Wakefield Street woman feels 'blindsided' by city after zoning change leads to apartment complex that will 'ruin neighborhood'

Sep 13, 2026 at 09:13 am


Harrison Thorp ROCHESTER – When Marilyn Johnson Foster left Wednesday’s Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting she felt like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders; the ZBA had just denied a variance that would have allowed Community Action Partnership to build a four-story L-shaped building that would have housed 35 residential units for the elderly. “Yes, I was very happy,” she said on Friday, “That is, until we found out from Seth (Rochester Planning Director...

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