RYP Events Update (9/1/10)

[RYP Events]

Next week, on Wednesday, be sure to join RYP for our social at the premier health and fitness club, Midtown Athletic Club. The mingling will be in the outdoor pool and entertainment lounge area of the club and will include complimentary appetizers.

Last week's RYP Foodlink volunteers were featured in the D&C. You can read the article at <http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100829/BUSINESS/8290343/Rochester-Young-Professionals-volunteer--too>. If you are interested in learning more about RYP’s volunteer opportunities email Teresa at ter...@newkenmore.com.

Congratulations to the Rochester Public Market for being voted America’s Favorite Farmers Market!

Be sure to follow RYP on Facebook and Twitter (@R_Y_P)!

RYP Membership Deals

Geva Theater has offered discounted tickets the production to the upcoming production of Sylvia, a production which benefits Lollypop Farm. The RYP rate is $15 per person. To purchase your ticket, email Colleen Brown at <cbr...@gevatheater.org> and be sure to mention you are a RYP member. You can learn more about the show at <http://www.gevatheatrecenter.org/plays/sylvia.php>.

Mercury Opera is offering RYP members a 30% discount to their Gala at Geva on Monday, September 13. Tickets are $25 exclusively for our members. A Grand Night Out, promises to be a special performance, as well as an opportunity to bid on (and win!) some very exciting and unique auction items, and to socialize with food and drink. To purchase a discounted ticket, go to <https://tickets.gevatheatre.org/TheatreManager/1/login&event=552> and enter the “YP” code after tickets are selected. To learn more about this exciting event, go to <http://www.mercuryoperarochester.org/>.

The Black Friars Theater is offering RYP members exclusive $10 discounts to the shows Rounding Third and Debbie Does Dallas. At checkout enter the discount code 'rypatbf' (Rochester Young Professionals at Blackfriars). You can purchase tickets at <http://www.blackfriars.org/>.

Writers and Books is having a contest for an iPad that they would like to promote to RYP members. The drawing will be Sept. 25th. To learn more about Writers and Books and to purchase a $10 ticket, go to <http://wab.org/>. Proceeds from this contest benefit Writers and Books, which provides summerwrite youth camp scholarships to low-income children.

RYP Announcement

A local developer is proposing a "Master Planned Residential and Retail Development" in the City of Rochester targeted to young professionals and will begin its formal research early in September.  The developer is interested in learning the type of housing, number of bedrooms and baths, and price range younger buyers are looking for as well as the type of product and area amenities these buyers favor.

City revitalization does not happen without a mix of healthy retail that supports and compliments the needs and wants of it's neighborhood residents and the opportunity for people to buy rather than rent. The developer is planning to build condos that appeal to a younger audience providing a new trend in housing design and urban development.

The developer is looking for younger buyers between 25 and 40 years old to survey. Please watch the weekly update in the coming weeks for this important survey that could really make a difference in our city!