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At 10 years old, throwing a baseball against the wall of a brick building, Brian Kemp never imagined he would someday own a 25-year-old business making custom T-shirts and that he would also own that building on Center Street, as well. It's all very humbling, said Kemp, a Batavia HS graduate who spent much of his youth living in a house on School Street with a backyard that
At 10 years old, throwing a baseball against the wall of a brick building, Brian Kemp never imagined he would someday own a 25-year-old business making custom T-shirts and that he would also own that building on Center Street, as well. It's all very humbling, said Kemp, a Batavia HS graduate who spent much of his youth living in a house on School Street with a backyard that
Tarps cover broken windows and damaged roofs. Uprooted tree stumps lay in front of homes. Piles of tree branches, twisted metal and wreckage stand taller than the children who play here.
There’s so much happening in downtown Batavia, Shannon Maute says, that she needs to start her own podcast to discuss it all. Maute, the Business Improvement District’s executive director, is eager to share ideas she and the BID Promotions Committee have been kicking around lately. She wants to provide a venue for them to mull suggestions and figure some things out for
Not only has interim director Shannon Maute been hired for the full-time permanent position of Batavia’s Business Improvement District, but she also plans to hit the ground running with a new event this year. Get ready for a strolling accordion player, sweet and savory Mediterranean cuisine and lots of fun, Maute says. “We’re looking at mid to late summer; it will be an