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Eating properly is focus of city business

As every new year comes, people all around the world set their resolutions for how they want to better themselves, with one main goal being losing weight or getting in shape. But as every new year progresses, people don’t hit their goals as easily as they expect, and often give up just a few months in. Bill Steele, physical therapist and owner of Ideal Weight Plan in Dunkirk, said that this is where people often go wrong. Spending the money to get into gyms isn’t what it takes to lose weight, or at least it isn’t all it takes. Instead, Steele’s biggest piece of advice is ...

Volunteers Get The Job Done!

By Daniel J. Heitzenrater President and CEO of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce Volunteers make things happen here in Chautauqua County – and often it’s big things! For example, this weekend is the Mayville Winter Festival at Lakeside Park on Route 394 in Mayville, and none of it would have been possible without volunteers. In fact, the entire effort was driven by volunteers this year, with some staff support as the event drew closer. We will not try to name all of the individuals or groups that helped to make the Winter Festival a reality – the first since 2020 – ...

IDA announces new round of loans

The County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency will continue to accept applications to provide low-interest loans to both businesses and nonprofit organizations as a means to respond to economic injury resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This new round of funding starts immediately. In early 2020, as part of EDA’s CARES Act Recovery Assistance, the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) invited select current recipients of existing EDA-funded Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) awards, including the CCIDA, to apply for a supplemental RLF award to help respond to the ...

Let The Chamber Help Spread The Word For Your Business

By Daniel J. Heitzenrater President and CEO of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce The Chamber of Commerce is in business for business, so let us help spread the word for your business. Have you recently hired new staff or promoted staff members? Moved your business? Have a new product line to share? Have a public event coming up? Offering a class or training? All of these and more are worthy of sharing with your fellow Chamber of Commerce members in a way that will help get your business noticed. Each week the Chamber distributes the Chautauqua Business Weekly email newsletter ...

County IDA has high hopes for 2022

The Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency is turning its sights on several vacant parcels this year, including the Furniture Mart Building in Jamestown and the former NRG power plant in Dunkirk. The IDA’s 2022 work plan includes acquisition of at least one large parcel or several parcels for expansion of shovel-ready sites in the county, reactivating several key vacant buildings, including the Furniture Mart Building, the White Inn, Silver Creek school, and the large formerly ConAgra-owned Building in Dunkirk; continue to work with the City of Dunkirk, State, and NRG in ...

New CEO tapped to lead Tops parent company

Northeast Grocery, Inc., the parent company of Price Chopper/Market 32 and Tops Markets, announced the upcoming retirement of Chief Executive Officer Scott Grimmett and named former Tops Markets Chairman and CEO Frank Curci to that position. Grimmett’s retirement will be effective in February. Grimmett is concluding a 48-year career in the retail grocery industry. After 10 years at Price Chopper/Market 32, several of them spent working diligently on the merger between Price Chopper/Market 32 and Tops Markets and then putting in place the people and processes to ensure the new ...