To mark its tenth anniversary, the Weaving and Fiber Arts Center is moving from its location in the Village Gate in downtown Rochester to Piano Works Mall.

The center, which has grown into an educational space for people of all ages to learn everything from knitting, dyeing, weaving, and even making baskets, first began as an outreach of the Weavers’ Guild of Rochester. The guild held classes at the Rochester Museum and Science Center taught by Margaret Carr and Joyce Robards, but in 2002, the program was shut down.

When classes stopped, the looms and weaving equipment needed a place to stay. So a small group of volunteers asked the RMSC and Weavers' Guild for permission to have the guild loan them the equipment after they found a place for it.

With economic anxiety at an all-time high, Michael Merriman says there couldn’t have been a better year to start a financial management firm.

The Waterford Group, located on Pittsford Victor Road in Pittsford, is a partnership of three former executives from Genessee Valley Trust. They first opened in January of this year, and have already handled $70 million in assets.

In some ways, Taylor Collins compares financial advisors to therapists.

“We’ll meet with many business owners who are not in control of their life,” he said. “They never take a step back to work on the business, and are constantly reacting to it instead.”

He and partner Robert Damico first went into business together in 2009 and have been offering financial guidance to clients including small businesses, retirees and individuals at their Webster firm, Financial Architects, a member of Mass Mutual Financial Group. At just 32, the partners say their business mission is to not just understand their clients, but carefully help them plan ahead.