The open-air marketplace is expected to house retail, green space and events on what’s now an empty lot on North Clinton Avenue near St. Michael’s Church.
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A green vision for the High Falls district
The area on the west side of Rochester’s High Falls got its start as a cluster of mills, running off the power provided by the Genesee River, but over the years it’s assumed other identities. In the 1990’s, for example, city leaders tried to repurpose it as an entertainment district. High Falls has since transitioned […]
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Group pushes for brownfield tax credit reforms
An updated Environmental Advocates of New York analysis of the state’s brownfield redevelopment tax credit program says that since 2003, the program has cost in excess of $1.1 billion, but only 131 sites have been cleaned up. And of those 131 sites, only 82 projects claimed tax credits through 2012. The program is costly, but […]
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Two brownfield projects get state money
Two state grants will allow Rochester and neighborhood officials to move forward on two brownfield and community redevelopment projects. Late last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office announced that the South Genesee Implementation Strategy — a project that includes the Vacuum Oil site in southwest Rochester — will receive $868,500, and the Bull’s Head Revitalization Plan […]
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Housing help
The City of Rochester formed a land bank to give officials some flexibility in addressing vacant, abandoned, and tax delinquent houses in its neighborhoods. But fulfilling that mission requires money. | Enter the state Attorney General’s Office, which is taking $20 million from New York’s share of a nationwide mortgage lender settlement and distributing it […]
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PLEX progress
City of Rochester officials say that they want residents of the Plymouth-Exchange neighborhood to know that they haven’t forgotten about a large brownfield redevelopment project along the Genesee River. In February, the city submitted an application to the state seeking additional funding for the Vacuum Oil Brownfield Opportunity Area. The funding would be used to […]
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Rochester land bank board gets down to business
The board of the new Rochester Land Bank Corporation met for the first time yesterday. Much of the discussion was focused on how to organize the board, but the members also discussed plans to apply for funding through the state Attorney General’s Office.
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COMIDA approves I-Square benefits
During its meeting this afternoon, the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency approved tax exemptions for Irondequoit’s I-Square project and for the potential new owners of the Monroe County Sports Centre. COMIDA approved a “custom abatement package” for the $9.9 million I-Square mixed use project, according to a press release from County Executive Maggie Brooks’ office. […]
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City gets land bank approval
The City of Rochester has received state approval to form a land bank. Earlier this month, city officials submitted an application to Empire State Development, seeking to form the nonprofit Rochester Land Bank Corporation. The land bank will acquire vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties in the city and then turn them over to the Greater […]
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City officials advance land bank proposal
City officials are asking the state for permission to form a land bank, an entity it’d use to help address vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties. This morning, Mayor Tom Richards announced that the city has submitted a formal application to Empire State Development, the state’s economic development agency. The application proposes creating the Rochester Land […]
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Homeowners wanted
The plan is in its infancy, but City of Rochester officials may take a program designed to increase owner-occupied housing downtown and replicate it in the city’s neighborhoods. Which neighborhoods, when, and exactly how the program would work are still open questions. “There are no decisions, just ideas at this point,” says Bret Garwood, the […]
