Economy & Business
Greenlight’s new focus
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The high-speed broadband internet provider’s strategy centered on multi-dwelling units, mixed-use environments, and small businesses is a return to its roots.
Economy & Business
Grading New York’s industrial development agencies
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Statewide, a new report shows, industrial development agencies are involved in more than 4,000 projects with a combined value of $132 billion—and incentives equaling a net reduction in taxation for the private owners topping $1 billion. Is this a good investment for taxpayers?
Economy & Business
COMIDA approves Topgolf incentive package
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The COMIDA board on Tuesday approved Topgolf’s request for financial assistance.
Economy & Business
Springboard opens second application round
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The regional prize competition, which aims to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Rochester, Buffalo and the Southern Tier, will hand out $600,000 in total awards this year.
Beaconomics
Topgolf: The complicated world of economic impact analysis
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Should the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency approve a more than $3 million tax break for a proposed golf-themed entertainment venue?
Economy & Business
The ‘triple whammy’ that’s hindering a full recovery
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A new analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Research and Statistics Group offers an explanation why Rochester and most of the upstate region have not regained all of the jobs lost in the pandemic downturn.
Economy & Business
After the strike, the D&C’s dilemma remains
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After a nearly three-week walkout, unionized Democrat and Chronicle newsroom staffers have returned to work without a new contract. For Gannett, the newspaper’s owner, mounting losses as it pursues a “digital transformation” might be a factor in its hard negotiating line.
Economy & Business
Hyzon hits the road
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The hydrogen fuel-cell technology firm, which arrived with fanfare in 2021, has exited Monroe County. It derived little benefit from a package of state and local assistance, economic development officials say.
Economy & Business
Another public utility feasibility study vote fails
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In a 16-13 vote, the Monroe County Legislature voted against allocating $1 million toward a study to replace RG&E with a public option.
Economy & Business
How Lori Van Dusen used words to heal
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In a book written after her husband’s suicide, nationally recognized wealth adviser Lori Van Dusen reflects on how to find purpose and joy amid harsh realities.