{"id":76509,"date":"2026-06-29T22:28:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=76509"},"modified":"2026-06-29T22:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:28:53","slug":"batavia-city-of-batavia-local-planning-committee-to-hold-first-dri-2-0-meeting-on-july-7th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/batavia-city-of-batavia-local-planning-committee-to-hold-first-dri-2-0-meeting-on-july-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/City of Batavia Local Planning Committee to hold first DRI 2.0 meeting on July 7th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"76511\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/batavia-city-of-batavia-local-planning-committee-to-hold-first-dri-2-0-meeting-on-july-7th\/us-nybat-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/us-nybat.gif?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"us-nybat)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/us-nybat.gif?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/us-nybat.gif?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76511\" style=\"width:647px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Local Planning Committee (LPC) will officially launch the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) 2.0 process with its first meeting on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at the City Council Board Room, One Batavia City Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batavia was recently selected as a $10 million award recipient through the New York State\u2019s DRI program, which supports transformative projects aimed at strengthening and reimagining downtown communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Local Planning Committee serves as the steering body for the DRI process. Members will meet regularly to guide the development of the initiative, including brainstorming ideas, engaging with the community, and evaluating and recommending projects for funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first meeting will mark the beginning of the Batavia DRI 2.0 planning effort and will include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 An overview of the DRI program and planning process<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 Discussion of opportunities for community engagement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 A collaborative exercise to begin shaping a vision for downtown Batavia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This meeting is open to the public, with time reserved following the committee\u2019s working session for public comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release The Local Planning Committee (LPC) will officially launch the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) 2.0 process with its first meeting on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at the City Council Board Room, One Batavia City Centre. Batavia was recently selected as a $10 million award \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/batavia-city-of-batavia-local-planning-committee-to-hold-first-dri-2-0-meeting-on-july-7th\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76511,"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":[5907,5906],"class_list":["post-76509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-of-batavia","tag-dri-2-0-2","tag-local-planning-committee"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-jU1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76760,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/genesee-county-city-of-batavia-plans-begin-for-dri-2-0-with-local-planning-committee-meeting-on-tuesday\/","url_meta":{"origin":76509,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/City of Batavia\/Plans begin for DRI 2.0 with Local Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday","author":"aka","date":"July 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Members of the Local Planning Committee are Erik Fix\/President & CEO of GLOW YMCA, Anni Aliasso\/Del Plato Casey Law Firm, Paul Battaglia\/GCEDC, Jo Coburn\/Main St. 56 Theater, Tammy Hathaway\/Batavia Development Corporation, Craig Lamb\/President &CEO of Genesee Community College, Wesley Bedford\/M&T Bank, Shannon Maute\/Batavia Business Improvement District, John Riter\/Merrill Lynch, Rachael\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;City of Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"City of Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/city-of-batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260707_165327-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260707_165327-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260707_165327-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260707_165327-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260707_165327-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":84525,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/city-of-batavia-fourth-dri-2-0-meeting-planned-for-october-27th\/","url_meta":{"origin":76509,"position":1},"title":"City of Batavia\/Fourth DRI (2.0) meeting planned for October 27th","author":"aka","date":"October 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release The Local Planning Committee (LPC) will have their fourth DRI 2.0 meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM in the City Council Board Room, One Batavia City Centre. 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