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Three county entities receive $20M in water funding

Three Chautauqua County municipalities have received money to help advance critical water infrastructure projects. The Environmental Facilities Corporation Board of Directors approved low-cost financing and state and federal grants to help local governments undertake critical upgrades — such as removing emerging contaminants from drinking water — without passing high costs on to ratepayers. These investments protect public health and the environment, reduce future risks, and support good-paying jobs. “Strong communities start with strong infrastructure,” state Gov. Kathy ...

Business and Government Meet Over Issues

Each year the CHQ Chamber creates opportunities for businesspeople to meet with elected representatives and ask questions about policy issues that impact our local economy. The issues are always varied, and Friday’s Elected Representatives Luncheon was no exception. This year we combined county and state officials into a single panel discussion, as many of the issues overlap. Our panel speakers were New York State Senator George Borrello, Assemblyman Andrew Molitor, and County Executive PJ Wendel. Initial questions centered on energy issues including the need and/or desire for ...

NFI Group sees gross profit and net loss

The struggles of one of NFI Group's subsidiary companies is creating a drag on the company's bottom line even as manufacturing revenue in the second quarter increased by $23 million. NFI Group, which owns and operates the New Flyer plant on Fluvanna Avenue, Jamestown, announced on Friday ...

Get Your Business Ready for Even More Summer Visitors

It’s August, and while we’ve seen a lot of summer tourists all around Chautauqua County already this summer, things are about to get even busier. This weekend is the annual Gerry Rodeo in Gerry, America’s Grape Country Craft Beverage Festival at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds in Dunkirk, the Ellington Town Picnic, Sherman Days, the Bemus Point Summer Fest, the Chautauqua Region Vintage Book and Paper Show in Mayville, the Cat Video Fest at the Fredonia Opera House, and the opening of Groundhog Day The Musical at Lucille Ball Little Theatre in Jamestown. That’s just a ...

CHQ Chamber Connects Businesses with Advocacy Opportunities

The CHQ Chamber opened the year by restructuring our advocacy events, and now the third of the three planned events is quickly approaching. All are invited to attend the Elected Officials Panel Discussion at noon, Friday, August 8 at Chautauqua Suites, 215 West Lake Road, Mayville. Our special guests for this event will be New York State Senator George Borrello, Assemblyman Andrew Molitor, and County Executive PJ Wendel. This will be a question-and-answer session for our elected officials. We encourage local businesspeople to come with questions related to state and county issues that ...

Lake Shore Bancorp announces closing of conversion

Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. (“Lake Shore Bancorp”) (NASDAQ: LSBK), the new holding company for Lake Shore Bank (the “Bank”), announced that the conversion of Lake Shore, MHC from mutual to stock form, the related stock offering by Lake Shore Bancorp and the Bank’s conversion from a federal savings bank to a New York chartered commercial bank closed following the close of business today. Lake Shore Bancorp’s common stock is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the trading symbol “LSBK” today. As a result of the subscription offering, Lake Shore ...