If you’ve ever worked downtown, you know that options for grabbing something to eat are limited. If you’re looking for a drink after work with your co-workers, the choices are even fewer. And while there are plans (and many construction vehicles) in place to breathe new life into downtown, it’s hard to picture what it […]
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GOP punishes city residents, workers for political gain
The county GOP decided to punish County Clerk Adam Bello for his popularity by denying city residents and workers a downtown DMV.
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To transform Rochester, two critical focus points
If we keep operating in our conservative ‘business as usual’ mode, Rochester will continue to envy cities like Chattanooga.
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Rochester Fringe 2016: City’s Daily Fringe Blogs
The 2016 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival runs Thursday, September 15, through Saturday, September 24, and City Newspaper will be out EVERY NIGHT of the festival covering multiple shows. Check in first thing each morning for photos and reviews of the previous night’s entertainment, listed below by date. For up-to-the-minute coverage of the festival follow […]
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Feedback 9/7
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Rochester Fringe Festival 2016: Preview
With more than 500 performances taking place Thursday, September 15, through Saturday, September 24, there’s a lot to take in. We’ll help you get started.
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Downtown Rochester crime myths, Round 2
If you don’t feel safe anywhere unless there is absolutely no crime, then you won’t feel safe downtown – or in Gates or Greece.
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The big Rochester myth about downtown crime
Downtown Rochester is safe. But the myth about its crime rate has been repeated so often that it’s now general public perception.
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A modest little proposal for revitalizing downtown
Where a company has its corporate headquarters makes a statement about that company and how it views its community.
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Feedback 8/10
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We don’t need a park on the Midtown site
Parcel 5 is a valuable development site. We shouldn’t close out that option with a park that we simply don’t need.
