Organizations Filed Purposes:
Drive economic vitality in Downtown Rochester through innovation and collaboration.
BUSINESS EVENTS: Held eight events focusing on the local economy and downtown development, in addition to our Annual Meeting and Restaurant Week events. Average attendance is estimated between 125 and 375 attendees at our business events, and 21 restaurants participated in Restaurant Week, where one restaurant alone reported 1,000 new customers during restaurant week.
MARKET TRACKING REPORTS: Reports include the annual Survey of Downtown Office Space and the Downtown Housing Market Report, and the frequently updated Strategic Development table totaling all projects in downtown's development pipeline. These reports are used by RDDC members, real estate developers, lenders, appraisers, potential downtown tenants, government, media, and commercial and residential brokers.This program is primarily supported by contributions.
CREATE THE COMMISSARY: This multi-year project involved raising $2.2 million to build a food business incubator and shared kitchen in downtown Rochester. It involved site selection, lease negotiation, fundraising, holding a workshop series for food entrepreneurs, selecting contractors to construct the project, and working with potential food truck operators, restaurateurs, caterers, bakers, home-based businesses looking to legalize, and food manufacturing and production startups. Under construction as of the end of 2019. When fully operational, it will yield an annual management fee of $40,000.This program is primarily supported by contributions.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Heidi Zimmer-Meyer | President | 40 | $99,000 |
| Dawn Williams-Fuller | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Webster | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Naomi Silver | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin Ryan | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jim Redmond | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Pietropaoli | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Art Papier | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Richard Mueller | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Stuart Mitchell | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Landers | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Kremp | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Ben Keller | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Kate Karl | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Bob Healy | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Ken Hall | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Francis Gorman Iii | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Andy Gallina | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Rich Finley | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Patrick Dutton | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jim Doser | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Keith Cleary | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Craig Burton | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Scott Burdett | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| David Beinetti | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Pete Giovenco | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Brie Harrison | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Christine Vargas | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Victoria Van Voorhis | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Patrick Tobin | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Joe Rizzo | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Roosevelt Mareus | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Chris Mannelli | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Chris Hill | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Bret Garwood | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Flanagan | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Dubnik | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Tim Corcoran | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Jim Brown | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Deborah Stendardi | Past Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Joel Frater | Chair | 1 | $0 |
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