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.