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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.

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.  

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 ...

  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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

RealEats is poised for growth as the Geneva-based fully cooked meal delivery service moves into new digs, secures millions in Series A financing and launches a partnership with a global health and wellness retailer that helps meet the consumer’s interest ...

Parks & Trails New York announced the recipients of $50,000 in grants to support communities participating in the Genesee Valley Trail Town initiative.  The grants will enable the ten Genesee Valley Trail Towns to take advantage of visitation to the ...

Rochester Mayor Malik Evans, along with Office of Management and Budget Director Michael Burns, will unveil the city’s 2022-23 Fiscal Year Budget proposal at 11 a.m. Friday at City Council chambers. The budget unveiling will be streamed on the city ...

Paychex founder Tom Golisano has been named grand marshal of the Columbus Day Parade in New York City. The annual Columbus Day Parade, set for Oct. 10, is the largest celebration of Italian American heritage and culture in the country. ...

A New Jersey real estate investment and management firm has expanded its presence in the Rochester area with recent multi-family property purchases totaling $54 million. Lakewood, N.J., business entities managed by Yitzchak Scheinerman bought Clearview Farms Apartments & Townhouses in ...

Economic uncertainty and a tight labor market are among the top challenges financial institutions face in the near term according to local banking insiders.

Roberts Wesleyan College is relaunching its Registered Nursing to Bachelor of Science degree completion program with a new, flexible online option and a tuition discount for eligible registered nurses on their path to a BS degree.   Between July 1, 2022 ...

Two years after Evans Bank completed its acquisition of Fairport Savings Bank, the bank is seeing growth in the Rochester market.

PathStone Corp. and NeighborWorks Community Partners will share $732,000 in funding from the Consolidated Appropriations Act to strengthen affordable housing initiatives in the Rochester area. PathStone has been awarded $477,000 and NeighborWorks will receive $255,000. The government funding is earmarked ...