{"id":19750,"date":"2020-09-30T13:07:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T17:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=19750"},"modified":"2020-09-30T13:07:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T17:07:22","slug":"batavia-construction-begins-at-downtown-revitalization-project-in-the-city-of-batavia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/09\/30\/batavia-construction-begins-at-downtown-revitalization-project-in-the-city-of-batavia\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Construction begins at Downtown Revitalization Project in the City of Batavia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fOPwmUp7n-c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(From provided press release)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NYS Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul joined Batavia and Genesee County officials and business leaders\u00a0on Wednesday morning\u00a0to announce the start of construction of a $1.165 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) project in the city of Batavia at 99 Main street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neppalli Holdings, LLC will invest approximately $1.165 million to renovate the three-story, 7,500 sq. ft. building, which was built in 1865. The renovation and redevelopment includes a new storefront, fa\u00e7ade and reconstruction of the existing three floors. A dental practice will reside on the first floor with the second floor being developed for commercial office space. The third floor will include 2 two-bedroom market-rate apartments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batavia&#8217;s DRI includes more than $60 million of public-private investments across more than a dozen projects in downtown Batavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-video-news-service\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"87g98WiUPx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/02\/genesee-county-city-of-batavia-downtown-revitalization-projects-advance\/\">GENESEE COUNTY\/City of Batavia\/Downtown Revitalization Projects advance<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;GENESEE COUNTY\/City of Batavia\/Downtown Revitalization Projects advance&#8221; &#8212; Video News Service\" src=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/02\/genesee-county-city-of-batavia-downtown-revitalization-projects-advance\/embed\/#?secret=87g98WiUPx\" data-secret=\"87g98WiUPx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(From provided press release) NYS Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul joined Batavia and Genesee County officials and business leaders\u00a0on Wednesday morning\u00a0to announce the start of construction of a $1.165 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) project in the city of Batavia at 99 Main street. Neppalli Holdings, LLC will invest approximately $1.165 \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/09\/30\/batavia-construction-begins-at-downtown-revitalization-project-in-the-city-of-batavia\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[2326],"class_list":["post-19750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","tag-downtown-revitalization-initiative-dri-project-in-the-city-of-batavia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-58y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20091,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/10\/16\/batavia-10-new-apartments-along-with-commercial-space-are-now-under-construction-as-part-of-the-downtown-revitalization-initiative-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":19750,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/10 new apartments along with commercial space are now under construction as part of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative project","author":"aka","date":"October 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4RCmTPFpHc8 Press Conference 10.16. 2020 Press release Construction work has started on another Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) project in downtown Batavia. 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