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Median rent prices remained flat from December into January in Rochester and grew at half the national rate year-over-year, according to Apartment List’s latest rent data report. The median rent was $780 for a one-bedroom apartment in Rochester and $967 ...

American Packaging Corp., a family-owned flexible packaging converter, renewed its funding support to Rochester Institute of Technology and its packaging science program. American Packaging gifted RIT $1 million to support two packaging centers at the university: the American Packaging Corp. ...

Two companies with movie theaters in Brooklyn and Yonkers offer full meals — with alcohol — for customers to consume while they watch their movies. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a chain based based in Austin, Texas, and Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema are ...

Area bankers agree that millennials’ use of financial technology is playing a role in changing the financial industry. They add, however, that other generations are also on board with the technological advances that are making their banking experiences faster and ...

2020 is here and with it comes an election year, along with uncertainty surrounding tariffs, trade and how long the economic expansion will continue. These items are all weighing on middle-market business owners and C-suite executives as they plan for ...

A theater is opening in Canandaigua, bringing back to life what started as a high school auditorium a century ago. The Sands-Constellation Theater will have its grand opening in two performances this weekend and then be available for rental by ...

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Friday urged technology companies that produce GPS applications to add railroad crossing data to their programs, warning that lives are being lost without it. In a sternly worded letter to leaders of several GPS companies ...

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Entries are now being accepted for the AMA Rochester Pinnacle Awards, which recognize excellence in marketing in Rochester. New categories include paid social media campaign, internal communications campaign and best idea rejected by a client. “Ensuring the Pinnacle Awards reflect ...

Rochester-based Riedman Companies will continue its investment in apartment communities in the Southern Tier with construction of a housing complex adjacent to Elmira College. Six67 College Avenue will provide  housing for students attending Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. The ...

With the turn of the calendar, investors have now missed the biggest benefit of Opportunity Zone projects, but that doesn’t mean there still aren’t significant advantages to the program—for the right investors. That’s especially true now that the Internal Revenue ...

Under Alison Meyers’ direction, Writers & Books Inc.’s new tagline could be “Literature is portable.” Meyers, who took the helm of the Rochester nonprofit last May, is doing her part to make WAB accessible to all of the community, and ...

Three area organizations will collaborate this winter to solve a $370,700 shelter funding crisis caused by the redirection of federal and state funding. ESL Federal Credit Union, the United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. and Rochester Area Community Foundation said ...

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In his 10th State of the State address Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a push for a number of economic and business-related initiatives, as well as several women’s issues and agenda items addressing worker protections. Likening the state’s ...

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The deadline that requires a REAL ID as identification for airline travel is fast approaching. Beginning on Oct. 1, the federal government will require a REAL ID-compliant identification to board a domestic flight or enter military bases and certain federal ...

Farm preparedness in the 2020s is a lot more sophisticated than locking the barn door before the horse gets out. The “Modern On-Farm Preparedness” series of workshops and webinars offered by the Cornell Cooperative Extension and other dairy-related agencies starts ...

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