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...]
Jamestown Announces Workshops, Input Sessions for Five-Year Housing and Urban Development Plan
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...]
City Planning Commission Approves $31 Million, 110-Unit Gateway Lofts Housing Project
JAMESTOWN - The effort to convert a former factory and current community center into a 110-unit housing project has cleared a major hurdle. During Monday's Jamestown City Council meeting, councilman Tom Nelson announced that the city Planning … [Read more...]
HUD Approves City Plan to Allocate Emergency COVID-19 Funding, Applications Now Being Accepted
JAMESTOWN - The city of Jamestown has been giving the green light to proceed with two emergency COVID-19 funding programs that are being paid for through a $705,000 grant from the federal government. City Development Director Crystal Surdyk says … [Read more...]
May 18 is Deadline for Public Input into COVID-19 Community Development Plan
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...]
City Calls on Businesses to Come Forward to Produce Needed Products in Fight Against COVID-19
JAMESTOWN - Echoing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s call on manufacturers and other businesses to refocus their efforts on supplying, City of Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist and Director of Development Crystal Surdyk call on manufacturers and small … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Gateway Lofts Project Requires Full Environmental Review Before Moving Forward
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Planning Commission has once again put up a roadblock for the proposed $31 million Gateway Lofts project at the Gateway Center building in Jamestown. On Tuesday afternoon the commission met with representatives from … [Read more...]
Three New City Departments Heads Sworn into Office
JAMESTOWN - The city of Jamestown officially has a new Director of Development, City Clerk, and City Attorney. On Monday night the Jamestown City Council approved mayor Eddie Sundquist's appointments for various city departments, agencies, board … [Read more...]
City Council Holds First Work Session of New Year; Discusses Bail Reform, Building Demolition
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council held its first work session of the new year Monday night with newly elected mayor Eddie Sundquist in attendance and new council president Tony Dolce presiding. Prior to the work session of the full council, … [Read more...]
City Planning Commission Gets First Look at Revised Gateway Lofts Proposal
JAMESTOWN - The city of Jamestown will be the lead agency for the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) for the Gateway Lofts project. On Tuesday the Jamestown Planning Commission approved being the lead agency for the SEQR process, which is … [Read more...]
