County Executive PJ Wendel provides daily video updates about the COVID-19 Crisis and its impact on Chautauqua County. Follow the County Executive on Facebook to watch these updates LIVE.
Introducing WeROpenChautauqua.us!
This new website features businesses, bars, restaurants and activities that are currently OPEN in Chautauqua County, NY.
Chautauqua County Officials Announce Phase 1 Reopening Plans
“Businesses must go to the NY Forward Website and electronically sign the detailed guidance documents, after they’ve read them for their business type, before they can reopen,” said Mark Geise, Deputy County Executive and CEO of the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA). “They also need to complete the business guidance template, print it out, and keep it close at hand at their business location in case of an inspection by the NYS Department of Health, or local health or safety authorities.”
Chautauqua Opportunities for Development (CODI)
CODI provides micro-loans, business consulting, and business start-up training to help local businesses grow and invest in our community.
FY2021 Area Development Grant Program
Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board is now accepting Letters-of-Interest for the Area Development grant program funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission Letters-of-Intent will be for project activities beginning in Federal FY2021.
CCIDA EMERGENCY LOAN FUND PROVES A HUGE SUCCESS
The Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA) was successful in expeditiously establishing and implementing an emergency working capital loan program to benefit Chautauqua County businesses that have been negatively impacted by the Coronavirus. The CCIDA quickly obtained approval from the US Economic Development Administration to implement the program, and $250,000 was allocated to the fund a little over a month ago.
Letter to Business Owners RE: Request for Reopening Plans
This is the letter from Chautauqua County Executive P.J. Wendel to request businesses for reopening plans amid the COVID-19 Crisis.
CCIDA CREATES GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST BUSINESSES IN PURCHASING PPE EQUIPMENT AND IN RECONFIGURING THEIR WORKSPACE
In response to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s mandate that all essential businesses must provide for the health and safety of their employees during the COVID-19 crisis, Chautauqua County, the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA), the Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation (CREDC), Jamestown Community College (JCC), and the local foundations have teamed up to provide 50/50 matching grants to businesses throughout Chautauqua County.
Memo to Employers of Essential Personnel COVID Testing Criteria
This is a link to the full memo published by the Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services to make the employers of essential personnel aware of options available to staff who may report symptoms of COVID-19 infection.
TRINITY BIOTECH ON THE FRONT LINE OF TESTING
Just outside of Jamestown, NY, Trinity Biotech produces plastic media transport tubes, which is a container used to store infectious disease test swabs for processing. “We have seen a huge increase in demand to help support the COVID-19 testing,” said Dennis Lefler, operations manager for the Jamestown facility.
