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City Council To Hear Presentation on Gateway Lofts Project

March 24, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown City Council will hear a presentation on the Gateway Lofts Project tonight. Council members had requested the opportunity to ask questions of Southern Tier Environments for Living (STEL) about the project ahead of the March voting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Planning Board, Chautauqua County STOP-DWI, City Council Public Safety Committee, Gateway Lofts, HOME Program, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Planning Commission, Jamestown Police Department, Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, Potters Terrace, Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Southern Tier Environments for Living Inc, Statewide Targeted Reductions in Intimate Partner Violence, STRIVE, Third Thursday Concert Series, Veterans Park, Winter Garden Plaza

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

City Looking At Reallocating $640,000 In HOME Funds Toward Gateway Lofts Project

March 12, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The City of Jamestown is looking at reallocating $640,000 in HOME funds toward rehabilitating the Gateway Lofts Project site. The resolution would reallocate the monies from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from fiscal years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Brownfield, Chautauqua Hardware, City of Jamestown, Community Development Block Grant, Crystal Surdyk, Gateway Lofts, HOME Program, Jamestown City Council, Jeff Russell, Southern Tier Environments for Living, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Jamestown City Council To Consider Reallocating $640,000 HOME Funds To Gateway Lofts Project

March 10, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown City Council will review a resolution to reallocate $640,000 in HOME program funds to the Gateway Lofts Project. The resolution would reallocate the monies from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from fiscal years 2020 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: audit, Chautauqua County Land Bank, Chautauqua Hardware, Drescher and Malecki, First-Time Homebuyer’s Rebate Assistance, Gateway Lofts, HOME Program, Jamestown City Council, Southern Tier Environments for Living, tax auction, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Jamestown City Council To Vote On Ending BPU Annexation Litigation

May 20, 2024 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

Jamestown City Council will vote tonight on approving a settlement proposal between the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, Village of Falconer, the town of Ellicott, and the Falconer Central School District to discontinue the annexation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: American Rescue Plan, Annexation, Annual Action Plan, City Rec Baseball League, Community Development Block Grant, Dow Street Substation, Falconer Central School District, HOME Program, Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Local Development Corporation, Nordstrom Park, NYMIR, Spectrum Northeast LLC, Town of Ellicott, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Village of Falconer, Wicked Jimmy's LLC

Jamestown Receives Pro Housing Community Designation

May 7, 2024 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The City of Jamestown has been designated a Pro Housing Community, which gives them priority for state funding for housing initiatives. Jamestown Director of Development Crystal Surdyk, presenting to the City Council Housing Committee, said there … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Annual Action Plan, City Council Housing Committee, City of Jamestown, Community Development Block Grant, Crystal Surdyk, Demo Rebuild Program, HOME Program, Homebuyers Assistance program, Jamestown Urban Renewal Agency, JURA, Kasie Foulk, Pro Housing Community Designation, Tenant-Based Renters Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Jamestown’s Annual Action Plan Workshops Have Beguns

April 10, 2024 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The City of Jamestown's Annual Action Plan public workshops have begun. The Jamestown Department of Development is using the workshops to gather community input for the Action Plan, which is the plan for how the city will use Community Development … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Annual Action Plan, Community Development Block Grant, Demo Rebuild Program, HOME Program, Jamestown Department of Development, Tenant-Based Renters Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Shared Grant Writer Brings Over $33.9 Million In Two Years to City of Jamestown, JCC

January 10, 2024 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The City of Jamestown and Jamestown Community College's shared grant writer has brought big dividends to both organizations. Grant writer Paula Pichon is now in her third year in the position under the contract. In 2022, the city and college … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: City of Jamestown, Community Development Block Grant, HOME Program, Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, Jamestown Community College, microgrid, Paula Pichon

City Council to Vote on N. Main St. Viaduct Project, Grant Applications

June 26, 2023 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

A project to make the North Main Street Viaduct a parklet with new lighting and artwork is on the Jamestown City Council's voting agenda under new business for tonight. Department of Development Director Crystal Surdyk presented on the project at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: American Rescue Plan, Annual Action Plan, Chautauqua County Health Department, Community Development Block Grant, Consolidated Funding Application, Crystal Surdyk, Environmental Protection Fund, GPI, Green Innovation Grant Program, Healthy Homes Inspection Capacity Building grant, HOME Program, Jackson-Taylor Park, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Department of Development, Jamestown Fire Department, Jamestown Macadam Inc, Local Government Efficiency Grant Program, Local Waterfront Revitalization Program, New York Main Street Program, North Main Street viaduct, Pump Track, Tracy Plaza

City Council to Review 2023 Action Plan, West Sixth Street Crosswalk Project

June 5, 2023 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown City Council will review at its work session the proposed 2023 Action Plan regarding $1.5 million in funding from HUD. The City Department of Development held six community input sessions on the action plan over the last two months. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Partnership for Economic Growth, Community Development Block Grant, Dow Park, HOME Program, James Prendergast Library, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Department of Development, Mark Roetzer, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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