The idea that downstate residents could receive more rent money for apartments than many Western New Yorkers pay in mortgage costs has resulted in bipartisan county opposition across the state.
NYS announced Tuesday that Americold has invested $41 million to build a 181,000 square foot cold storage distribution facility in the Town of Dunkirk.
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.