Is a statue always more than art? What is the relationship between a statue and a community’s evolving beliefs, values, and principles?
Community
How young professionals see Rochester
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When Rochester native Andrew Brady returned here in 2012 after going to college at Cornell University and living in Boston for a few years, he found the city undergoing a transformation. In an wide-ranging audio interview with Rochester Beacon publisher Alex Zapesochny, the Rochester Young Professionals president talks about why Rochester now is a magnet for a growing number of young people, and other topics. Listen to their conversation.
Education
Running out of time
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The Rochester City School District has less than two months to formally respond to Distinguished Educator Jaime Aquino’s call for change. If there is no meeting of minds, the district could face a state takeover or cede control to the mayor.
Education
Steps forward by schools in receivership
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Nine Rochester schools in receivership have met targets set by the state Department of Education, showing signs of improvement. In the receivership program, management of schools whose students have failed to meet minimum standards set by the state is put under control of a specially appointed receiver.
Community
Behind bars, parents work to build a family bond
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For the last 12 years, through her nonprofit, New York State Literary Center, Dale Davis has helped inmates at the Monroe Correctional Facility in Brighton become more engaged with their community, and with their families, through reading and writing.
Beaconomics
Opioid-related deaths soar in Monroe County
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Upstate rates of opioid deaths far exceed the rates experienced in New York City’s largest boroughs. The growth in the rate of deaths due to opioid overdoses is terrifying.
Community
Rochester’s affordability edge
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Quality of life and other non-financial factors often get credit for retaining Rochester residents and drawing new ones. But what if money also is part of the equation? Is it possible the high-taxes narrative is only part of the story?
Community
False stereotypes harm people in poverty
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Politicians promote misconceptions to build support for punitive approaches to programs that help people in poverty pay for food, receive medical care and find housing.
Community
RIT’s decisive moment
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This year marks a half-century since RIT relocated from downtown to Henrietta. What began as a move born of necessity paved the way to realize a more modern, progressive vision for the institute.
Development
ROC the Riverway charts new course for downtown Rochester
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Despite a growing movement to reconnect cities and their waterfronts, Rochester struggles to engage its riverfront. ROC the Riverway hopes to change that.
Health & Science
Is single payer in New York the answer?
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A tribal conflict over the fate of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act has rekindled support for universal access and the single-payer model. The Rochester Beacon asked the St. Joseph Neighborhood Center’s Sr. Christine Wagner and former Excellus CEO David Klein to address this important topic.