His name is Homey. He's a panda. He grew up right here in Rochester — loves bamboo and recess, is a little scared of the dark, and gives some of the biggest hugs you'll ever get.

June is Pride Month, and in Rochester that means a downtown full of color, music, and people showing up exactly as they are. Rochester Pride Fest is one of our favorite days of the year — and this time, we got to be right in the middle of it. We came with a plan: build a neighborhood.

Hope at Home was built for a moment, and that moment has shifted. The fund has wrapped. But the relationships, the referral pathways, the proof-of-concept that Rochester can stand up a coordinated rapid-response effort in a week — those stay.