{"id":9237,"date":"2009-01-01T12:01:07","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T17:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=9237"},"modified":"2017-05-06T23:33:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T03:33:50","slug":"contributors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2009\/01\/contributors\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RochesterSubway.com has been digging up stories from Rochester\u2019s past and uncovering new ideas that will undoubtedly shape our community\u2019s future. The following individuals are active contributors to the site but ANYONE\u2014including YOU\u2014may contribute a story (or a rant) at any time as long as it has something to do with Rochester, NY. Submit your story by emailing <a href=\"mailto:info@rochestersubway.com\">info@rochestersubway.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center; margin:20px 0px -20px 0px;\">\u2022 \u2022\u00a0\u2022<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"about-mike-governale\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Mike Governale<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Mike Governale\" rel=\"lightbox-contributors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochestersubway-contributor-mike-governale.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0px 6px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochestersubway-contributor-mike-governale.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Mike Governale\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/a>Mike Governale is an Interactive Art Director at a Rochester-based ad agency. After a design project led him to create a popular artistic map of Rochester&#8217;s abandoned subway system, he established <a href=\"http:\/\/RochesterSubway.com\/\" target=\"_new\">RochesterSubway.com <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> and began digging deeper into Rochester&#8217;s past. Mike considers public transit central to civic progress and, in 2010, he co-founded <a href=\"http:\/\/ReconnectRochester.org\/\" target=\"_new\">Reconnect Rochester <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>, a 501(c)3 organization working to build a more balanced transportation network. Mike relocated to Rochester from Long Island in 1995 to study Illustration and Graphic Design at Rochester Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:mike@rochestersubway.com\">mike@rochestersubway.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center; margin:20px 0px -20px 0px;\">\u2022 \u2022\u00a0\u2022<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"about-matthew-denker\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Matthew Denker<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Matt Denker\" rel=\"lightbox-contributors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochestersubway-contributor-matt-denker.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0px 6px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochestersubway-contributor-matt-denker.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Matt Denker\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/a>Matthew Denker is a real estate developer in Rochester, NY. He has a deep interest in new urbanism, walkability, mass transit, and land use. He is currently the President of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.innerloopcountryclub.com\/\">Inner Loop Country Club<\/a>. Going forward he hopes to combine all of those things to make Rochester a city competitive not only with other small, successful cities, such as Portland and Minneapolis, but even better by leveraging its easy access to the world-class cities of Toronto and New York. His ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/tag\/filling-in\/\">Filling-in<\/a> series aims to spark the imaginations of those willing to take a chance and invest in Rochester. He also writes the blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.37eaglest.com\/\">37 Eagle Street<\/a> about the house he and his wife are currently building in Corn Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:matt@rochestersubway.com\">matt@rochestersubway.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center; margin:20px 0px -20px 0px;\">\u2022 \u2022\u00a0\u2022<\/div>\n<p><!--\n<a name=\"about-steve-vogt\"><\/a>\n\n<h3>Steve Vogt<\/h3>\n\n<a title=\"Steve Vogt\" rel=\"lightbox-contributors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochestersubway-contributor-steve-vogt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0px 6px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochestersubway-contributor-steve-vogt.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Steve Vogt\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/a>Steve Vogt is a native Rochesterian who has been involved in a myriad of community organizations since 2002. His most prominent community role was serving as <a href=\"http:\/\/r-y-p.org\/\" target=\"_new\">Rochester Young Professionals <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> President from August 2010 to August 2013, where he made sweeping changes to the organization to encourage increased membership and collaboration among local media outlets and businesses. Steve attended the University at Buffalo and received a dual Bachelors degree in Business and Communication. Steve is deeply vested in the community and is a proponent for all things Rochester. He loves golf, tennis, disc golf, traveling the world, eating out at restaurants all over town, grabbing a microbrew beer with friends, talking about cars, or watching Sportscenter. If you see Steve at a bar or a event around town, make sure to say hi! And make sure to catch all of his posts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/tag\/steve-vogt\/\">right here<\/a>.