Rochester’s $10 million in Downtown Revitalization Investment funds is expected to be used for the intersection of Main St. and Clinton Ave.
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Local teacher-artist couple invests in Innovation Square theater
The Innovation Square plaza also includes a 700-seat auditorium, which its investors Natalie Fuller and Karl Stabnau plan to have up and running by early summer.
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Fringe Festival reports record attendance
The annual festival expanded to 12 days this year.
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History, nostalgia, andthe Broad Street bridge
In its 177-year history, the Broad Street bridge in downtown Rochester has carried canal boats, light-rail trains, cars, and trucks across the Genesee River. Now, city officials plan to remove its top layer, exposing the canal aqueduct and converting it into a pedestrian walkway. The bridge is a key part of the city’s ROC the […]
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Arts groups share ideas on boosting downtown
Representatives from four US cities took center stage at an Arts in the Loop symposium last week at the Eastman School of Music, sharing their ideas on how to boost Rochester’s economic development through arts and culture. A coalition of arts groups, community leaders, and others, Arts in the Loop hopes to help revitalize downtown […]
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Another push for more arts in downtown Rochester
A coalition of local community leaders called Arts in the Loop hopes to help revitalize downtown Rochester through the arts. Members of the group’s executive committee include artists, city and county government officials, and representatives from local businesses, arts institutions, and universities. Among them: the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation, Wegmans, the Rochester International Jazz Festival, […]
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Upcoming kitchen incubator The Commissary to give food businesses a leg up
In the lobby of the Metropolitan, formerly known as Chase Tower, the buzz of power tools echoes off the high ceiling as hard-hatted construction workers intermingle with downtown nine-to-fivers coming and going from the new arched glass entrance on South Clinton Avenue. One of the most recognizable landmarks in the Rochester skyline, the Metropolitan is […]
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County plans to buy city office building
Monroe County has for many years used the City Place building at 50 West Main Street as an extension of its government offices. Several of its departments, from environmental services to probation, are located in the complex. The county clerk’s downtown DMV services operate out of its lobby, too. But the county doesn’t own City […]
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Imagining a downtown
What’s your vision for downtown Rochester? Some of the candidates we’ve talked with this summer have brought up that issue, and it’s a good time to talk about it. What do we want for this essential part of the city? Rochester’s downtown has changed dramatically over the past several decades, and it’ll likely never again […]
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On the road with Zagster
A couple of weeks ago, bike racks appeared on what seemed to be every corner in downtown Rochester, with Zagster’s signature white bikes fixed with a basket in the front and rack in the back. And most important, they were being used. In the first day, says Zagster Bike Share Rebalancer Allen McAllister, somewhere between […]
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Bello consolidates city DMV services
County Clerk Adam Bello is eliminating Department of Motor Services at the county parks offices in Highland Park starting March 15. Instead, his office is making DMV services available daily at City Place, 50 West Main Street. Bello, a Democrat, tried to advance a plan for a full-time DMV office at City Place in the 2017 […]
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New tavern adds another piece to changing East End
Jeff Boscarino has a long, impressive resume in the Rochester restaurant and bar scene. His credits include being the former owner of Bosco’s Bombay Bicycle Club back in the late-80’s and early-90’s (in the space now held by Lux) and Paradise Alley (now The Scotch House Pub). Most recently, he was the owner of Richmond’s, […]
