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Baden Street Settlement has changed tremendously in its first 12 decades, but one thing remains constant: its ability to adapt to what the Rochester community needs. Founded in 1901 by two members of Temple B’rith Kodesh, Therese Katz and Fannie ...

The stately St. Bernard’s Park apartment community has been brought back to life again through the collaborative efforts of Edgemere Development Inc. and CB-Emmanuel Realty LLC. Over the past two years, the 130-year-old structure along Lake Avenue and across from ...

The University of Rochester is finalizing the purchase of Brooks Crossing and plans to continue operating the property as a student housing facility.

Portland, Oregon-based PreAct Technologies has received the Company of the Year award at Luminate Finals 2021. The event was held virtually and was sponsored by Optica, formerly the Optical Society. PreAct will receive $1 million in investment from New York ...

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A Rochester-based online mentoring site has formed a strategic alliance with Modern Drummer Magazine to share educational content and master classes for the world’s drum community. Mastermind Lounge currently provides live online lessons for all forms of music and musicians, ...

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Google for Startups has awarded Rochester-based Sign-Speak a non-dilutive $100,000 grant as part of its second Black Founders Fund awards. As part of the program, Sign-Speak Founder Yamillet Payano will receive technical and business mentorship from Google employees, $120,000 in ...

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Finger Lakes Performing Provider System (FLPPS), Healthy Baby Network, HealthConnect One and Finger Lakes Community Health will collaborate on a two-year initiative to innovate Healthy Baby Network’s Black Doula Collaborative, which will improve the health and well-being of women, infants ...

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The city of Rochester would pay a monthly stipend to up to 200 financially burdened families, provide economic incentives to eliminate food “deserts” and “greenline” previously redlined neighborhoods by building affordable housing on vacant lots if City Council approves Mayor ...

The Rochester Business Journal and The Daily Record have announced the honorees for the 2021 Legal Excellence Awards.  Legal Excellence is a new program started by the Rochester Business Journal and The Daily Record to take their legal recognition awards to the next level by combining the ...

At the height of the pandemic businesses struggled, hiring slowed and jobs were hard to come by. For many, the struggle is now over, but another has taken its place. Business owners are lamenting the lack of workers as the ...

More than $36 million in federal funding has been made available for mental health treatment and research in Upstate New York. The funding will come from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, said U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and ...

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The Rochester Police Accountability Board has launched a hiring portal with more than 30 positions now open, including chief of investigations, director of information systems, community engagement coordinator and deputy chief of public information. “It’s official: the PAB is hiring,” ...

Volunteers from the Greater Rochester area are joining the quarter of a million people who will be walking in towns across the country to raise awareness to the fight for suicide prevention. The annual Rochester Out of the Darkness Community ...

RochesterWorks! has launched a $2.25 million gun violence prevention initiative that is designed to provide job opportunities for hundreds of Rochester young adults. The region’s largest nonprofit provider of workforce and career services is looking for community organizations to help ...

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When designing a building or a bridge, every detail must be exact, every measurement precise. There can be no surprises, no ad-libbing. Life, however, doesn’t work that way, as Nagappa Ravindra will attest. When he completed his bachelor’s degree in ...