The golden age is over.
For decades, the local economy was driven by three big companies whose gargantuan manufacturing facilities employed generations of Rochesterians, making products we were proud to send across the world.
Now that we’re no longer cranking out rolls of 35mm film by the truckload or building a photocopier for every office in the developed world, some folks think it’s over, that Rochester is no longer a major player in the business world. They say our fortunes are sinking, bound to get even worse due to the downsizing of those cornerstone employers.
