👋 Good morning, Rochester! Welcome to The Rochester Networker, the local newsletter serving 12,765 professionals in the Greater Rochester business community.

In today’s issue:

👍 Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Named a Rochester Metro Area Top Workplaces 2026 Award Winner

👀 Proposed bill would allow New Yorkers to buy into state health insurance plan

💵 Minimum wages not cutting it for many New Yorkers

📈 Rochester organizations that need Liability Broker Service, Event Collateral Printing, Business Consulting Services, and more

❤️ Monroe and Genesee counties get share of $23M, area hospitals to receive $3.4 million in state funds, and more

💼 Discover top jobs and talent around Rochester, NY

📅 Register for Rochester networking events

👨‍💻 And more …

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🍇 GRAPEVINE
Business Buzz

A look inside the Greater Rochester business community

• Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Named a Rochester Metro Area Top Workplaces 2026 Award Winner by the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Read)

• Proposed bill would allow New Yorkers to buy into state health insurance plan (Read)

• Minimum wages not cutting it for many New Yorkers (Read)

• May Day march brings labor demands to downtown Rochester (Read)

• Long-term care providers seek $50M fix to New York funding formula (Read)

• Fairport brewery owner warns village is growing ‘beyond sustainability,’ (Read)

• $29.9M project on I-90 in Ontario County; lane closures expected (Read)

• Businesses along Lake Ontario prepare as water levels near flood stage, recall 2017 impact (Read)

• What’s In Store? El Camino Cafe opens in Rochester’s Northeast Quadrant (Read)

• Sentencing delayed in check-kiting scheme as Pittsford woman cooperates with investigators (Read)

📈 PIPELINE
Sales & Marketing

Sales leads for Rochester professionals

❤️ BOOSTS
Resources & Support

Connect with tech, capital, and innovation in Rochester, NY

💼 CAREERS
Hiring & Talent

Discover top jobs and talent around Rochester, NY

📅 EVENTS
Business & Networking

Where Rochester professionals go to learn, connect, and grow

💻 5/20 FEATURED: ROCHESTER NETWORKING EVENT (Register)

🤝 5/6 High Speed High Energy Global Business Networking (Register)

🤝 5/13 RCT Business Guild Breakfast (Register)

🤝 5/13 Real Estate and Business Networking | Elevating Your Potential - Rochester (Register)

🤝 5/14 Business Made Social Bonnie & Clyde (Register)

🤝 5/15 Business After Hours Networking: "Tea & Tap" with The Refinement Studio LLC (Register)

🤝 5/16 5th Annual Youth Job & Resource Fair (Sat. May 16th)- Business Registration (Register)

🤝 5/19 After Hours Networking at the Summit Federal Credit Union (Register)

🤝 6/5 Business Before Hours Networking at Lamar Advertising Company of Rochester (Register)

🤝 6/5 Willow Ridge Senior Living at Crimson Ridge Hosts July Second Friday Networking (Register)

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🛜 TECH

The $60B Anime & Manga Boom is Finally Open to Investors

When people hear anime & manga, they think of cartoons and comics. But nowadays, they should be thinking of dollar signs.

The global anime and manga market’s worth $37B, projected to hit $60B by 2030. Which makes TOKYOPOP’s first investment opportunity for outside investors all the more exciting.

TOKYOPOP helped bring anime and manga to the West nearly 30 years ago. Fast forward to today, they’re generating $15M in annual revenue, have 100+ IPs in their portfolio, and distribution across 50+ countries.

They’ve got licensing rights to IP for Disney, Nintendo, Warner Bros., and more, and distribution locked down through Penguin, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and beyond. Now, they’re on a mission to find and scale the next breakout anime franchise.

For decades, this investment wasn’t available. Not anymore. Get 5% in guaranteed TOKYOPOP investor bonus stock by May 6 as they scale toward $50M in targeted 2030 revenue.

Invest in TOKYOPOP Today

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