Credit Kristin Bull

Downtown Rochester's galleries and businesses are ready for this year's Spring Gallery Stroll, which runs 6-9 p.m. on Friday. This year's event covers nine local businesses and galle...

Credit Rochester DDA

The Rochester Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is offering the opportunity to “own” a piece of downtown through its new Downtown Streetscape Sponsorship Program, according to DDA Exec...

Credit John McKay

In a downtown with a business base as dense as Rochester's, sometimes a vacant building can stand out, calling extra attention to the fact it's not currently occupied. Such is the ca...

Credit MI Green Team

One of the planet's largest Earth Day events, the MI Earth Day Fest, returns to downtown Rochester on April 26-28 after a three-year hiatus. The 2010 event drew more than 50,000 attendees...

Credit Kristin Bull

The owner of a downtown Rochester jewelry shop that was robbed at gunpoint last fall said this week she is "extraordinarily happy and thankful" that the men who police say are responsible...