The city of Rochester will invest $6.8 million for revitalization of Genesee Gateway Park and the Riverway Trail.
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Free workshops set for Ontario County small businesses, nonprofits 
A series of free informational workshops aimed at providing a roadmap to recovery and growth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is being offered to Ontario County small businesses and nonprofits. Ostrander’s Consulting, hired by Ontario County’s planning department, ...
Read More »Xerox awarded multimillion dollar USDA contract 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Xerox a 10-year, $164 million contract for continued managed print services, new electronic fax services and additional innovation across its agencies. The contract includes a total of up to 16,000 Xerox devices, with many ...
Read More »Harter Secrest & Emery launches online training platform for employers 
Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP has launched an online training platform with on-demand curriculum.
Read More »Literacy Rochester expands program to include Central NY counties 
Literacy Rochester is in a growth mode, not only expanding its geographic reach beyond the Rochester area over the past year, but adding more services as well.
Read More »Palmer Food Services opens client and culinary center in Buffalo area 
Palmer Food Services has opened the Palmer Food Services Buffalo Client and Culinary Center in West Seneca, Erie County, which marks the company’s second corporate location in New York. The site includes an executive test kitchen, meeting space and corporate ...
Read More »Hickey Freeman will benefit from new USDA grant program 
A new grant program established through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide economic aid to Hickey Freeman and other domestic textile manufacturers. The Cotton and Wool Apparel Program (CAWA) will compensate American manufacturers, along with cotton and wool ...
Read More »Quaker museum in Farmington awarded largest grant to-date 
The 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse Museum has been selected for one of 10 History of Equal Rights grants by the Historic Preservation Fund of the National Park Service. The nonprofit was awarded $483,727 to help restore the 1816 Farmington ...
Read More »Business activity declines, optimism wanes among NY businesses in May, survey shows 
After growing strongly last month, business activity declined in New York state, according to firms responding to the May 2022 Empire State Manufacturing Survey. The general business conditions index retreated thirty-six points to -11.6, its second negative reading in ...
Read More »Wellbeing benefits: A holistic approach for employees 
One of the most important things to know about employee benefits today is that there has been a seismic shift – both in semantics and practice – from wellness to well-being.
Read More »Two UR student-led ventures take top honors at state entrepreneurship competition 
The New York Business Plan Competition announced winners at Venture NY, an event for early-stage companies, investors and innovators hosted by the Upstate Capital Association of New York.
Read More »Bello: Investment in tech, people, parks key for county future 
Creating a vibrant and equitable Monroe County as a great place to live, work and raise a family can be achieved through focus on pillars of stability: economic and workforce development, public safety, public health and wellness and infrastructure. That ...
Read More »Evans’ budget prioritizes public safety, neighborhoods, economy 
The proposed city of Rochester budget includes a 9.6 percent increase in spending — with public safety, neighborhoods and economic empowerment among the priorities — but no change in the tax levy. Mayor Malik Evans unveiled on Friday morning ...
Read More »PathStone’s Skyview Park Apartments a model for big-box adaptive reuse 
When Amy Casciani looked at the shuttered remnants of retail vitality on the former Irondequoit Mall complex a few years back, she didn’t see urban/suburban blight, she saw a solution to a problem. Monroe County, like just about every other ...
Read More »L3Harris weather imager that was tested in Rochester captures first image from space 
L3Harris Technologies’ Advanced Baseline Imager that was on a satellite launched into space in March has captured its first image there for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The instrument was built at the company’s Fort Wayne, Ind. facility, ...
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