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Batavia ready to ask state to place $10 million bet on community's future

By Howard B. Owens
Jun 7, 2016, 10:32am

Just 10 years ago, Batavia was a city barely hanging on. Nobody could imagine, said City Manager Jason Molino, that things would have turned around enough by 2016 that Batavia could be a serious contender for a $10 million prize in a competition for downtown revitalization projects.

Genesee County Economic Development Center

While local officials decline comment, Savarino blames GCEDC for stall in Ellicott Station development

By Joanne Beck
Sep 24, 2024, 7:55am

There are events and projects that happened in Batavia years ago that folks talk about, question, and criticize to this day. Urban Renewal and the destruction of downtown’s grand buildings in lieu of more modern structures such as Genesee Country Mall has been a big one.

Ellicott Station, the