This week’s letter writers examine the Great Webster Lettuce Dispute, the upcoming 27th Congressional District election, and Rochester’s affordable housing shortage.
Webster
Posted inNews & Opinion
Let us have lettuce in Webster
Webster residents keep chasing greenhouse farms, and the hundreds of jobs they promise, out of town.
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Webster girds for civic battle over proposed lettuce farm
Start-up farming operation would erect seven greenhouses over 147 acres.
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Webster eyes water project
In the late 1990’s, local officials and Xerox leaders explored the possibility of pumping cold water from Lake Ontario to Xerox’s Webster facility to use in place of the company’s air conditioning and manufacturing cooling systems. The system could have reduced the company’s energy use, officials say, and saved money. The complex and experimental project […]
Posted inCulture
CHOW HOUND: Where food is worth eating
Much has changed in Webster since I left the suburb (back when there was only one Webster high school, kids). I currently live in the city, and usually proximity and convenience determine where I satisfy my culinary cravings. But a recent excursion through my hometown prompted several reactions — “That wasn’t there before!” “Where did […]
Posted inMusic
MoChester
The hearts and influences of its members are visible on its collective sleeve. Clearly a pop vehicle, MoChester jams effortlessly outside the safety of pop’s sugar walls with apparent, and perhaps some not-so-apparent, roots. There’s reggae, there’s jazz, even some darker leanings toward the blues. But the band’s gentle song-based aesthetic gives it a unique […]
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Xerox chooses Webster for toner plant
Xerox will expand its Webster toner plant, with the help of taxpayer-funded incentives. Empire State Development, the state’s economic development agency, announced Xerox’s decision via press release yesterday afternoon. The company was considering several locations for the plant, though Webster was the only US site on the list. Xerox plans to invest $5 million to […]
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COMIDA approves Xerox benefits
This morning, the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency’s board approved a package of property and sales tax incentives for Xerox. Xerox sought the incentive for a potential expansion of its Webster toner production plant. Under the package, Xerox would get approximately $441,500 worth of tax breaks over a 10-year period. The company says it’ll create […]
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COMIDA to vote on Xerox incentives next week
Next week, the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency will hold two additional hearings on Xerox’s application for property and sales tax incentives on a potential expansion project at the company’s toner plant in Webster. And at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 25, COMIDA will meet to vote on the proposal (the location is forthcoming and […]
