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Connections

After the BID: What's next?

Three men sit at a table in a radio talk studio: A man front left has short brown hair and a beard and is wearing a dark sweater and light-colored pants; a man back left has short grey hair and a mustache and is wearing a white shirt with a tie; a man back right has short dark hair and a beard and is wearing dark glasses and a light-colored shirt.
Evan Dawson
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WXXI News
(foreground) Mitch Gruber, (background) Richard Rosen, and Rory Van Grol on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, April 19, 2024

Downtown Rochester is not getting a Business Improvement District (BID)…for now, at least.

Mayor Malik Evans says he would have liked to have seen one, but there was too much disagreement. We talk about how various parties see the possibility of a different kind of BID in the future.

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.