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Empire State Development (ESD) announces a groundbreaking will take place later this afternoon for one of the most technologically advanced housing developments in the northeastern United States. The Lake Tunnel Solar Village project in the City of Geneva, is one of the 12 projects supported byGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo’stransformative Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI). Geneva was the Round I winner of the $10 million competition. $1.25 million has been committed to the project. Lake Tunnel Solar Village is a green infill residential development that will also serve as a demonstration project for a new product called the LifeWall, which harnesses solar power. The energy efficient modular units, which will make up the village, will also be manufactured on Forge Avenue in Geneva. The 24 condominiums and 8 townhomes will be transported from the factory to the lakefront site, and will exclusively use solar electric and heat pump technology. Developers Lake Tunnel Solar Village, LLC, led by Marita and Tracey Wallace, expect that the first occupants will be able to move into available units by the end of the year…

Accelerating Finger Lakes Forward

Today’s announcement complements “Finger Lakes Forward,” the region’s comprehensive blueprint to generate robust economic growth and community development. The State has already invested more than $5.2 billion in the region since 2012 to lay the groundwork for the plan – investing in key industries including photonics, agriculture and food production, and advanced manufacturing. Today, unemployment is down to the lowest levels since before the Great Recession; personal and corporate income taxes are down; and businesses are choosing places like Rochester, Batavia and Canandaigua as a destination to grow and invest in.

Now, the region is accelerating Finger Lakes Forward with a$500 million State investmentthrough the Upstate Revitalization Initiative, announced by Governor Cuomo in December 2015. The State’s $500 million investment willincentivize private business to invest well over $2.5 billion– and the region’s plan, as submitted, projects up to 8,200 new jobs. More information is available here. (https://esd.ny.gov/finger-lakes-forward-uri)

https://esd.ny.gov/esd-media-center/press-releases/lake-tunnel-solar-village-geneva

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Charles Davenport Champlin and some of his friends opened the first winery near Keuka Lake in 1860, after they recognized that the soil and climate conditions were similar to those in the Champagne region of France. Theycarved impressive wine cellarsout of a hillside overlooking Pleasant Valley. They resemble thechampagne cavesin Reims, France, to this day.

Two notedFrenchwinemakers were brought in to oversee the winemaking operations. Not to be outdone, theU.S. Post Office was persuaded to open a branch at the wineryin 1870 with the postmark “Rheims, N.Y.” (Note the addition of an “h” to the French spelling.) It was used until about 1945 when rural delivery started.

Champlin’s portrait still hangs in the dark, wood-paneled, Gothic-style boardroom where family patriarch Michael Doyle and his son Patrick talked to me recently. Patrick heads up sales and marketing, and another son, Matthew, manages Pleasant Valley’s extensive vineyard operations.

Doyle’s involvement goes back decades as general counsel for the Taylor Wine Company. His determination to keep the lights on prevented the winery from being broken up and the assets sold off to resolve bank issues. “We would never have been able to put Humpty Dumpty back together again if that happened,” Mike says. “I didn’t want to see the place go away forever.”

https://www.lifeinthefingerlakes.com/sparkling-history-great-western-winery/

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