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With the economy on lockdown, unemployment in April jumped to 15 percent, up from 3.7 percent a year earlier.
The Rochester Beacon and Upstate Venture Connect are presenting a June 4 online discussion with the county executives from Monroe, Onondaga and Oneida counties.
Museums and other cultural nonprofits have been hit hard by the pandemic. Their strategies for surviving it focus on prudent financial management and programming innovation.
The initiative launched by United Way, the Community Foundation and other partners already has disbursed nearly $1.7 million.
The pandemic has forced nonprofits that provide free or low-cost medical care to low-income residents to make dramatic changes.
Rochester was as ready as possible for COVID-19. But the risk of a secondary surge means we must not relax precautions without adequate controls.
In first full month of the statewide coronavirus lockdown, the Rochester area lost roughly 20 percent of total jobs.
After five years as leader of the Rochester Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative, he has chosen a different path to combat racial and economic inequities.
A new paper co-written by a UR professor contends it’s unlikely the pandemic’s economic damage can be reversed simply by lifting stay-at-home orders.
How the challenges and limitations she faced shaped one parent’s journey across the Rochester City School District, charter schools and homeschooling.
With the economy on lockdown, unemployment in April jumped to 15 percent, up from 3.7 percent a year earlier.
The Rochester Beacon and Upstate Venture Connect are presenting a June 4 online discussion with the county executives from Monroe, Onondaga and Oneida counties.
The initiative launched by United Way, the Community Foundation and other partners already has disbursed nearly $1.7 million.
The pandemic has forced nonprofits that provide free or low-cost medical care to low-income residents to make dramatic changes.
Rochester was as ready as possible for COVID-19. But the risk of a secondary surge means we must not relax precautions without adequate controls.
In first full month of the statewide coronavirus lockdown, the Rochester area lost roughly 20 percent of total jobs.
After five years as leader of the Rochester Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative, he has chosen a different path to combat racial and economic inequities.
A new paper co-written by a UR professor contends it’s unlikely the pandemic’s economic damage can be reversed simply by lifting stay-at-home orders.
How the challenges and limitations she faced shaped one parent’s journey across the Rochester City School District, charter schools and homeschooling.
Way back when, allowing staff to work from home was not a necessity. It just made sense.
Owners Todd and Laura Cook cited the COVID-19 crisis in disclosing their plan to cease operations at the facility overlooking Canandaigua Lake.
Launched in April, the effort to meet community needs is focused on “solidarity, not charity.”
The pandemic lockdown has forced an unprecedented shift to working from home. For many businesses, the transition has been swift and unexpectedly smooth.
Given what we know—and still don’t know—about the coronavirus, it’s too soon for crowd-gathering events.