Supervisor Economic Development News Today

manich@leaderherald.com Ken Adamczyk, economic development specialist with the Fulton County Center for Regional Growth, discusses marketing efforts at a recent Fulton County Board of Supervisors Economic Development & Environment Committee meeting at the County Office Building in Johnstown. (The Leader-Herald/Michael Anich) JOHNSTOWN — The Fulton County Center for Regional Growth is currently promoting the county’s business facilities in a major marketing initiative. The effort was discuss...

manich@leaderherald.com JOHNSTOWN — Fulton County Historian Samantha Hall-Saladino has been researching the history of veterans organizations in the area. In her monthly report to the Board of Supervisors’ Economic Development & Environment Committee, she alluded to the research. At the request of county Veterans Director Dan Engel, she researched and compiled a list of Fulton County veteran organizations whose post names include the name of a veteran from the post-Civil War Grand Army of t...

manich@leaderherald.com JOHNSTOWN — A new initiative for the Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce geared toward working people in this area was outlined Wednesday for Fulton County officials. Chamber President Mark Kilmer reported on the “Be A Tourist In Your Own Town” initiative to the Board of Supervisors’ Economic Development & Environment Committee at the County Office Building. He gave the monthly tourism report in the absence of chamber Director of Tourism Development An...

manich@leaderherald.com JOHNSTOWN — The Fulton County Center for Regional Growth is working with an agency that doles out federal funding to get a site assessment of the county completed. The initiative was reported on by CRG President/CEO Ronald Peters at a recent Fulton County Board of Supervisors’ Economic Development and Environment Committee meeting. He reported on training and ongoing efforts to stir up business for Fulton County. “We’ve probably had 50 contacts,” Peters said. P...

manich@leaderherald.com JOHNSTOWN — The Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce is postponing Restaurant Week until later in the year. In a recent report to the Fulton County Board of Supervisors’ Economic Development and Environment Committee, chamber Director of Tourism Development Anne Boles said the popular event is being delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Boles said Restaurant Week — featuring specials at area restaurants — will be promoted in the late spring and summ...

manich@leaderherald.com JOHNSTOWN — Fulton County supervisors on Wednesday approved submission of a $300,000 2021 Community Development Block Grant application to the state to operate a new Microenterprise Program. The program — run through the Fulton County Center for Regional Growth — assists very small businesses in Fulton County with financial awards. The Board of Supervisors’ Economic Development and Environment Committee on Wednesday authorized submission of the grant application...