Housing Courts are not likely to reopen until October and City Director of Development Crystal Surdyk says this is not good. Surdyk updated City Council on year to date Housing Code Enforcement cases, saying with the Spring warm up calls are coming … [Read more...]
New ‘Hands On Jamestown’ Initiative to Receive $75,000 in CDBG Funds
A resolution will dedicate $75-thousand dollars of Community Development Block Grant funds for a new Hands On Jamestown initiative. Jamestown Director of Development Crystal Surdyk said instead of a one-day event as in past years, the new effort … [Read more...]
Former Downtown Key Bank Building Back on the Market, Could Still Qualify for $1 Million in State Funding
EDITORS NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect additional comments provided by building owner Arnold Duke. JAMESTOWN - A piece of Jamestown property that was selected to receive $1 million in state funding to help revitalize the downtown is … [Read more...]
City Allocates Nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 Relief Following Additional $157,000 in Grant Funding
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...]
COVID-19 Forces City to Reallocate $220,000 in Downtown Programming Funding
JAMESTOWN - The city of Jamestown will likely have to redistribute a portion of the $10 million in state funding it was awarded over three years ago. In May 2017, the city received a $10 million grant through round 1 of the New York State Downtown … [Read more...]
Jamestown Awarded an Additional $305,000 in CDBG Funding to Address COVID-19
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...]
