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Rochester Main Street Invites the Community Downtown This July!

Rochester Main Street is excited to welcome everyone downtown this July for a month filled with family-friendly events, local partnerships, and community spirit. 🦶 Bigfoot Scavenger Hunt (in collaboration with Maple Street Magnet School)Bigfoot is back — and he’s brought friends! Participants can search for...

Fall Fun is Already in the Works for Downtown Rochester

Although summer is just getting started, Rochester Main Street is already hard at work planning an exciting fall season — and the organization wants the community to be a part of it! The Reimagined Spooktacular & Downtown Pumpkin Patch will return this October, and Rochester...

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Library hosts drive-thru Santa meet and greet

The Rochester Public Library recently hosted a drive-thru Santa event for children of all ages.  “During...

Tree Raffle to Support Downtown Businesses

Rochester Main Street is holding another holiday raffle to support downtown businesses. To enter,...

Downtown Elf has been making people smile since 1990

Rochester resident Linda Hanscom has become a bonafide downtown celebrity and a beloved sighting...

Metal Heads opens in Downtown Rochester

Metal Heads is now open for business at 30 North Main Street, in downtown...

Video: Chamber of Commerce hosts Holiday Tree Lighting

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Welcome sign added to Downtown

The Economic Development Department for the City of Rochester recently partnered with a downtown...

Main Street Holiday Raffle: Win $250 Gift Card!

Rochester Main Street is holding a holiday raffle to support downtown businesses. To enter,...

Franklin Gallery presents Italia, works by Tom Glover

The Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Custom Framing, 33 N. Main Street in Rochester, will...

RPL presents Holiday Activities for Children and Families

The Children’s Room at the Rochester Public Library would like to announce a variety...

Tanya Lee Hervey Photography expands above Chamber

Tanya Lee Hervey Photography has expanded and relocated to 18 South Main Street.   Originally...

Main Street celebrates Small Business Saturday 11/28

Rochester Main Street lends its support to Small Business Saturday and drives commerce to...

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From Flop to Fortune, ‘The Producers’ Takes the Stage Beginning 8/8 at the Rochester Opera House

Based on Mel Brooks’ legendary 1967 film, The Producers was first brought to Broadway...

Tanya Hervey of Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Graduates from Institute for Organization Management

Institute for Organization Management, the professional development program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,...

Watch: City Council – 8/05/25

Click here to watch Public Meetings are broadcast live on Comcast Channel 22 and Breezeline...

“Cutting into Homelessness”: New Initiative Offers Interview-Ready Haircuts in Rochester

Todd Marsh, the City of Rochester Welfare Director, has announced the launch of "Cutting...