\n\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:steve@rochestersubway.com\">steve@rochestersubway.com<\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:center; margin:20px 0px -20px 0px;\">\u2022 \u2022\u00a0\u2022<\/div>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"about-clarke-conde\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Clarke Cond\u00e9<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Clarke Cond\u00e9\" rel=\"lightbox-contributors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochestersubway-contributor-clarke-conde.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0px 6px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochestersubway-contributor-clarke-conde.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Clarke Cond\u00e9\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/a>Clarke Cond\u00e9 is a photographer, political consultant and Rochester native, though not always in that order. He has a bachelor\u2019s degree in Cultural Geography, has served as the Director of the Rochester Building Trades and likes his hometown more than is probably good for him.  His latest book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Work-Rochester-Views-Local-Economy\/dp\/1478254513\" target=\"_new\">Work in Rochester <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> is available at Amazon. You can see more of his photographic work at <a href=\"http:\/\/Condephotography.com\/\" target=\"_new\">Condephotography.com <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> and flip through all of his RocSubway posts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/tag\/clarke-conde\/\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:clarke@rochestersubway.com\">clarke@rochestersubway.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center; margin:20px 0px 0px 0px;\">\u2022 \u2022\u00a0\u2022<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"about-joanne-brokaw\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Joanne Brokaw<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Joanne Brokaw\" rel=\"lightbox-contributors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochestersubway-contributor-joanne-brokaw.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0px 6px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochestersubway-contributor-joanne-brokaw.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Joanne Brokaw\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/a>Award winning writer, blogger and humor columnist Joanne Brokaw lives on Rochester&#8217;s east side with two dogs, a cat, six chickens and one very patient husband. She loves to spend time in area cemeteries and is fascinated with Rochester history, especially the stories of Rochester&#8217;s forgotten residents, from innovators and adventurers to madams and murder victims. She&#8217;s the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Dog-Said-Joanne-Brokaw\/dp\/061591764X\" target=\"_new\">What The Dog Said <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>, a collection of humor columns. She&#8217;s currently working on her second book, focused on people buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery. You can learn more about her at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joannebrokaw.com\/\" target=\"_new\">JoanneBrokaw.com <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> and flip through all of her RocSubway posts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/tag\/joanne-brokaw\/\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:joanne@rochestersubway.com\">joanne@rochestersubway.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center; margin:20px 0px 0px 0px;\">\u2022 \u2022\u00a0\u2022<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"about-snoop-junkie\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Snoop Junkie<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Snoop Junkie\" rel=\"lightbox-contributors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochestersubway-contributor-snoop-junkie.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0px 6px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochestersubway-contributor-snoop-junkie.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Snoop Junkie\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSnoop Junkie\u201d is the alias for the preferably anonymous founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ROCUSX\" target=\"_new\">Rochester Urban Exploration Squad <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>. Exploring the neglected and not commonly seen components of the man-made environment, combined with an interest in the history and architecture of Rochester, is a hobby passed down from Snoop Junkie&#8217;s father since probing our city\u2019s subway tunnels as a child many years ago. Aside from the \u201curbex\u201d grind, Snoop Junkie is a veteran of the United States Air Force serving as a Civil Engineering Assistant out in the Mid-West. Upon returning to Rochester after service, Snoop Junkie spent some years in the architectural field, then eventually ended up and continues to work in the telecommunications industry. Family, pizza, sports and an occasional Victory Dirt Wolf IPA sums up the rest of this story \ud83d\ude09  See all of Snoop Junkie&#8217;s posts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/tag\/snoop-junkie\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"snoopjunkie@rochestersubway.com\">snoopjunkie@rochestersubway.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center; margin:20px 0px 0px 0px;\">\u2022 \u2022\u00a0\u2022<\/div>\n<p>All views expressed on this website belong solely to the writer and are independent of any outside affiliations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/rochester_subway_history.php\">About RochesterSubway.com<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/follow_rochester_subway.php\">Follow Us<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:info@rochestersubway.com\">Submit a Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RochesterSubway.com has been digging up stories from Rochester\u2019s past and uncovering new ideas that will undoubtedly shape our community\u2019s future. 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