As part of the City’s Percent for the Arts program, Mayor Malik D. Evans announced that $170,000 has been awarded to local artists and arts organizations through ArtsBloom, an initiative to fund arts education, literary arts, performing arts and visual art across Rochester. This year’s ArtsBloom-funded projects will reach more than 600 children and 400 adults in the city, as well as more than 100 local dancers, teaching artists and educators.

Mayor Malik D. Evans announced a historic decrease in the City’s residential property tax rate in May, and today he launched a new, online tool for residents to see an estimate of how the new tax rate will affect their upcoming 2024-25 tax bill.

View the City of Rochester property tax estimate tool

Rochester City Hall, Neighborhood Service Centers, R-Centers, Rochester Animal Services, Rochester Public Library branches, and the Honorable Loretta C. Scott Center for Human Services administrative office building at 57 St. Paul St. will be closed on Wednesday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.

Refuse and recycling will not take place on June 19 and will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.

The 311 Call Center will remain open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. during normal hours. 

In anticipation of forecasted high temperatures, Mayor Malik D. Evans announced today that the City will conduct a Cool Sweep operation this coming week. City R-Centers, and spray parks and features will be open for extended hours so residents can remain safe and comfortable.

In recognition of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, representatives from Common Ground Health will offer a presentation on generational trauma at the City’s Thursday Thinkers: Insights into Rochester discussion forum from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, June 20, at the Trenton and Pamela Jackson R-Center, 485 N. Clinton Ave. 

In response to high temperatures, Mayor Malik D. Evans announced today that the City will expand the Cool Sweep operation in effect Monday, June 17 through Friday, June 21 to include the Rochester Community Sports Center.

City R-Centers, the Sports Center, some library branches, and spray parks and features will be open for extended hours so residents can remain safe and comfortable.

The Cool Sweep schedule for designated City facilities is as follows:

City releases summer aquatics schedule to include free swim lessons, expanded open swim sessions

Starting Monday, June 24, area residents will have more options to cool off as the City’s Genesee Valley Park (GVP) Sports Complex Outdoor Pool, 131 Elmwood Ave., and the Durand Eastman Beach, 1250 Lakeshore Blvd. open for summer. 

After multiple people were injured in a shooting incident at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park at Manhattan Square (MLK Park) overnight, Mayor Malik D. Evans has announced numerous actions the City of Rochester is taking to address illegal gatherings.

“We will not tolerate these unlawful, out-of-control gatherings in our public spaces,” said Mayor Evans. “I will use everything in my power under the City Code and gun violence state of emergency to prevent these violent incidents and hold people accountable for their actions.”