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RPD: Vehicle crime prevention tips

The Rochester Police Department (RPD) recommends the following precautions:

What is Zoning?

Zoning is the means by which communities regulate the use of land and buildings to protect and promote the quality of life within their boundaries. Zoning regulations are also an important means of implementing the goals of the City’s comprehensive plan.

Under the Zoning Code, every city property is located in a specific zoning district and has an established legal use. If there was no Zoning Code, property owners could:

Infringe on one another's use of property.

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City of Rochester Vacuum Oil Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA)

Project Background

The New York State Department of State’s Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) Program provides communities with guidance, expertise and financial assistance to complete revitalization and implementation strategies for neighborhoods or areas affected by

Do The Right Thing scholarship recipients

Each year, all previous Do The Right Thing Award winners who are currently high school seniors may apply for a scholarship to be applied towards the payment of their college or trade school tuition and/or expenses.

A selection committee reviews all applications, and the number of winners selected each year is determined by the amount of program funding available. Since 1997 our program has awarded 114 recipients $118,000 in college and/or trade school scholarships!

All in for Rochester: Mayor Evans' Progress Report

Are You All In?

Despite the challenges Rochester continues to face, I believe we are on the rise. And the people I come across every day feel the same way.

Residents are feeling optimism, and I believe there is one central reason: the people of this city are finally working together.

The entire Rochester community is ready to come together, side by side, shoulder to shoulder to move this city and the entire Rochester region forward.