Skip to main content

Site search

Search results

2 results found

Batavia Home Fund launched in effort to grow area housing stock

City View Residences
By Joanne Beck
City View Residences
2021 File Photo of the ribbon-cutting for City View Residences at 45 Ellicott St., Batavia.
Photo by Mike Pettinella

City and Town of Batavia officials and the Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) announced the creation of the Batavia Home Fund (BHF), an incentive-styled program designed to improve and grow the area’s housing stock on Friday. 

The fund was created to address shared housing goals and establish methods

Plan to be presented to council for assisting redevelopment of brownfield sites

By Howard B. Owens

Areas in urban communities known as brownfields can sometimes be expensive to redevelop because of the environmental cleanup costs, and that cost drives away potential developers because projects that might turn a profit without the cleanup quickly become unprofitable. 

To address that issue, local agencies, including the City of Batavia

Authentically Local