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Public Hearing, Work Session, Voting Session Makes for Busy Monday for Jamestown City Council

January 25, 2021 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council will be holding its monthly voting session Monday via remote webstream due to the coronavirus. But prior to the start of that meeting, a couple of other sessions are also scheduled to take place. JAN. 25 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Community Development Block Grant, Eddie Sundquist, HOME Program, Jamestown City Council, State of the City, Washington Street

City Allocates Nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 Relief Following Additional $157,000 in Grant Funding

January 8, 2021 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The City of Jamestown through the Department of Development has been able to provide an additional $157,000 to 11 local businesses through its Small Business COVID-19 Recovery Grant, Round II. City Department of Development Director … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Community Development Block Grant, Crystal Surdyk, Jamestown Department of Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Public Hearing on Plan to Steer $7.5 Million in Federal Community Development Funding is Dec. 23

December 18, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Members of the public have less than a week remaining to offer any final input on a plan that provides general direction on how an estimated $7.5 million dollars in federal community development money will be spent over the next five … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Community Development Block Grant, Community Development Consolidated Funding Plan, COVID-19, HOME Program, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Department of Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Qualified BPU Customers May Apply for Utility Assistance through City Sponsored Program

November 11, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities (BPU) is urging customers who may qualify for assistance with unpaid utility bills to apply to a program grant received by the City of Jamestown as part of its COVID-19 Response. According to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services, Community Development Block Grant, David Leathers, Eddie Sundquist, Home Energy Assistance Program, Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, Jamestown Department of Development

27 Jamestown Businesses Receive $528,700 in COVID-19 Funding, More Money on the Way

October 28, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Department of Development has provided over $528,000 in grant money to 27 different businesses in an effort to help them weather the storm caused by COVID-19. And now it appears more grant money will soon arrive to help … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: CARES Act, Community Development Block Grant, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Department of Development, Small Business Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Contract with Alstar EMS, New Employee Policies Highlight October City Council Meeting

October 26, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - When the Jamestown City Council meets Monday for its monthly voting session, members will not be voting on any resolutions involving parking, including the mayor's proposed increase on parking rates and parking fines. That matter has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alstar Ambulance Services, CARES Act, Community Development Block Grant, Jamestown City Council

Jamestown Awarded an Additional $305,000 in CDBG Funding to Address COVID-19

September 10, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced Wednesday that communities across New York State will receive $73,034,187 in additional federal funding through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Charles Schumer, Community Development Block Grant, COVID-19, Crystal Surdyk, Kirsten Gillibrand

Jamestown Announces Workshops, Input Sessions for Five-Year Housing and Urban Development Plan

August 27, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Department of Development is seeking public input and expertise as it drafts the City’s Jamestown Five Year United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Consolidated Plan and Annual 2021 Action … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Community Development Block Grant, Crystal Surdyk, HOME Program, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Department of Development, Jamestown Five Year United States HUD Consolidated Plan

May 18 is Deadline for Public Input into COVID-19 Community Development Plan

May 13, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Public input is now being accepted for the city's plan to spend over $700,000 in federal money for two tentative programs involving finance aid for small businesses and a rental properties impacted by COVID-19. The money comes from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: CARES Act, Community Development Block Grant, COVID-19, Crystal Surdyk, Eddie Sundquist, Jamestown City Council, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Castelli America Cheese Company Closes Just Three Years After Opening

December 10, 2019 By WRFA Leave a Comment

ASHVILLE - An international cheese company that first opened a local operation in Chautauqua County three years ago is now closing its doors. On Monday afternoon Chautauqua County officials announced they had received news that Castelli America … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Castelli America, Castelli Cheese, Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency, Community Development Block Grant, Empire Specialty Cheese Co, Lactalis, Mark Geise, Nuova Castelli, Steve Abdella

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