ROCHESTER, N.Y. — State environmental officials this week reached a deal with the company responsible for contamination of a piece of prime real estate in Rochester that’s finally being cleaned up. The old oil refinery is one of hundreds of brownfield sites across New York that are being transformed.
Just south of downtown Rochester, there is a second-hand store with a purpose.
“There’s a lot of stuff here,” laughed Mary DePrez, manager of Rochester Greenovation. “Our main mission is to keep usable items out of the landfill and help the community with good prices.”…