{"id":12353,"date":"2016-04-30T22:50:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T02:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=12353"},"modified":"2016-04-30T22:50:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T02:50:51","slug":"roclinks-43016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2016\/04\/roclinks-43016\/","title":{"rendered":"RocLinks 4\/30\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"High Speed Rail for Rochester [PHOTO: Laura Wilder]\" rel=\"lightbox-roclinks20163004\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF0191.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom:6px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF0191.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"High Speed Rail for Rochester [PHOTO: Laura Wilder]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small><i>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2009\/01\/contributors\/#about-matthew-denker\">Matthew Denker<\/a><\/i><\/small><\/p>\n<p>From local development to just plain news of the weird, here are your RocLinks for this past week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Public Market(ing)!<\/h3>\n<p>Coming over the next 8 months, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/local\/communities\/2016\/04\/29\/renovation-begins-rochesters-public-market\/83698286\/\" target=\"_blank\">a rather spectacular renovation<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> to the public market kicked off this week. 13,000 square feet of new indoor space and room for 48 more vendors outdoors should be great.<\/p>\n<h3>Local Drinks<\/h3>\n<p>Black Button Distilling has apparently been working on eating my dreams. With the announcement of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbj.net\/article.asp?aID=227179\" target=\"_new\">lilac gin <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> it&#8217;s the only plausible conclusion. I hope I&#8217;m able to get some.<\/p>\n<h3>Let&#8217;s Go Fly a Kite<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for something fun to do tomorrow, allow me to offer up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofrochester.gov\/article.aspx?id=8589968548\" target=\"_new\">the kite celebration<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> at Ontario Beach. It sounds a little breezy, but is sure to be fun.<\/p>\n<h3>Upstate Dreaming<\/h3>\n<p>And finally,  <a href=\"http:\/\/wxxinews.org\/post\/high-speed-rail-proposed-between-rochester-buffalo\" target=\"_new\">high speed rail for Rochester. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> What else is there to say? It&#8217;d be great, but I&#8217;d be surprised to see it happen.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin:20px 0px 20px 0px\">\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/div>\n<p>As always, use the comments below as open discussion for anything in these links \u2013 or let us know if there\u2019s a topic you\u2019d like to see us hit more aggressively in future RocLinks. 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