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Gateway Lofts Receives Site Plan Approval

March 20, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The Gateway Lofts Project has received site plan approval by the Jamestown Planning Commission. The $77 million project to rehabilitate the former Chautauqua Hardware building on Water Street into 110 units of affordable housing is being done by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Brownfield, Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund, Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency, Chautauqua Hardware, Gateway Center, Gateway Lofts, HOME Program, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Planning Commission, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Housing Finance Agency, Southern Tier Environments for Living, Steven Ald

JBC Donates Its Buildings To St. Susan Center, UCAN City Mission

October 4, 2024 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown Business College is donating its buildings to UCAN City Mission and St. Susan Center. Past JBC President David Conklin said soon after the college announced they would be closing, they were approached by St. Susan Center about purchasing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: David Conklin, Gateway Center, homeless shelter, Jamestown Business College, Kim Ecklund, St. Susan Center, UCAN City Mission

New Code Blue Warming Shelter Opens in Jamestown

March 1, 2024 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

A new Code Blue Emergency Housing shelter has opened in Jamestown. Recovery Options Made Easy has opened the facility daily from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. at the Gateway Center, located at 31 Water Street, from now until April 30. Chautauqua … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Department of Social Services, Code Blue emergency shelter, Gateway Center, Joy Fellowship Church, Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County, PJ Wendel, Recovery Options Made Easy, UCAN City Mission

Gateway Lofts Project Looking For Financing

February 21, 2024 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The Jamestown Planning Commission has received a status update on the Gateway Lofts project. Chairman Mike Laurin requested an update on that project and any other projects that were outstanding in the city at the Commission's meeting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Community Helping Hands, Elliot Raimondo, Gateway Center, Gateway Lofts, Jamestown Planning Commission, Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals, Mike Laurin, Southern Tier Environments for Living, Steven Ald, the beer snob

Plans For Two Emergency Homeless Shelters Coming Together in Jamestown

November 11, 2022 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Plans for two emergency homeless shelters that will have a total of 30 beds are coming together in the City of Jamestown. Mayor Eddie Sundquist said a third round of meetings on homelessness in the city took place Thursday between community … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: City of Jamestown, Code Blue, Eddie Sundquist, Gateway Center, Homeless, homeless shelter, Joy Fellowship Church, Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County

77th Historic Marker Honoring Empire Worsted Mills Unveiled

September 13, 2021 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The City of Jamestown unveiled its 77th Historic Marker honoring the Empire Worsted Mills at 31 Water Street on Friday. City Historian Ashley Senske said the Empire Worsted Mills was in operation at that location from 1896 to 1955, "They … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Ashley Senske, Eddie Sundquist, Empire Worsted Mills, Gateway Center, Gateway Lofts, Jamestown Historic Marker Committee

Jamestown City Council Approves Mobile Food Vendor Pilot Program

July 28, 2020 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council has voted to give food trucks and other mobile food vendors more flexibility in operating within the city, but the vote wasn't unanimous. The council held its monthly voting session Monday night video video … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Food Trucks, Gateway Center, Gateway Lofts, Jamestown City Council, Jeff Russell, Jennifer Williams, Kim Ecklund, Mobile Food Vendor, Southern Tier Environments for Living

[LISTEN] Gateway Lofts Project Requires Full Environmental Review Before Moving Forward

February 19, 2020 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Audio, Local News Tagged With: Bond Schoeneck and King, Crystal Surdyk, Gateway Center, Gateway Lofts, Jamestown Planning Commission, John LaMancuso, Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, Southern Tier Environments for Living, Steven Ricca

Gateway Lofts Project Goes Before City Planning Commission Tuesday Afternoon

February 18, 2020 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - A proposal to create 110 new housing units at the Gateway Center on Water St. in Jamestown will once again come before the City Planning Commission when it meets Tuesday afternoon at city hall. The commission meeting actually has three … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Dollar General, Gateway Center, Gateway Lofts, Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, Jamestown Planning Commission, Southern Tier Environments for Living

City Planning Commission Gets First Look at Revised Gateway Lofts Proposal

December 18, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Crystal Surdyk, Ellen Ditonto, Gateway Center, Gateway Lofts, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Planning Commission, Jamestown YWCA, Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals, John LaMancuso, Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, Southern Tier Environments for Living, State Environmental Quality Review

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