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Zweigle's announces expansion planSept. 16, 2019 -- Zweigle's wants to add 29,000 square feet and 33 new jobs to its Plymouth Avenue facility in Rochester.The expansion is expected to be completed in fall 2022 and is receiving financial help through grants from Empire State Development, Monroe County, the City of Rochester and Greater Rochester Enterprise.
Rochester Catholic Diocese files for Chapter 11 reorganizationSept. 12, 2019 -- Facing potentially huge judgments for past sexual abuse by its priests, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester a petition for Chapter 11 reorganization.The filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Rochester is intended to reorganize the diocese’s finances and create a plan for the diocese to continue operations. It is fallout from civil lawsuits triggered by New York's Child Victims Act passed by the New York State Legislature. The CVA created a one-year window during which accusers can file legal claims for sexual abuse they suffered as children without being hampered by the statute of limitations. More than 580 lawsuits, including nearly 60 locally, have been filed statewide since Aug. 14, with most accusing Roman Catholic priests, brothers, deacons or nuns of abuse. Rochester's diocese, which encompasses 12 counties and approximately 360,000 Catholics, is the first of New York state's eight dioceses to seek protection from creditors in bankruptcy court because of potential financial fallout from the sexual abuse scandal. The diocese had $55 million in net assets as of June 2018. But the bankruptcy filing projects that the potential abuse payouts could erode the diocese's ability to operate. The Chapter 11 filing halts all action on the current civil suits and moves the to the bankruptcy proceeding.
Rochester Riverside Hotel will close next yearSept. 4, 2019 -- The Rochester Riverside Hotel will cease operations early next year, with developer Dave Christa saying there are no immediate plans beyond honoring reservations through the first quarter of 2020.Christa said last fall that he would move forward with plans to redevelop the hotel, despite philanthropist Tom Golisano pulling back on his $25 million pledge for a performing arts center on the downtown Rochester site. Christa had previously said the location could be a preliminary piece of property for another development across the street from the Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center.
Whole Foods wins key approval for Brighton locationAug. 29, 2019 -- The New York State Department of Transportation has ruled that the proposed Whole Foods Plaza development in Brighton can move forward, Brighton Town Supervisor Bill Moehle announced.The DOT approval is tied to the release of its traffic impact study. Moehle said the State Environmental Quality Review Act findings concluded that the project "minimizes environmental impacts to the maximum extent possible." The proposed grocery store is slated to go on Monroe Avenue near Clover Street.
Spot Coffee employees in Buffalo vote to unionizeAug. 21, 2019 -- Buffalo-area employees of Spot Coffee have voted to form a union, following in the footsetps of a Spot location in Rochester that had organized in May.The vote by a 43-6 margin aligned the approximately 90 Buffalo employees with Workers United. Workers said they would not end their call to boycott Spot cafes until demands to re-hire three fired workers are met. The union contends they were let go due to their union activities. Spot Coffee CEO Anton Ayoub previously said corporate leaders "continue to recognize and support our employees' rights to decide whether they wish to be union represented."
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