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Ripley Travel Center Construction To Start In April | News, Sports, Jobs

Feb 23, 2021
The Colonial Squire Motel in Ripley will be demolished and replaced with a Loveâs Travel Stop.
Photo by Roger Coda
Construction of a new Gateway Center at the New York state border will start in April.
At its monthly board meeting today, the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA) Board of Directors voted unanimously in favor of providing tax incentives for Love’s Travel Stop and Country Stores, Inc. The project involves construction of a state-of-the art, 22,000 square foot travel center on a 16-acre parcel located at 6201 and 6151 Shortman Road. The travel center will include a convenience store, fueling islands, restaurant, repair center, and related services. ....

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New travel center coming to the town of Ripley

The new 22,000 square foot travel center should be done by the end of 2021. ....

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Travel center eyes construction in April at state border | News, Sports, Jobs

Feb 23, 2021
OBSERVER Photo by Roger Coda
The Colonial Squire Motel in Ripley will be demolished and replaced with a Loveâs Travel Stop.
Construction of a new Gateway Center at the New York state border will start in April.
At its monthly board meeting today, the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA) Board of Directors voted unanimously in favor of providing tax incentives for Love’s Travel Stop and Country Stores, Inc. The project involves construction of a state-of-the art, 22,000 square foot travel center on a 16-acre parcel located at 6201 and 6151 Shortman Road. The travel center will include a convenience store, fueling islands, restaurant, repair center, and related services. ....

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County Legislature OKs property sale to expand Dunkirk freezer | News, Sports, Jobs

The Chautauqua County Legislature met over Zoom Wednesday evening.
Chautauqua County officials have approved a property sale in the city of Dunkirk which will permit an existing city business to expand.
In 2018, Roberts Road Freezer, LLC purchased about 10 acres of land from the county to build a 100,000 foot freezer. The company, which was at time was doing business with Fieldbrook Foods, left an option open for them to purchase another three parcels of land for $1 in the next six years.
During the legislature meeting Wednesday, county lawmakers agreed to modify the resolution to allow the company to purchase an additional 7.5 acres. ....

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IDA Announces Second Round of Federal EDA Funding for Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

IDA Announces Second Round of Federal EDA Funding for Businesses Impacted by COVID-19
A group of local, state and federal officials gathered in September 2020 to announce the County IDA had received $10.5 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to provide funding for low interest loans to assist businesses and organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. From left to right: Assemblyman Andrew Goodell; Joel Frushone, EDA Director – Office of External Affairs; Anthony Foti, Intergovernmental Affairs Director – U.S. Department of Commerce; Richard Dixon, CFO – County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency; Congressman Tom Reed; Senator George Borrello; County Executive Paul Wendel; Mayor Wilfred Rosas; Crystal Surdyk, Interim Director of Development for the City of Jamestown; Michael Metzger, Chairman of the Board for the CCIDA and VP for Finance and Administration at SUNY Fredonia. ....

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