Foodlink Inc. has been awarded a multi-year grant from the Sands Family Foundation Generation 3 Philanthropy Project (G3PP) to support its Curbside Market, a mobile farmers market that visits and distributes food to underserved communities across the Rochester region. The ...

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The village of Fairport Local Development Corp. will offer a reimbursement grant program to help businesses adapt to the impact of COVID-19. The Local Investments for Fairport’s Transformation (LIFT) Grant program will assist village businesses as they adapt to operating ...

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Wayne County’s Seneca Foods Corp. this week reported an improved bottom line in the first quarter as the company continues its restructuring. Net sales for the quarter ending June 27 increased nearly 9 percent to $288.2 million from $265 million ...

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Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority is slated to receive $9.2 million in federal funding to help ensure the organization can continue offering essential public transportation during the COVID-19 outbreak. “Our dedicated regional transit workers have played an integral role in making ...

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Now is the time of year when United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. typically would celebrate with the community the results of its annual workplace campaign that helps fund some 75 local nonprofits. But this year is a little different, ...

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PathStone Enterprise Center will team with Arkatecht beginning next week to host a three-part series to help childcare centers in the region reopen. The Zoom-based series, which begins Aug. 8, will help childcare providers learn how using technology to become ...

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The YMCA of Greater Rochester Inc. plans to shutter two branches as a result of stagnant membership growth and effects of COVID-19 on the economy, although one of those branches will be transferred to the Center for Youth. The Monroe ...

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Genesee County’s Graham Corp. on Thursday reported a $4 million decline in first-quarter sales and an 18-cent loss on the bottom line. For the quarter ended June 30, Graham reported revenues of $16.71 million, a 19 percent drop from $20.59 ...

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Monro Inc. on Wednesday reported a 22 percent drop in sales and an 87 percent plunge in earnings in the first quarter. For the quarter ended March 27, the Rochester-based undercar repair and tire service company reported revenues of $247.1 ...

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Xerox Holdings Corp. on Tuesday reported a significant drop in second-quarter sales and earnings, falling short of Street estimates for revenues by $80 million. For the quarter ended June 30, the printer giant posted revenue of $1.47 billion, down $798 ...

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Tompkins Financial Corp., the parent company of Tompkins Bank of Castile, on Friday reported an improved bottom line in the second quarter of 2020. For the quarter ended June 30, Tompkins reported net income of $21.4 million, up from $19.4 ...

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The Golisano Foundation has awarded nearly $230,000 in the fourth round of its COVID-19 Response Grants to six organizations in Western New York and Southwest Florida. Grants totaling more than $215,000 have been awarded to agencies that serve individuals with ...

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Transcat Inc., a Rochester-based provider of accredited calibration, repair, inspection and laboratory instrument services, this week reported an 8 percent drop in first-quarter sales and a more than 50 percent decline in net income. For the quarter ended June 27, ...

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Rochester Accessible Adventures, a local nonprofit that trains, supports and promotes recreation businesses to operate inclusively, is hoping to train 2,020 youth and adults this year in its #WeWillInclude movement. RAA is responding to the impact of COVID-19 with an ...

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Six area arts establishments have been awarded $10,000 each in CARES Act funding to support staff salaries, fees for artists or contractual personnel and facilities costs. A total of $490,000 was awarded to 49 arts organizations in nine New York ...

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