Governor Announces New York Main Street Awards

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$8.7 Million in Program Awards to Benefit Communities Across the State

Governor George E. Pataki today announced nearly $8.7 in grants through the State’s Main Street Program, which is designed to stimulate downtown revitalization in communities by providing funding for building renovations, streetscape enhancements and downtown business or cultural anchors.

“New York’s downtown business districts represent the lifeblood of our cities, towns and villages,” Governor Pataki said. “These awards will provide much needed resources to assist the efforts of communities that have created a clear vision and commitment to investing resources to reinvigorate our Main Streets. The response to this program has been overwhelming and I want to congratulate the recipients for their vision and determination to enhance the lives of their residents and enable business to grow.”

The New York Main Street Program, which is being administered by the Division of Housing and Community Renewal and the Housing Trust Fund Corporation, was launched by the Governor last year. The program provides matching grants for facade and interior building renovations, streetscape enhancements, landscaping and signage and to install street furniture, and for communities to establish a business or cultural anchor in their downtown.

DHCR Commissioner Judith A. Calogero said, “There is a new energy on our Main Streets that is real and palpable and is being fostered by local business and civic organizations around the state. The awards announced today are an effort to catalyze that energy and use it to propel communities forward. The unprecedented partnership between DHCR and our sister agencies has helped us fashion a program that will have a positive impact on the future of our downtowns.”

For more information about the New York Main Street program, please contact the State Division of Housing and Community Renewal at 518-474-9553 or visit the Main Street website at www.nymainstreet.org.

Applicant County Amount
Cohoes Local Development Corporation Albany $148,800
Albany County Rural Housing Alliance, Inc. Albany $200,000
Alfred Housing Committee, Inc. Allegany $200,000
South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp. Bronx $195,000
Auburn Downtown Partnership, Inc. Cayuga $200,000
Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corp. Chautauqua $163,200
Elmira Downtown Development, Inc. Chemung $200,000
Norwich Business Improvement District Management Association, Inc. Chenango $200,000
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Inc. Columbia $179,264
Cortland Housing Assistance Council, Inc. Cortland $200,000
Hancock Partners, Inc. Delaware $200,000
Hamburg Development Corp. Erie $166,700
Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corporation Erie $200,000
Lovejoy District Neighborhood Revitalization Services, Inc. Erie $200,000
Pride Of Ticonderoga, Inc. Essex $180,800
Batavia Business Improvement District Management Association, Inc. Genesee $200,000
Adirondack Economic Development Corp. Herkimer $71,703
Neighbors of Watertown, Inc. Jefferson $200,000
Pratt Area Community Council Kings $200,000
North East Area Development, Inc. Monroe $200,000
Fairport Industrial Development Agency Monroe $195,000
Fortroyal Foundation, Inc. Montgomery $200,000
West Harlem Art Fund, Inc. New York $120,000
Hope Community, Inc. New York $200,000
Lumber City Development Corp. Niagara $200,000
GroWest, Inc. Oneida $200,000
Keep America Beautiful of Rome, NY, Inc. dba Rome Clean and Green Oneida $200,000
Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc. Onondaga $200,000
Southern Hills Preservation Corp. Onondaga $200,000
Downtown Canandaigua Business Management Association, Inc. Ontario $200,000
Rural Housing Opportunities Corporation Orleans $50,000
Oswego City Revitalization Corp (OCRC) Oswego $200,000
Fulton Community Revitalization Corporation Oswego $55,000
Rockaway Development & Revitalization Corp. Queens $200,000
Troy Local Development Corporation Rensselaer $200,000
Troy Architectural Program, Inc. Saratoga $200,000
Saratoga Economic Development Corp. Saratoga $200,000
Middleburgh Renaissance Council Schoharie $200,000
Heuvelton Historical Association St Lawrence $200,000
Business Development Corporation for a Greater Massena (BDC) St Lawrence $174,354
Steuben Churchpeople Against Poverty, Inc. Steuben $200,000
Warren County LDC Warren $200,000
Greater Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Washington $200,000
Savannah Chamber of Commerce Wayne $187,986
Clyde Chamber of Commerce Wayne $200,000
Greater Warsaw Chamber Of Commerce Wyoming $200,000
TOTAL $8,687,807
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