The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $2.85 million to the Urban League of Rochester Economic Development Corporation for affordable senior housing for 20 senior citizens in their supportive community in Henrietta. “Goose Landing Senior Apartments Phase ...

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NeighborWorks Rochester has been awarded a $5,000 grant award from Northwest Savings Bank to help support its efforts to improve neighborhoods in the city of Rochester. The money will help the organization continue to provide city residents with the programs and services necessary for them to become successful homeowners and involved residents in their neighborhood.

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The Advocacy Center, based in Rochester, will receive $524,874 from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs. The money will be used for the Parent Training and Information Center, which serves all of New York outside the five boroughs of New York City.

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The application looks good, but the competition is tough. To help narrow the odds, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer is instituting “a full-court press” to assist the city in scoring a $2 million grant for infrastructure work for the Midtown Rising redevelopment project.

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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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Travis and Matthew Betters are celebrating the expansion of Brothers International Food Corp. They were joined at the 1175 Lexington Ave. business by R. Carlos Carballada, Neighborhood and Business Development commissioner and Judith A. Seil, Monroe County director of Planning and Development.

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Rochester will receive $600,000 from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to identify and remove petroleum and other hazardous substances from city properties. “This money will go a long way toward helping us attract new investment ...

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A $570,000 U.S. Department of Labor grant is being awarded to the Veterans Outreach Center in Rochester to help local veterans find meaningful employment. The center, established in 1973, provides transitional housing ...

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Fire companies in Rochester and Niagara County have been awarded federal funding as part of a grant program from the Department of Homeland Security. Rep. Louise Slaughter of Fairport ...

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The Rochester Institute of Technology is the recipient of a $19,168 grant from the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism. The money will support a new Minding Anxiety Program which is part of a national demonstration project.

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The University of Rochester Medical Center’s Division of Geriatrics and Aging has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to expand physician training in geriatrics.

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ALBION — New York state has approved a $35,000 grant to update a dredging plan for Lake Ontario harbors in five counties. The funding will go toward a regional dredging plan in Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne and Oswego counties.

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