The University Avenue brewery that Zeb and Emily Zimmerman built by hand, paycheck by paycheck, will pour its last pints Nov. 14.
Economy & Business
Iron Smoke Distillery buys its Fairport home, plans upgrades
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The whiskey maker paid $1.75 million for the building it has rented since 2014 and plans another $1.25 million in improvements, even as the craft spirits industry nationwide contracts.
Economy & Business
CNB set to take K2’s taproom
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Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Co. was the only bidder at the Empire Boulevard foreclosure auction, offering $1,000.
Economy & Business
For Shear Ego at 50, change and continuity
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The unexpected death of her father, Shear Ego Salon & Spa co-founder Gene Cardamone, thrust Shayna Cardamone Moretti into the leadership role.
Economy & Business
Cornell’s five-year bet on New York hops
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Five years and $1.8 million in state money have given the Cornell Hops Breeding Research and Extension Program a chance to develop a variety New York can call its own. But can New York farmers afford to grow hops?
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.
Economy & Business
A roadside stands app’s rapid growth
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Launched Aug. 11, Stands By Me helps users find and support farm stands, roadside sellers and small producers. It already has expanded to 33 states.
Economy & Business
A business built with pages of history
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Keila Olbrich’s pop-up shop, Lost and Bound, gives old books new life by turning them into journals.