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by Liza Amirault | Wednesday, December 16, 2020 | Development, EcoDistrict, Gorge, Greentopia, Uncategorized

Our HydroStation and ROC the Riverway Initiative

Donate With funding and guidance from the City of Rochester and ROC the Riverway, Hunt Engineering is close to completing the study of the Hydro Station’s structural integrity.  Drones were used to glimpse inside. Repellers jumped off the edge to look at the outside. A boat was launched to...

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by Liza Amirault | Monday, September 28, 2020 | Charity, Development, EcoDistrict, Environment, Gorge, Greentopia, Lisa Baron

A Visit From Joe Morelle

On September 4th Congressman Joe Morelle came to visit our High Falls viewing dock and take a tour of Hydro Station 4, the first hydroelectric station in Rochester now owned by Greentopia! Congressman Morrell received the full tour of our facilities from Greentopia’s Executive Board Chair...

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by Liza Amirault | Tuesday, September 22, 2020 | EcoDistrict, Green Visions, Greentopia

Lucas Green House Cocktail Party!

This past week Greentopia hosted a cocktail party to thank our Green Visions program partner Lucas Green House. The event took place on our viewing platform with a beautiful view of the high falls gorge. In attendance was the Lucas Green House staff and recently former-owner Susan Palomaki. The...

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by Liza Amirault | Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | Charity, Green Visions, Greentopia, Lisa Baron

THANK YOU! Dinner Off the Bridge

Thanks to you all our Dinner Off the Bridge event was a HUGE success! 146 delicious dinners prepared by The Cub Room’s amazing staff were sold. A huge thank you to everyone who came out to support our event! All of the proceeds were given to the Green Visions program, employing local youth...

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#bethegoodroc COVID-19 – Meals for Health Workers

by greentopia2 | Wednesday, April 15, 2020 | Charity, Greentopia, Lisa Baron, Philanthropy

#bethegoodroc COVID-19 – Meals for Health Workers

BetheGoodRoc envisions a future where frontline and healthcare workers at any time of a crisis are provided with simple comforts to help make the situation more bearable and maintain a level of normalcy for workers and their families. We do this through the community. What Can You Do? As a...

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Green Visions Shipping Container Floral Workshop!

by greentopia2 | Monday, August 27, 2018 | Environment, Green Visions, Greentopia

Green Visions Shipping Container Floral Workshop!

Now in its sixth year, the Green Visions program has installed an 800 square foot shipping container at the Green Visions Campus at 174 Whitney Street in the JOSANA neighborhood. The container has been completely retrofitted by Ikoniq, a Canandaigua-based company that creates top-of-the-line...

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Come to the EcoFair! We’re launching Greentopia’s EcoDistrict.

by Diana Louise Carter | Tuesday, September 19, 2017 | EcoDistrict, Greentopia, Rachel Walsh

Come to the EcoFair! We’re launching Greentopia’s EcoDistrict.

It’s time to launch the High Falls Eco-District! So no, that’s nothing like sailing a Frisbee over the edge of the Genesee River ravine in Greentopia’s backyard. It’s the formal process required to begin certification of the EcoDistrict north of downtown. The planning stage, which involved lots of...

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Opportunity still blooms in a wet summer

by Diana Louise Carter | Friday, August 18, 2017 | Green Visions, Greentopia, Morgan Barry

Opportunity still blooms in a wet summer

It’s been an unusual summer for Green Visions, Greentopia’s job development program. A super-soaked spring and summer, along with some red-tape tangles, delayed the start of the season. Manager Morgan Barry said the Green Visions garden wasn’t tilled until late May, when it’s usually under...

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The grass is greener on the Greentopia side of the street

by Diana Louise Carter | Monday, July 3, 2017 | Gorge, Greentopia, Michael Philipson

The grass is greener on the Greentopia side of the street

We’ve moved! While it was nice being in the building on the corner of Platt Street and Brown’s Race, the sale of the building that housed Greentopia for the last several years resulted in our move to new digs across the way at 74 Brown’s Race. “If you need us, we’re across the street,” said...

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The voice of environmental news comes to our Leadership Series

by Diana Louise Carter | Thursday, May 11, 2017 | Greentopia, Leadership Series

The voice of environmental news comes to our Leadership Series

You probably know that mellifluous voice, the one that makes it seem that no matter how grim things are for the environment, there’s still hope. Steve Curwood, host and executive producer of Public Radio International’s Living on Earth show brings his voice to Rochester Tuesday, May 16, for...

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Step aside Netflix series. Green Visions has “14 Stories.”

by Diana Louise Carter | Monday, March 6, 2017 | Green Visions, Greentopia

Step aside Netflix series. Green Visions has “14 Stories.”

Trigger warning: you can’t watch Greentopia’s “14 Stories” without your heart being touched. This binge-worthy series of short films, posted on our website, profiles the young people who worked in the Green Visions program in 2016. There’s the young mother who didn’t know what it was like to hang...

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Start your day with ideas for a greener city

by Diana Louise Carter | Wednesday, February 8, 2017 | EcoDistrict, Greentopia

Start your day with ideas for a greener city

SEATING IS LIMITED, so RSVP to reserve your seat today! Greentopia is bringing to town an international consultant who works with cities on becoming more green – from reducing greenhouse gases to avoiding transportation logjams. Shannon Bouton, chief operating officer in Detroit for the Shannon...

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