[ NEWS FROM THE WEEK PAST ]
Parker retiring
Sandra Parker will retire as president and CEO of Rochester Business Alliance at the end of the year. Parker has held the position since 2005 and is widely seen as the face of the Rochester business community.
Investigators search LDC contractor
Investigators with the Attorney General’s Office seized records during a search of the offices of Navitech, a local company that contracts with two local development corporations formed by Monroe County, reported the Democrat and Chronicle. The search is part of an ongoing investigation by the office, though officials haven’t given details. A Comptroller’s Office report released last year said Navitech received favorable treatment by the Monroe Security and Safety Systems LDC during bidding. The FBI is also involved in the investigation, the D&C says.
GardenAerial buys property
Friends of the GardenAerial purchased 275 St. Paul Street, a 28,478 square foot property that includes the High Falls escarpment. The proper-
ty is home to Rochester Gas and Electric station No. 4. The property will be used in the development of a walking bridge over the falls.
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Congel misses deadline
Officials with the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency and the East Irondequoit School District wrote to developer Scott Congel to let him know he missed a deadline for proving he’d invested $165 million in the Medley Centre project, say media reports. The deadline is specified in the payment in lieu of taxes agreement Congel has with COMIDA, the school district, and the Town of Irondequoit.
POLITICS | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO
And they’re off Monroe County Democrats have chosen their candidates, but it’s a long way to the November elections. Many contenders who lost out on the party’s endorsement intend to stay in the races for mayor, City Council, and Rochester school board.
Davis’s new direction
Longtime Rochester nightclub owner Ronald Davis says he’s leaving the club business. Davis began opening clubs in Rochester in the early 1990’s, beginning with Lloyd’s Bar and Grille on Alexander Street. His many venues helped to establish the East End as a draw. Davis says he’s shifting his focus to dining and will open Tequila Loco, a Mexican restaurant, on Lawrence Street.
Lovely Warren is staying in the mayor's race. FILE PHOTO
Contenders will have to collect signatures from 1,000 registered city Democrats and have those signatures validated by the county Board of Elections before they can participate in the September 10 primary. Lovely Warren is staying in the mayor’s race, intending to primary the designated candidate, incumbent mayor Tom Richards. Warren is president of City Council. Democrats also designated all five at-large Council people for re-election: Carolee Conklin, Loretta Scott, Dana Miller, Jackie Ortiz, and Matt Haag. Some of the challengers have dropped out, except for the Rev. Marlowe Washington, Lisa Jacques, Ann Lewis, and Anthony Giordano. Washington is pastor of Christ Community Church, Giordano is a local businessman, Jacques is owner of Park Ave. Pets, and Lewis is a former special education teacher in the Rochester school district.
Three seats are up on the school board, and Democrats have endorsed incumbents Van White, Jose Cruz, and newcomer Candice Lucas. Lucas is president of the district’s Parent Advisory Council. Petitioning to challenge the designees are: Howard Eagle, Liz Hallmark, Ernest Flagler, Ronald Hall, Tim McCauley, Donald Hardaway, Mia Hodgins, and incumbent Cynthia Elliott, who was not designated. Flagler is a city firefighter, McCauley is past president of the Rochester Black Business Association, Hallmark is an education researcher and advocate, Hardaway is an MCC adjunct professor, Hall is on the board of Genesee Community Charter School, Eagle is a retired RCSD teacher, Hodgins is associate director of alumni affairs at RIT, and Elliott is assistant to the executive director at Baden Street Settlement.
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