Brian Sharp
Reporter and Producer at WXXI News
Reporter covering business, development and all things Rochester. Husband | Dad | Nebraska native | Husker fan
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5 days ago |
wxxinews.org | Brian Sharp
Solar panels could soon help power Blue Cross Arena, the downtown convention center and the city’s Public Safety Building. Or not. A possible rollback of federal incentives for solar and other clean energy technologies threatens to derail the project before it starts. Such action also would undercut other major investments, including GreenSpark Solar’s plan to build a new 4½-story headquarters north of downtown.
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1 week ago |
roccitymag.com | Brian Sharp
[ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] click to enlarge Outdoor movies. A riverfront Happy Hour. Oh, and yoga with some goats and puppies. These are some of the events that are part of a refocused effort to bring more public activities to downtown Rochester.
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1 week ago |
wxxinews.org | Brian Sharp
Mayor Malik Evans is outspending his Democratic primary opponents by more than 3:1 heading into the final leg of the campaign, newly filed campaign finance reports show. The incumbent mayor took in $240,000 and paid out $280,000 over the past four months, records show. Evans’ challengers, City Councilmember Mary Lupien and local businessman Shashi Sinha, reported far lesser amounts. Lupien took in $86,000 and spent $56,000. Sinha took in nearly $26,000 and spent $88,000.
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2 weeks ago |
wxxinews.org | Brian Sharp
An independent audit of RG&E and NYSEG paints a picture of ineffective governance that prioritizes parent company Avangrid’s corporate earnings over the interests of New York ratepayers. While not surprising to critics, auditors detailed a surprising dearth of local planning and controls — including when it comes to compliance with state regulations — and a near-total absence of local decision making.
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2 weeks ago |
wxxinews.org | Brian Sharp
Paychex founder Tom Golisano is stepping down from the Rochester-based company’s board of directors effective this summer. Golisano, 83, retired as president and CEO in 2004, but continued as board chairman until then-President and CEO Martin Mucci assumed the role in 2021. “It’s been a great run of over 54 years,” Golisano said in a news release announcing he was stepping away from the business he started in 1971.
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