New York State On Farm Farmworker Housing
In January, PathStone’s Farmworker Housing Developer in New York, Emily Hamilton, started researching the need for on farm farmworker housing rehabilitation in Niagara, Orleans, and Wayne Counties. These three counties along the shores of Lake Ontario have many apple orchards, and according to the USDA, approximately 9000 farmworkers are [...]

The Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) program in PathStone’s Child and Family Development Services (CFDS) serves as an advocate and a voice for migrant and seasonal farmworker families.  The plight of migrant farmworkers is one of back-breaking work in less than optimum conditions - unbearable heat, working sun-up to sun-down, bending over 10-12 hours [...]

On February 21st, 2012, Enterprise Community Partners hosted a housing design charrette for the Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO) in Puerto Rico. Enterprise selected four organizations with projects in schematic design phase to participate as part of the design charrette. PathStone was chosen as one of the participating organizations, to look at the design of [...]

ROCHESTER, NY (February 28, 2012)- Chief Sheppard is pleased to announce the Youth Law Enforcement Career Fair being held at Dr. Freddie Thomas High School on Saturday March 3rd, from 1pm to 3pm. 

The event is being hosted by The Rochester Police Department, members of Chief Sheppard’s Police and Citizens Interaction Committee (PCIC) and PathStone. It [...]

Homebuyer Clubs Show How Affordable Mortgages and Counseling Can Work
Rochester, NY (February 23, 2012)  - PathStone Corporation, a member of the national NeighborWorks network, today joined with many of its NeighborWorks network colleagues to commemorate 25 years of successful homeownership through homebuyer clubs and homebuyer education. PathStone is spreading the word about the consumer benefits of [...]

By Will Astor
Originally published on February 17, 2012 in the Rochester Business Journal.
PathStone Corp. has expanded its holding in the Prince Street and East Avenue area with the purchase of 15 Prince St.
The office building of roughly 10,000 square feet was part of a $1.5 million, two-building package acquired in October by Rochester Historic Structures [...]

In February 2010, PathStone was one of 38 agencies nationwide to be awarded a federal Pathways Out of Poverty grant to train Americans for green jobs. The US Department of Labor awarded PathStone a grant to recruit, train and place eligible participants in green jobs in Rochester, NY, Scranton, PA and Puerto Rico.  PathStone’s project, [...]

School receives important financing and assitance through the PathStone Enterprise Center, Inc.
ROCHESTER, NY (January 26, 2012) — 120 eager students showed up to the first day of classes last fall for the opening of Discovery Charter School in Rochester, NY.
The idea for the school started in 2009, when a group of concerned individuals identified [...]

First Resident-owned Manufactured Home Park in Erie County
MARILLA, NY (January 6, 2012) - Homeowners in a Marilla manufactured home park face a more certain future after purchasing their community on December 29, 2011. The resident purchase of Bush Gardens Manufactured Home Park creates the first ever resident-owned manufactured home park in Erie County.
The 154 site park [...]

Published in the Sullivan County Democrat on January 17, 2012
By Eli Goldfarb
MONTICELLO, NY (January 17, 2012)- Late last year, the Literacy Volunteers of Sullivan County held a training class for those who want to help tutor illiterate adults. The culmination was a graduation party for the 12 people taking the course.  It was held at [...]