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Coverage of Groundbreaking Event in News Media and Social Media


Nearly 100 people celebrated with MCC President Anne M. Kress at a ceremonial groundbreaking on Tuesday, Oct. 20, to mark the start of construction on MCC’s Downtown Campus at 321 State St. Attendees at the event included state and county officials, High Falls neighbors, Rochester business leaders, and MCC student leaders, faculty and staff.

“This is a facility that began with the spirit of innovation: George Eastman contributed incredibly to this region as a philanthropist with a deep belief that education was transformative, that community and its partners should commit themselves to the vitality of this region going forward. Everything that you will see at MCC’s new downtown campus brings that belief into the future,” said President Kress, who joined Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks and Deputy Mayor Len Redon in delivering remarks. “We are honored to be partnered with the legacy of Eastman Kodak and to be able to help our students create the innovative spirit, dreams and ideas that will move the entire region forward.”

Redon represented Mayor Lovely Warren, who was out of town on business.

Several local news media outlets covered the event:

The Daily Record:
https://nydailyrecord.com/blog/2015/10/20/ceremony-marks-start-of-second-phase-of-mcc-construction/

Democrat and Chronicle:
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/local/2015/10/20/renovation-begins-mcc-downtown/74238026/

WXXI News:
https://wxxinews.org/post/next-construction-phase-launched-new-mcc-campus

WHEC-TV (Channel 10):
https://www.whec.com/news/stories/S3941121.shtml?cat=565

WROC-TV (Channel 8):
https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/local-news/construction-is-officially-underway-at-new-mcc-downtown-campus

WHAM-TV (Channel 13):
https://13wham.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/mcc-construction-begins-tuesday-26982.shtml

Jeremy Case at MCC's Instructional Technologies captured the special occasion with his camera. A selection of his photos is posted on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154318456753135.1073741872.187929698134&type=3.

More photos can be found in the shared drive: M:\Offices\Shared\PhotoTrans\NDC Groundbreaking

Hency Yuen-Eng
Marketing and Community Relations
10/22/2015