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Thursday, Dec 05

Featured Stories

Photo of the 2023 Liberty Pole Lighting.

Join us Saturday for Liberty Pole Lighting & Parade to Roc Holiday Village
Web graphic for Holidays at the Market 2024

Join us this season for Holidays at the Market!

A Rochester holiday tradition for over 25 years, Holidays at the Market features dozens of holiday-focused vendors selling fresh-cut trees and wreaths, decorations, specialty foods and beverage products, hand-crafted items, seasonal treats, and much more! 
A photo of a completed Buy the Block house.

Buy the Block: Strengthening neighborhoods

Buy The Block builds new single-family, high-quality homes in under-invested areas of the city. 
Web graphic for DRHS winter recess 2024.

R-Centers to operate during daytime hours for two-week school holiday recess

R-Centers will shift to daytime hours when schools are closed during this year’s two-week holiday recess.

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Community Videos

Upcoming

Dec
05
December 05
2:00 p.m.

Walk-In English Language Help for Adults
Dec
05
December 05
4:00 p.m.

Youth Employment Services: Skilled Trades Panel
Dec
05
December 05
4:30 p.m.

Much Ado About Yarn
Dec
05
December 05
6:00 p.m.

Public Meeting For Roc The Riverway
Photo of kids cheering at a summer camp in Rochester.
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Dec
05
December 05
3 - 5:30 p.m.

Examining Board of Plumbers - Special Meeting

Monthly Examining Board of Plumbers public meeting.

Rochester Water Bureau Water Bureau 10 Felix St Rochester, NY 14608 United States
Examining Board of Plumbers
Dec
05
December 05
4 - 6 p.m.

City Council Committee Meetings - Day 2

Meetings of the Budget, Finance, and Governance and Public Safety Committees.

City Council Chambers Room 302-A 30 Church Street Rochester, NY 14614 United States
City Council
Dec
05
December 05
6 - 7:30 p.m.

ROC City Skate Park Phase 2 and 3 / ROC the Riverway / Public Meeting

ROC CITY SKATE PARK PHASES 2 & 3

SEE THE PROPOSED FINAL DESIGN & SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK!

Thursday, December 5, 2024 from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Please join the design team for a meeting to review the proposed final design for Phase 2 and to discuss Phase 3 of skatepark development! The meeting will be held at the Adams Street R-Center located at 85 Adams Street. A virtual option is also...

Adams Street R-Center Location 85 Adams Street Rochester, NY 14608 United States
Bureau of Architecture and Engineering
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Meet the Mayor

Formal headshot of Mayor Malik Evans

Mayor Malik D. Evans

Malik D. Evans is the 71st Mayor of Rochester. As the leader of the City’s executive branch, Mayor Evans is committed to promoting positive, systemic and structural change by providing transparent and collaborative leadership, offering equitable access to essential municipal services, enabling productive intergovernmental, private, and non-profit partnerships, and promoting increased quality of life through investments that create vibrant neighborhoods and employment opportunities, making Rochester a hope-filled city with an exciting future. He was inaugurated on Jan. 1, 2022.

About the Mayor

City Council

Meet Your Councilmembers

City Council is comprised of five at-large members who represent the entire city and four district members who are the voice for the South, Northwest, East, and Northeast sections of the city.  All Councilmembers serve a four year term in office. 

About City Council

City Council Chambers
By the Numbers

Rochester is Growing

88
Parks
209,352
City Residents
400+
Events Per Year
589,973
Regional Employees

Data courtesy: U.S. Census, NYS DOL, and City of Rochester