When Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Vice President Joe Biden in July announced Rochester’s selection as the headquarters for the $600 million integrated photonics institute, promising a transformative impact on the region’s economy, the news was greeted with understandable elation. And also some equally understandable questioning about how many jobs might come our way.

Wednesday’s announcement that two leading photonics firms plan to locate and invest here should help persuade many skeptics that the photonics promise is real.

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