{"id":69166,"date":"2025-10-18T18:25:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T22:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=69166"},"modified":"2025-10-18T18:25:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T22:25:46","slug":"city-of-batavia-to-hold-open-house-on-potential-projects-to-be-included-in-another-10m-downtown-revitalization-initiative-application-on-october-21-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/city-of-batavia-to-hold-open-house-on-potential-projects-to-be-included-in-another-10m-downtown-revitalization-initiative-application-on-october-21-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Batavia to hold Open House on potential projects to be included in another $10m Downtown Revitalization Initiative application on October 21, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Batavia Development Corporation, in partnership with the City of Batavia, is applying for a second round of Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) funding from the State of New York. All projects included in the City\u2019s previously received 2018 DRI award have been successfully completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To continue the momentum of our Downtown\u2019s revitalization, the City is proposing to submit thirteen new projects representing more than $50m in additional investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Open House to collect input on these projects will be held on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 in the Council Room on the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;floor at City Hall, One Batavia City Centre, Batavia, New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants can attend any time between 4:30-5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release The Batavia Development Corporation, in partnership with the City of Batavia, is applying for a second round of Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) funding from the State of New York. All projects included in the City\u2019s previously received 2018 DRI award have been successfully completed. To continue the momentum \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/city-of-batavia-to-hold-open-house-on-potential-projects-to-be-included-in-another-10m-downtown-revitalization-initiative-application-on-october-21-2025\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[4705],"tags":[5428],"class_list":["post-69166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-city-of-batavia","tag-downtown-revitalization-initiative"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-hZA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19750,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/09\/30\/batavia-construction-begins-at-downtown-revitalization-project-in-the-city-of-batavia\/","url_meta":{"origin":69166,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Construction begins at Downtown Revitalization Project in the City of Batavia","author":"aka","date":"September 30, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fOPwmUp7n-c (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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/still-5.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/still-5.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/still-5.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/still-5.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/still-5.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"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":69166,"position":1},"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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