City: What would you do differently from the Johnson administration when it comes to economic development? Duffy: I’d form an economic-development impact team of business leaders, community leaders, and labor leaders that would create a business plan for our city. The plan would start with a one- or two-year objective. I want to hit on […]
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The mayor and the schools: who’s in charge?
Elections are about the future, and the Rochester school district may be a mirror of the city today, and what it could become. Shrinking enrollment — shrinking job market. Low test scores — low-paying jobs. High dropout rate — high crime rate. It’s not just Rochester. All across the country, cities with large urban school […]
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Campaign Q&A:
Kodak’s down. Valeo’s out. Sure, every month or so we get word of a company moving here or expanding local operations. And COMIDA’s doing a bang-up job of creating employment opportunities one or two at a time. But a few dozen jobs here and there don’t really even begin to offset the much larger numbers […]
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Tim Mains: On the economy, stupid Q&A
City: What would you do differently from the Johnson administration when it comes to economic development? Mains: I have an aggressive plan to use tax reform and a specific tax proposal to leverage economic development to create an incentive. Rochester has a two-tier homestead rate. There’s single-family residential of one to three units, and the […]
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Wade Norwood: On the economy, stupid Q&A
City: What would you do differently from the Johnson administration when it comes to economic development? Norwood: I would look to build greater synergies between economic development and community development. I would create a city development department where those functions are merged. Housing and neighborhood commercial development go hand in hand; they should not be […]
