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Connections: Why a Silicon Valley company chose to move to Rochester

A west coast company was looking to expand, and narrowed their list of cities down to Dallas, Portland, Pittsburgh, Toronto, and... Rochester. Ultimately, they chose Rochester.

We examine the process this company used to make their decision; they found that top-sized cities were generally very expensive, and Rochester offered some advantages that other cities didn't have. Our guests:

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.