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As much of the working world embraces working from home due to COVID-19, Marisa Zeppieri says she feels a little bit of betrayal that previously many employers refused to provide that accommodation to people with disabilities or chronic illnesses. “It’s ...

Optimation Technology Inc. has named an industry veteran as its next COO. Wendy Smith brings more than three decades of plant operations and design and engineering services management experience to the role. She joined the company as mechanical and process ...

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Visit Rochester has introduced a new tool for the tourism and hospitality industry. ROC Ready Promise is a tool for Rochester-area tourism businesses to communicate their compliance with public health recommendations to keep employees, customers and guests safe. The visual ...

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After guiding Landsman Development Corp. for nearly 20 years, James Goff will hand off the leadership reins to Kurt Ziemendorf on Jan. 1. Ziemendorf has already assumed the role of president and will transition to CEO as well over the ...

As business leaders, we’ve been forced to make high-stake decisions lately. Decisions of a lifetime, really, and likely the most sleep-stealing, gut-wrenching, complex ones of our careers. Should we continue to advertise? Change our messaging? Furlough our people? Reopen when ...

George Floyd was murdered through an act of police brutality. His name is currently the most recognizable in a long list of others whose lives were taken in an unjust and inhumane way. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and ...

The Genesee County Economic Development Center is in talks with a Buffalo-based logistics provider to construct a regional multi-temperature warehouse facility in the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park in the town of Batavia. Sonwil Distribution is proposing a multi-temperature warehouse that ...

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The Golisano Foundation has awarded some $416,000 to 11 organizations in Western New York and Southwest Florida in its third round of COVID-19 Response Grants. The foundation has given more than $1.1 million in COVID-19 grants to date. Third-round grants ...

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The Lake House on Canandaigua, a re-creation by the Sands family of the former Inn on the Lake, will christen the first phase of the new destination hotel when the Sand Bar opens on July 1. The redesigned Sand Bar will ...

Rochester Area Music Project, or RAMP, Founder Garry Manuel has announced his retirement from teaching. Ownership of the organization has been passed to his son, Marshall Manuel. Music has been a constant in Manuel’s life for nearly five decades. In ...

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Increasing workforce diversity and creating an inclusive environment produces a slew of positive results, but companies must commit to altering decades-old practices and reexamining hiring and retention practices in order to achieve a diverse and equitable workplace. Diverse workplaces not ...

The continuing effort to address the COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis will undoubtedly influence Jill Paperno’s upcoming tenure as president of the Monroe County Bar Association. Paperno, first assistant Monroe ...

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield expects to spend at least $162 million on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization said this week. The health plan is directing more than $1 million in grants for testing supplies and personal protective equipment ...

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ESL Federal Credit Union has distributed $20 million to members in an early owners’ dividend payout for 2020. “The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has created a great deal of financial stress for many in our community,” said Faheem Masood, president and ...

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McDougall Communications and Dixon Schwabl were named Best of Show winners in the Public Relations Society of America Rochester chapter’s 30th annual PRism Awards on Thursday. McDougall was recognized in the corporate Best of Show category for “Brighter Day, Brighter ...