I hesitate to use the word “plan” to describe anything which defines the Renaissance Square “project.” Plans do change, its true. But when every six months brings an entirely new concept to your “plans,” well then, they’re not plans. They’re just crap.

Rochester’s RenSquare gets a new look | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle

A revised design concept and new facades for Renaissance SquareRenaissance Square were unveiled Thursday during a public workshop that drew a modest crowd.

They dangle new union jobs in front of us, but so far, the only people making money are the “planning” peeps.

The Rochester Business Journal and 13WHAM both have articles up covering a press conference wherein the Main and Clinton Development Corporation trotted out a few local business owners to say they supported the Renn Square project. But I can’t help noticing that in two articles by two separate media outlets, only three businesses are identified, and then not by name. “A dry cleaner, a convenience shop and a new deli” is the extent of the support identified.

I don’t discount the value of these businesses downtown, but I hardly think this represents a groundswell of grassroots support for the project. To be charitable, perhaps we’re missing some information in the reporting?

Score one for New York State underfunding Rochester!  For once, it’s a good thing, as WHAM13 reports that the money for the Ren Square project have disappeared from the state budget.  Hopefully, we can soon stick a fork in this gravy-train atrocity and move on with more important work.  Seriously, people, lets get a grant to put more cops on the street and end the over-stretched Zero Tolerance program, while we’re at it.

The RenSquare project just keeps getting better and better.  Why mess with all those theaters when you could have just one, really small, extra-special one?  Why, it’s so special, it’s only 2800 seats and would incur an annual debt!