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Main Street Grant Program

Main Street Project moving along in Batavia

By Bonnie Marrocco

A total of $450,000 from the state's NY Main Street Grant Program is starting to show results in Downtown Batavia.

The bulk of the funding -- $400,000 -- is being used to assist downtown property owners with interior and exterior renovations, including facades.

“You can see some of the facade renovations already being made to Alberty Drugs, YNGodess and Del Plato Law Firm and Williams Law Firm," Economic Development Coordinator Julie Pacatte said. "They are all part of the Main Street Grant Program, in which the owners of the three properties are spending about $160,000 and they’re receiving about $57,000 in grants for the renovations."

Some of the projects that have been done involve new apartments and building improvements.

Two apartments were recently completed on Jackson Street, as well as one above Valle Jewelers.

Four new apartments will be built at the former Carr’s Warehouse on Jackson Square. Owner Ken Mistler has also committed to developing two apartments at 97 Main St. The Batavia Development Corporation recently approved sprinklers and HVAC units for them.

Of the remaining $50,000, the dumpster project on Center Street was given half for streetscape improvements, which would include rebuilding the trash bin enclosures and repaving the parking lot.

But the City Council has not voted on whether to proceed with the dumpster project, and since $25,000 of the grant money is already earmarked for it, Public Works will have to find another way to move it forward.

The remaining $25,000 is committed to splitting the administration office space of Stuart Brown Associates and Batavia Development Corp.

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