Galin Brooks, a 38-year-old native New Yorker, has taken the reins of the Rochester Downtown Development Corp., replacing Heidi Zimmer-Meyer.

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Longtime Rochester Downtown Development Corp. leader Heidi Zimmer-Meyer will retire at the end of the year, the organization said Monday afternoon. “This has been an exhilarating ride,” Zimmer-Meyer said in a statement. “Here we are in 2021 with a thriving ...

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A new effort is underway to build a greater story for the Rochester region. ROC2025 — an alliance of Greater Rochester Enterprise Inc., Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Inc., Rochester Downtown Development Corp. and Visit Rochester, as well as the ...

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Rochester’s restaurant week last spring was such a success, the Rochester Downtown Development Corp. is scheduling another Eat Up Rochester event for the fall: drinks and appetizer specials during happy hours on Wednesdays. “Wednesday Night Out” runs from Sept. 12 ...

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Rochester Downtown Development Corp. is launching a restaurant week in Rochester next week, hoping to bring more business to the city’s restaurants while encouraging local residents to try something new. During “Eat Up Rochester,” which runs from Monday through Sunday, ...

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You can’t use the “build it and they will come” mentality in retail anymore. That was one of the conclusions of a panel of retail experts who spoke on retail trends at a breakfast presentation organized by Rochester Downtown Development ...

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