Economy & Business
The Genny sale: a bet on Rochester’s brewing infrastructure
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Can the nearly 150-year-old brewery prosper under private-equity ownership? It’s happened before.
Economy & Business
Genesee Brewery owner sold to Pa. private equity firm
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FIFCO USA has been acquired by Saothair Capital Partners, a private equity firm co-founded by a former CEO of the Rochester brewery. FIFCO USA will revert to its previous name, North American Breweries.
Economy & Business
Growth at the speed of Greenlight
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T-Mobile’s decision to invest $2 billion in a new joint venture with Oak Hill Capital, owner of locally based Greenlight Networks, could supercharge the homegrown fiber ISP’s already robust growth. But what will it mean for the Rochester region?
Economy & Business
How Canandaigua’s Peacemaker Brewing landed $389,000 in state funding
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Documents provide an inside look at the Downtown Revitalization Initiative process that made Peacemaker Brewing one of 10 projects to share $9.7 million in state funds.
Community
George Eastman Museum workers seek union, file for NLRB election
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The organizing group, which calls itself George Eastman Museum Workers United, says a majority of museum employees supports its push for union representation.
Economy & Business
How Fifth Frame Brewing unraveled
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Court filings and state records now put claims against the brewery, which closed in January, above $444,000.
Purpose is the bottom line for this ‘finance guy’
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A CPA by training and a 13-year company veteran, Tom Rogers became ESL president and CEO in March. Like ESL’s leaders before him, Rogers wants Rochester’s largest locally led financial institution to continue to grow by staying focused on its mission: to help the community thrive and prosper.
Economy & Business
Wheel Works Brewing gives Shortsville factory a new, very different life
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The Ontario County brewery and restaurant is set to open Sept. 15 inside a 147-year-old industrial building along the Canandaigua Lake Outlet.
Government & Politics
Will New York bet big on nuclear?
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Gov. Kathy Hochul envisions a 5 gigawatt buildout of nuclear generation including a plant in Upstate New York—the biggest expansion of nuclear power anywhere in the U.S. in decades. Supporters say it’s a necessary investment in the state’s economic future and electric reliability, but environment groups say nuclear remains slower and more expensive than other clean-energy alternatives.
Economy & Business
Inside the Rohrbach Brewing handoff
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The Will brothers, who acquired Rohrbach in March, on succession planning, sustainability, and earning the keys to one of Rochester’s most important breweries.