Tompkins Bank of Castile processed more than 1,300 Payroll Protection Program loans. President and CEO John McKenna. He thinks community banks like his can help small firms and nonprofits get through the current pandemic surge.
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Upbeat about downtown’s future
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As Heidi Zimmer-Meyer prepares to step down as RDDC president, her optimism about the potential of the center city is undiminished.
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A challenge for the community
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In a three-month event, Children Awaiting Parents aims to raise awareness of the importance of placing foster children in permanent homes.
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Antiracist scholar to deliver UR address
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Ibram Kendi’s speech, the university’s 20th Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address, will be a free online event.
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Local providers are ‘ready to vaccinate large numbers’
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Nancy Bennett M.D., who heads the county’s COVID vaccine task force, says the key now is increasing the supply of doses.
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United Way’s $20 million opportunity
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Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s “transformational grant” will allow the United Way to fully explore innovative methods to support the nonprofit sector, President and CEO Jaime Saunders says.
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Luminate NY winner is off to a fast start here
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SunDensity has closed on $2.5 million in initial financing and is establishing its presence in Rochester.
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Endowed gift boosts humanities education at UR
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The Department of Music has been named for alumnus Arthur Satz, whose donation will fund a minimum of five humanities professorships in the the School of Arts and Sciences.
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The top Raider’s Brighton roots
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Marc Badain, president of the NFL’s Las Vegas franchise, leads the team he rooted for while growing up in Bills country.
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Entering the world of tokenized investments
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Rochester Institute of Technology has directly invested in Cosimo X, a blockchain-focused venture fund, becoming the first university in the nation to do so. Alum Robert Frasca’s track record helped the decision, says Gregory Van Laeken, RIT’s managing director for investments.
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Why 540WMain decided to go virtual
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Freed from the burden of managing physical space, the antiracist education organization has been able to expand its work, says Calvin Eaton, founder and director.