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Member News Monroe County Seeks Business Support for Bicentennial Celebration date May 10, 2022 tags Member News Home. There’s no place like it.   It’s where we live, work, play, and dream; it’s where families are raised, and neighborhoods lifted. We are a community with a diversity of voices, peoples, and cultures that have come…

Member News Former Airport Director Rick Iekel to release book on history of Rochester Airport date May 10, 2022 tags Member News Former Airport Director, Rick Iekel, offers an insider’s view of the history of Rochester’s 100 year old airport, the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, with the release of his new book, “The…

Member News SWBR Welcomes Two New Team Members date May 10, 2022 tags Member News SWBR is pleased to welcome project designers Jason Burkhartzmeyer and Nicholas Graziose. Burkhartzmeyer brings over twenty years of CAD and building detailing experience to the firm. His portfolio includes multi-family, senior living, and financial institution projects. He sees meaningful design as…

Member News The Arc of Monroe’s Community Connections Program Creates Partnership with Refugee Non-profit date May 10, 2022 tags Member News The groups work together to help get homes ready for refugees coming to Rochester.   ROCHESTER, NY – A big part of Nick Wagar’s job at The Arc of Monroe is to find volunteer…

Member News The Pike Companies, Ltd. Earns Great Place To Work® Certification date May 3, 2022 tags Member News Rochester, NY — The Pike Companies, LTD. — a fifth-generation construction business that operates two construction companies, The Pike Company and LECESSE Construction — is proud to announce that it is has been Certified™ by Great Place…

Member News Rochester Downtown Development Corporation Launches Downtown Definitely Events Series to Showcase Downtown Spaces date May 3, 2022 tags Member News New Activate Spaces Program and Downtown Events Calendar Also Launched Rochester, New York, May 3, 2022 – Downtown Definitely Events, a new series of free events and activities produced by the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation…

Member News CooperVision to Invest $62M to Expand Operations at Two Monroe County Locations, Creating 170 Jobs date April 27, 2022 tags Member News Contact Lens Manufacturer Will Expand its Distribution Center Operations in West Henrietta and Manufacturing Operations in Scottsville Investment Complements “Finger Lakes Forward” – The Region’s Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities and…

Member News Over 20 Start-up Manufacturing Entrepreneurs to Tour ArcWorks this Thursday date April 26, 2022 tags Member News NextCorps connects hardware start-ups to the world-class manufacturing facility in Rochester. ROCHESTER, NY – Over 20 startup entrepreneurs who are working on emerging hardware technologies will tour ArcWorks, a world-class manufacturing facility in the heart of…

Member News Workforce Diversity Network Transitions Leadership date April 25, 2022 tags Member News Dr. Michael D’Arcangelo to Succeed Mike Streeter, WDN Founder, who is Retiring after 26 Years as Executive Director Rochester, NY—April 12, 2022—The Workforce Diversity Network (WDN) announced today that following a national search, Dr. Michael D’Arcangelo has been selected to succeed Mike Streeter…

Member News Cancer Support Community Rochester CEO to Retire date April 25, 2022 tags Member News ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 19, 2022 – Melinda Merante, CEO of Cancer Support Community Rochester (formerly Gilda’s Club Rochester), will retire early this summer. Merante has led the organization for five years. Her accomplishments include expanding the nonprofit’s community presence…