Incubators, Startup Accelerators, and Offices

Finger Lakes Business Accelerator Cooperative
The Finger Lakes Business Accelerator Cooperative seeks to increase collaboration among all local entrepreneurial support organizations, and make it easier for local startups to find the right resources to help them grow their companies.

Lennox Tech Enterprise Center NextCorps' Lennox Tech Enterprise Center provides expertise, facilities and connections for emerging technology ventures. Explore our site to discover how you may take advantage as a tenant of the high tech incubator, as an Affiliate, or other opportunities to integrate into the Rochester technology community.

Venture Creations - (RIT Incubator)
Venture Creations has been established to: Promote and foster entrepreneurship among RIT students, faculty, staff, and friends of the Institute; initiate and support promising new high technology business opportunities that are related to RIT and advance economic development in the region; produce long-term economic benefit to the Institute and the region through incubator operations, job creation, equity in new businesses, and enhanced relationships with new business founders.

Rochester Technology Park
Rochester Technology Park is the premier Upstate New York, 500-acre, 5,000,000-square-foot office, industrial, research and manufacturing campus located within Rochester, New York's hot "Technology Corridor," consisting of a total of more than 7,000,000 square feet.

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Rochester ranks 2nd among large US metros for volunteer hours per resident. (source: Corporation for National & Community Service, 2018) more

Rochester, NY is the 17th most “arts vibrant” place in the country, according to the National Center for Arts Research annual Arts Vibrancy Index. (July 2018) more

According to U.S. News & World Report, Rochester is the 13th Best Place to Live in the U.S. for Quality of Life. Short commutes and high-quality education were key factors. (2018) more

Rochester, NY is recognized as one of the 25 most innovative cities in America as measured by 24/7 Wall St. (2018) more

The Finger Lakes was voted the nation's top wine region in America by USA Today readers in a national poll (August 2018) more

At $146,000, the median home sales price is 54% more affordable than the national average. Approximately 81% of area homes are affordable for our region's median income. NAHB Housing Opportunity Index (Q3 2018) more

In U.S. News and World Report's 2018 evaluation of more than 20,000 public high schools, 6 schools in the Greater Rochester, N.Y. region are among the top 3 percent. more

U.S. News gives Rochester high marks for comforts more

Strong Memorial Hospital, consistently recognized in U.S. News and Reports as "One of America's Best Hospitals in the Nation," is widely known for its cardiac care. It operates the only heart transplant program in Western New York more

Recent map from Popular Science article shows Rochester, NY is a low risk for natural disasters (August 2014) more

Rochester is ranked #1 in the U.S. for patents issued per 1000 workers (source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, April 2015) more

Moody’s Analytics ranks Rochester as the 4th most ideal location for Amazon HQ2, We're the right place for any high tech company that is looking for top-tier talent at competitive wages and an exceptional quality of life. (October 2017) more

Wine Enthusiast notes that New York State produces "the most exciting red wines in the United States," specifically identifying the Finger Lakes' Cabernet Francs and Pinot Noirs. (2017) more

Rochester, NY was named one of the Top 10 Best Golf Cities in America. (source: Golf.com) more

Scientific Reports named Rochester 18th among "The World's Leading Science Cities." (May 2013) more

Rochester's health care costs are among the lowest in the country. Commercial insurance costs are 30% below the national average. more

USA Today ranked The Strong as the #3 “Best Museum for Families” in the country more

Greater Rochester, NY is among the top 10 U.S. cities where Millennials are buying homes (Lending Tree, January 2019) more

Yahoo Travel ranks Finger Lakes Region Among Top 10 "Lakeside Vacations that Have it All" more

Greater Rochester ranks 13th among metropolitan regions for the number of patents issued per million residents. (Brookings Institute report "Patenting Prosperity: Invention and Economic Performance in the United States and its Metropolitan Areas" 2013) more

Rochester Institute of Technology is one of the top schools in the world to study game design and launch games. (The Princeton Review, 2017) more

7% of the world's fresh water supply is right here in the Greater Rochester, NY Region. And water rates well below the national average. more

Moody's Analytics ranks Rochester, NY among top cities ideal for Apple's 4th U.S. campus due to our region's educated workforce and public transit. (Bloomberg March 2018) more

Rochester's health care costs are the 4th lowest in the nation (Institute of Medicine, 2015) more

Greater Rochester, NY is the 15th most "digitalized economy" in the U.S. (Brookings Institution, 2017) more

Rochester, NY is the second least stressed out city according to CNN/Money. (July 2014) more

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