020 Distributed System Implementation Plan, the Avangrid Inc. subsidiaries’ strategy to integrate distributed energy resources (DER) into the New York grid. The plan outlines ...

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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has selected 20 semifinalists as part of its annual 76West Clean Energy Competition, including one Rochester organization. In the Finger Lakes Region, Paradigm of New York was one of the companies ...

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While COVID-19 has been a hardship for nearly every small business, some silver linings have come out of the changes businesses have had to make as they navigate the new normal. Virginia Smith, branch manager at the U.S. Small Business ...