Government

Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks touched on some familiar themes in Thursday night’s  state of the county address.  One of those themes was related to where the speech was delivered.

The county exec gave her speech in the Theatre on the Ridge building at the Eastman Business Park. Brooks says  that she picked that venue for a specific reason...

"Eastman Business Park to me represents our community's ongoing transformation form a big box image capital to a hub for innovation and technology."

Read the entire State of the County 2013 address from Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, delivered Thursday, May 23.

Startups and expanding companies that set up shop on community and SUNY College campuses wouldn't have to pay state taxes for up to 10 years.

That’s under the governor's proposed "Tax Free NY" initiative to spur economic and business growth.

To talk about the tax break incentive, Lt. Bob Duffy visited The College at Brockport's Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in downtown Rochester Thursday. City, business and education leaders attended the event.

Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks  delivers her annual  State of the County  address Thursday evening  at the Eastman Business Park, and we’ll have live coverage on AM 1370 WXXI and www.wxxi.org

Brooks  will  be talking about the key role the business park is playing in the effort to revitalize the local economy, and she’s also expected to discuss other job growth efforts.