From the Niagara Gazette:
What’s next for the concept known as the Niagara Experience Center? Having been rejected as a project worthy of funding under the first round of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s new regional economic development initiative, supporters of the plan to create a one-of-a-kind visitor center in Niagara Falls aren’t quite sure.
After languishing in limbo for several years, it appeared as though the experience center concept was about to gain renewed life in the form of financial support through Cuomo’s regional council program. Members of the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council, which put together the local strategic plan for development projects to be funded under Cuomo’s initiative, identified the center as one of its 12 “priority” projects. On Thursday, local leaders learned that while the council’s overall plan ranked as one of the “best” of those submitted by the 10 regional councils statewide, the experience center would not be receiving $5 million in seed money requested by project supporters.