Canadian battery recovery company Li-Cycle Corp. plans to invest $175 million in its lithium-ion battery recycling hub at Eastman Business Park, creating more than 100 jobs in the process. In January 2020, Empire State Development said Li-Cycle would establish its ...

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Unshackle Upstate, an advocacy group for upstate job creators and taxpayers, has released an economic recovery plan that would halt minimum wage increases and reduce taxes. “Fast Forward – A Rapid Recovery Plan for the Upstate Economy” suggests delaying scheduled ...

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German chemical and consumer goods company Henkel AG & Co., KGaA, plans to add nearly 200 jobs in the Greater Rochester area with a $17.3 million investment in its Geneva manufacturing facility. The company, known for its beauty care brands ...

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The Genesee County Economic Development Center has adopted a 2021 budget that includes projected expenditures of $23.3 million. The budget includes $21.2 million in grants for the continued development of infrastructure at the Western New York Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing ...

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Mayor Lovely Warren was joined Tuesday by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul and leaders of the Rochester Economic Development Corp. (REDCO) to announce the opening of the application period for entrepreneurs to join a partnership to expand business opportunities in 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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The application window to enter the $3 million Grow-NY business competition is now open.  Empire State Development and the Cornell Center for Economic Development both announced on Tuesday that the competition is opening up for its second round of applications, ...

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Dozens of New York localities will share an additional $2.4 billion in funding from the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD), a part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funds are to be used for ...

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The Genesee County Economic Development Center has approved incentives for a number of projects that will improve solar capacity and add jobs in the region. The seven projects approved for assistance have vowed to make more than $45 million in ...

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A number of Rochester area counties will have access to a $4.5 million federal grant for economic and community development, the New York State Department of State announced this week. Eligible local counties include Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wayne counties, ...

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The Genesee County Economic Development Center this week will consider final resolutions for five community solar projects. Borrego Solar plans to invest roughly $22 million across the five projects, which would generate 22 MW of energy for residential and commercial ...

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Bio-performance company GreenLight Biosciences Inc. plans to construct a pilot plant at a building at Eastman Business Park (EBP). The project will create up to 30 jobs that will support the production of GreenLight’s ribonucleic acid-based solutions for the agriculture and ...

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Imagine Monroe, the county’s economic development engine, has approved incentives for four projects that will create or retain nearly 650 jobs. Unither Manufacturing LLC plans to expand over five years, which will include the renovation of 100,000 square feet of ...

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Six local projects have been approved for incentives by Imagine Monroe, expected to create and retain more than 175 jobs in Monroe County. ELogic Group LLC is planning to relocate its headquarters to Riverwood Tech Campus on East River Road ...

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The Genesee County Economic Development Center has approved incentives for the construction of two solar farms in the Town of Batavia. The developer, Pearl Solar LLC, will invest roughly $6 million to build two 2MW community solar farms, for a ...

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