Niagara Falls development financing falling into place
From WBFO News: Across Niagara Falls, there are projects suggesting the tourism boom – and development that feeds off tourists – are here to stay for the long haul.
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CITY DESK: Cuomo called out over Goat Island ‘lodge’
From the Niagara Gazette: The “bottom-up,” “community first” approach to development and redevelopment has been all the rage in recent years. It seems, after decades of essentially telling the people what’s best for them, public officials and entities finally figured out that there are advantages to getting what they like to call “community buy-in” before…
Niagara Falls asked to contribute $100K for Discover Niagara Shuttle operations
From the Niagara Gazette: Support from Niagara Falls could keep the Discover Niagara Shuttle service free to riders. In coming weeks, city lawmakers will consider giving up to $100,000 to the Discover Niagara Shuttle, which during the 2016 tourist season ferried 33,000 visitors and locals from Youngstown to Niagara Falls. It was free for riders…
Restoring The Niagara Gorge
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: The Niagara Gorge is one of the oldest and most spectacular natural landscapes in Western New York.
Largest Non-Casino Project in Downtown Niagara Falls in 40 Years Taking Shape
From Time Warner Cable News: It seems fitting that the Hyatt Place Hotel, the long-discussed and delayed $35 million project under construction on Rainbow Boulevard in Niagara Falls, has hit a few bumps once shovels went into the ground.
Biometric screening would be a ‘disaster’
From the Niagara Falls Review: President Donald Trump’s push to have all visitors entering and exiting the United States subjected to biometric screening – such as finger-printing, retina scans or facial recognition tests – would be a “disaster,” says the general manager of the Peace Bridge Authority.
Bridge commission elects 2017 officers
From the Niagara Falls Review: American businessman Russell Quarantello has been elected chairman of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, while Canadian accountant John Lopinski has been elected vice chairman. The commission, which is a bi-national entity that owns and operates the Rainbow, Whirlpool Rapids and Queenston-Lewiston bridges between Canada and the United States, elected its…
Drop Goat Island Lodge Idea and Redevelop Schoelkopf Hall
From Buffalo Rising: When Governor Andrew M. Cuomo made his second regional State of the State address in Buffalo and announced his proposal for a $500 million expansion of the Buffalo Billion initiative, he announced a few changes on Goat Island: On Goat Island we will create a year-round destination for tourism and build a…
Niagara Falls names panel to lead 125th anniversary observance
From the Buffalo News: City Historian Elaine Timm was named chairwoman of a committee that will organize this year’s events to mark the 125th anniversary of Niagara Falls becoming a city in 1892. The city was incorporated on March 17, 1892, and the city will mark that date in conjunction with the Ancient Order of…
Cuomo’s “Buffalo Billion” no Benefit to Niagara Falls
From the Niagara Falls Reporter: With key members of his staff under indictment, a potential $3.5 billion budget deficit looming, various ill-considered initiatives like free college tuition and selling liquor in movie theaters going over like lead balloons, and being increasingly at odds with a state legislature scratching and clawing to maintain its own prerogatives…