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Michael J. Montante has been named CEO of Uniland Development Co., taking the leadership reins from his father and company founder Carl J. Montante. Michael Montante has worked in various roles at Uniland for 30 years and had been vice ...

The Rochester Business Journal announces 10 winners in the COVID-19 Heroes category for the Health Care Heroes awards. The RBJ announced Health Care Heroes award winners in 11 categories in late January. After the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the RBJ accepted ...

Rochester Area Community Foundation has been awarded a $384,000 grant from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation to support small, home-based child care providers through its Small Grants for Small Children program. RACF will work with the Child Care Council ...

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The Rochester Housing Authority and Trillium Health have partnered to provide COVID-19 testing at some of RHA’s public housing sites using Trillium Health’s Mobile Access Clinic. The program will be used as a pilot in hopes of providing similar services at ...

Sidewalks are becoming sideeats in the city of Rochester. Arnett Café at 332 Arnett Blvd. has joined the list of businesses participating in Flower City Sidewalks, the city’s outdoor dining, shopping and business program created to spark economic recovery from ...

Three local certified public accountants have been named to the inaugural “Forty Under 40” Awards by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Anthony Mangiameli and Tessa Spinelli, both from Insero & Co. CPAs LLP, and Garrett Wagner ...

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A Rochester-based accelerator program focused on helping entrepreneurs bring their optics, photonics and imaging-enabled technologies to market has partnered with a well-known industry event that will allow the startups to share their business ideas with an international audience. The 10 ...

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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