The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council now knows how it would spend a $500-million state award, if it wins. Seven Upstate regions are competing for money through the state’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative. Three regions will each get $500 million. The Finger Lakes council has spent the past few months preparing, and today, it approved […]
Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative
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Frankel unveils anti-violence plan
Democratic county executive candidate Sandy Frankel’s proposals include a joint city-county anti-violence task force.
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Anti-poverty officials get input
Rochester has got some big problems to solve. Leaders of the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative held a town hall meeting at the Edgerton Stardust Ballroom recently. The idea was to gather input from the people who live in poverty and the agencies that serve them. Their experiences can inform the work of the initiative, and their […]
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Week Ahead: Events for the week of Monday, July 13
The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Wegmans Conference Center, 200 Market Street, Gates.
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Tackling poverty when we don’t like the remedy
We keep treating the concentration of poverty as if it were simply a city problem – and a city school district problem.
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On my mind (still): poverty and the city
We’ve tried to combat major community problems previously, in the same way. And we’ve gotten the same sad results.
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Yet another challenge for the anti-poverty folks
To ‘eradicate poverty’ in the City of Rochester, we’ll need to create jobs. But we’ll have to do much, much more.
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Are we really willing to tackle poverty?
Maybe the new Anti-Poverty Task Force will come up with a bold plan. But I’m not optimistic.
