Citizens Bank announced Monday that its Community Development Lending Group has provided a $1.85 million construction loan to the Urban League of Rochester Economic Development Corp., a subsidiary of the Urban League of Rochester Inc., for the renovation of Blossom ...

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Four Rochester-area residents have been awarded a Chairman’s Credo Award by Citizens’ Chairman and CEO Bruce Van Saun. Locally, the bank recognized Nancy O’Brien of Webster (commercial banking); Brian Hayner, Rochester (consumer banking); and Webster residents Lin Boscarino and Lynn ...

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The Marketview Heights Association and NeighborWorks Rochester were among the nine regional nonprofits awarded by Citizens Bank as part of the “Citizens Helping Citizens Manage Money” initiative. The Rochester organizations were chosen from among more than 150 applicants in a ...

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The Citizens Bank Foundation has donated $20,000 to NeighborWorks Rochester to fund the Green Neighborhood initiative, part of its Healthy Blocks program to improve neighborhoods in the city. The grant is part of Citizens Bank Foundation’s Citizens Helping Citizens Provide ...

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The Rochester Plaza Hotel & Conference Center has appointed Gary Ross as director of Sales and Marketing for the 370-room property in downtown Rochester. Prior to joining the Rochester Plaza, Ross served for five years as director of Ferris Hills ...

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The application period for Citizens Bank’s annual TruFit Good Citizen Scholarship program begins Sunday.   The deadline to apply is April 30. Citizens launched the scholarship program last year, awarding $50,000 to college students whose volunteer efforts have made a ...

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The end of the Citizens Bank school supplies drive is Saturday. The bank is collecting new school supplies for its Gear for Grades initiative to help local children return to school with the gear they need to learn.

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Starting Monday, Citizens Bank will collect new school supplies for its Gear for Grades initiative, an effort to help local children go back to school with the gear they need to learn. New pencils, folders, glue, notebooks and other supplies can be donated ...

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Citizens Bank is launching a new initiative, Future Optics, to raise awareness among high school students and unemployed workers about the growing number of employment opportunities in the optics industry.

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Citizens Bank handed out 350 backpacks to the Boys & Girls Club of Rochester and the Urban League of Rochester on Wednesday in an effort to help local children go back to school with the gear they need to learn.

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