The idea
An iconic descent above High Falls
The concept is a permanent, safety-engineered transparent slide experience integrated with the City-owned Pont de Rennes Bridge, complementary to High Falls State Park and ROC the Riverway.
Capital funding is being pursued through New York State’s Rochester–Monroe Transformation Initiative (RMTI) : a $225M Empire State Development capital grant pool applied via the Consolidated Funding Application (program ID 821). Ongoing operations would be backed by a separately raised reserve, not by treating grant dollars as an endowment.
The work is being advanced by Joe Combs, a Rochester-area builder documenting the path in public.
Where
Pont de Rennes · Rochester, NY
Genesee River gorge at High Falls, Monroe County, ZIP 14605. The bridge is City-owned; the concept sits next door to the state’s High Falls State Park investment.