Rochester Rundown

Looking back at the remarkable life of Igor Vovkovinskiy

A revived Rochester Civic Theatre readies for its next act

What should the Rochester Park Board do with millions in referendum funding?

Can the promise of the Chateau be realized?

Rochester day center faces an uncertain future

Local legislators react to budget deal, special session drama

Rochester program empowers teens to be the next generation of entrepreneurs

A tour through Rochester's burgeoning beer scene

How the Roosters bring 160 years of Rochester baseball full-circle

What can Rochester do to revive retail downtown?

Prior to the pandemic, many of the retail spaces in the downtown area had been filled with bustling small businesses — the kinds that are vital for a thriving destination area.But downtown Rochester, like many other city centers, has seen its restaurant and retail industries decimated by shutdowns and slow foot traffic, as previous trends, including the shift to online commerce and problems in the labor market, accelerated due to Covid-19. The result has been fewer small businesses seeking out space downtown, at a time when new development has made commercial space abundant.