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With funding secured, the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy will quickly launch efforts to remove debris from the Chadakoin River and stabilize the riverbanks.
Mar 13, 2021 There was genuine excitement four years ago when Jamestown received a $10 million state Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant. Unfortunately, as some projects that received DRI money fizzled, so has that excitement. Priority projects included $1 million to help redevelop the former Key Bank building at Second and Main streets. That project will not happen, though whoever purchases the building could still receive the DRI money. And, let’s not forget the $830,000 that was spent to help turn the former W.T. Grant Department Store building on Third and Washington streets int...
dphillips@post-journal.com The former Jamestown Brewing Company, located at the corner of Third and Washington streets received $830,000 in state Downtown Revitalization Initiative funding. P-J photo by Dennis Phillips The jury is still out on the success of Jamestown’s inclusion in a statewide initiative to assist communities with transforming housing, economic development, transportation and community projects in downtown urban centers. The statewide program is known as the Downtown Revitalization Initiative, which was started in 2016 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who announced the $100 million...