Food & Agriculture
Cornell Cooperative Extension program expanding
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Acquisition of a van will allow GROWS, an agricultural workforce development initiative, to serve more young adults.
Environment
City to plant fast-growing native forest
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The Miyawaki Forest Project is an urban forestry initiative that will transform an old parking lot over a few decades.
Justice & Public Safety
Telesca Center receives $90,000 in state funding
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The new state grant will support the Telesca Center for Justice, which brought legal services to over 50,000 Rochester residents last year.
Environment
Hazardous waste found at former Hawkeye property
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The DEC has reclassified the property as a Class-2 Superfund site, but says this does not indicate that people are currently being exposed to contamination.
Environment
Data center opponents see executive order as partial win
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For foes of a proposed facility near Ithaca, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s one-year statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers fell short of legislation approved by the state Legislature.
Environment
Tiny PowerHouse provides hands-on demonstration of clean energy
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Climate Solutions Accelerator is using the model home filled with interactive exhibits to showcase clean energy technologies for living spaces.
Community
Rochester prepares to roll out R-Future Fund pilot
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The program, which aims to support economic mobility and equity for children and their families, will provide each city kindergartner with a $50 seed deposit into a savings account.
Environment
Proposed solar array in Penfield faces resistance
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Residents who live near the Northrup Road Solar Project site have raised concerns over noise, impact on property values, and loss of wooded areas.
Justice & Public Safety
STAMP project faces new legal challenge
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The Tonawanda Seneca Nation and the Sierra Club have filed a lawsuit challenging the Genesee County Economic Development Center’s approval of a $6.3 billion data center at the Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park.
Health & Science
Pharmacy coalition responds to Rite Aid closures
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The chain’s May 5 bankruptcy filing will result in hundreds of store closings nationwide including a dozen here. The Rochester Pharmacy Access Coalition is working to help patients transfer prescriptions.