Shrpa Voted As Rochester Start Up To Look at In 2021

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"*up companies are poppig up in the med city... and now ?

"* two of them are getting soe added attention ?

"* as we head into 2021.

Kimt news 3's jeremy wall joins us live downtown... jeremy ?

"* what business are you at?

Katie, i'm here at sherpa!

A travel website ?

"* aimed at helping people explore all that the med city ?

"* and other communities ?

"* has to offer.

Chris lukenbill and andy vig founded shrpa ?

"* in 2019.

They tell me their goal is to help people get out and discover what rochester has to offer ?

*- with customized itineraries.

The duo describe the concept as a service that "connects people to their communities ?

*- based of their interests and available time".

It's a modern form of tourism ?

"* ?

"* onlin highlighting the must?

"*see tourist spots in a particular community.

Lukenbill explains why he thinks shrpa was given this we had alot of really good success this last year.

Throughout the pandemic, there's alot of good communities trying to highlight themselves.

So, were a really good opportunity for them to promote what can be done for the recovery , what things can be done through challenging times here, how people can get out and explore their community still as his business grows, i asked lukenbill if he plans to relocate to sillicon valley, where many businesses are headquarted, he told me he plans to keep the business here in the med city.

Thanks jeremy.

Shrpa plans to work with more communities in the new year.

Coming up tonight on kimt news 3 at 6 ?

*- we'll highlight the other med city start?

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