Canada’s BizXL Solutions has selected Rochester as the location for its U.S. headquarters, with plans to hire up to 43 employees over the next five years. BizXL Solutions is a…
Sibley Square in Rochester—which houses NextCorps— will receive an award for Excellence in Historic Preservation from the Preservation League of New York State. The League’s statewide awards program honors notable…
Software firm LiveTiles has picked Rochester’s Downtown Innovation Zone for its North American Intelligent User Experience hub, creating at least 500 jobs over a five-year period. The $17 million project…
Constellation Brands and the Sands family have pledged $4 million to UR Medicine Thompson Health for a new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at F.F. Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua. This is the…
Round VIII of the Regional Economic Development Council initiative is now underway, kicking off the 2018 competition for more than $750 million in state economic development resources. The competition places…
The ImagineRIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival will mark its 11th year with more than 400 exhibits and a performing arts contest. The campus-wide event showcases the innovative and creative spirit…
Vuzix Corp.’s M300 smart glasses as the launch hardware for Amazon Web Services’ internet of things, or IoT, analytics. AWS IoT Analytics runs sophisticated analytics on massive volumes of IoT data…
Rochester boasted three winners in the second round of the New York State Game DEV Challenge. Students from Rochester Institute of Technology students took home top honors, while Peter Lazarski, placed…
rocgrowth newsfeed
Sen. Gillibrand working to get more businesses transitioning to employee owned (WXXI)
Rochester photonics project $3.2M under budget (Democrat and Chronicle)
Lawsuits filed over Whole Foods project in Brighton (WXXI)
Students to take part in Young Entrepreneurs Academy competition (WHEC)
Rochester awarded city parks grant (WHEC)
CoverWallet to open in Brighton, creating 100 jobs (RBJ)
Amazon hiring for positions in Henrietta delivery station (WHEC)
Major shakeup at Xerox: CEO Jacobson and six board members to resign (WXXI)
Golisano a supercharge for Greenlight (Democrat and Chronicle)
Two-story Wegmans set to open Sunday in Mass. (RochesterFirst)
Rochester gains private sector jobs (RBJ)
ROC Airport Renovation Project continues (WXXI)
Company owned by Tom Golisano proposes acquiring Greenlight Networks (WXXI)
Hot new spots for cool events: Barns, lofts, lodges (Democrat and Chronicle)
Like the Tour de France, only in kayaks – an Erie Canal proposal (Democrat and Chronicle)
Vuzix files $80 million lawsuit (RBJ)
LiDestri suing 7-Eleven for $3 million (RBJ)
ROC the Riverway looking for a few good ideas (WXXI)
Now closed, Biaggi’s was part of Eastview Mall’s $25 million expansion (Democrat and Chronicle)
Amazon is coming to Henrietta, but it’s not HQ2 (Democrat and Chronicle)
Klein elevated to president of ConServe (RBJ)
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