The Rochester League of Women Voters has decided that its advocacy work will include protecting Lake Ontario and addressing issues affecting the lake. During a meeting last week, the group adopted a position drafted by the Lake Michigan League of Women Voters, an interstate organization of league chapters around Lake Michigan. The position spells out […]
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City Council advances land bank legislation
When City Council meets next Tuesday, it’ll take up legislation to form a land bank corporation. Last night, a Council committee voted unanimously to advance the legislation. No members asked questions on the proposal. Land banks are new to New York State, but several are now up and running, including one in greater Buffalo. The […]
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Sibley sale imminent
Rochester Mayor Tom Richards announced today that the sale
of the Sibley building to a Winn Development company is practically imminent.
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Bay proposal avoids eagles
Any large-scale development along Irondequoit Bay has significant potential to disrupt or harm the area’s sensitive environment. The developers proposing a 358-unit apartment complex on Empire Boulevard, next to Bazil, say they are aware of that fact. | During a presentation to the Penfield Town Board last week, project engineer John Caruso of Passero Associates […]
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Erie Canal: going with the cash-flow
Just a few years back, it seemed the Erie Canal was going through its most boosterish phase since 1825, the year the pioneering waterway opened. The old canal ditty that advised “Low bridge, everybody down” was rewritten as “High fives, everything’s looking up.” Now some booster bubbles have burst. But developers’ hopes still sail […]
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The vital center: river talk
Stand beside the Genesee River in the middle of downtown — the several hundred yard stretch from East Main north to Andrews Street — and you feel the impure thoughts welling up. Is this a river or a canal? What’s in that soup of muddy water and driftwood? Is this a living stream or a […]
