Ties that bind — the partnership between HWS, Geneva celebrates 200 years

From Rochester-

In 1818, Rochester was a sleepy little village, as were many of the other towns in this area, and as he searched for a place for his college, Bishop Hobart dismissed them.

But he liked what he saw in Geneva. It was a booming, bustling place. It lay on the “gateway route” to the western frontier. It had a hotel, a municipal water system, a post office, a library, a church and a newspaper. There was an expanding business community and an active social life.

Most importantly it had an Academy. When John Henry Hobart, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, arrived in 1818, he proposed that the Academy become his new college. Bishop Hobart wanted to partner with a place that had local support and the economic ability to support a college that could become a respected institution. He asked the leaders of Geneva to raise money in the community for the construction of a stone building. This was the beginning of a two-century-long partnership with the new college and the Geneva community. It was a partnership the Geneva community actively embraced.

More here-

http://www.fltimes.com/opinion/guest-appearance-ties-that-bind-the-partnership-between-hws-geneva/article_1d2d665b-74e2-5e16-af5f-542e3e179b43.html