Investigators marked possible evidence locations on Oak Street, Batavia, following a report of gunshots in the area on Monday night. Photo by Howard Owens
Police are investigating what appears to be a case of gunshots fired on Oak Street at around 10:50 p.m. on Monday night.
Witnesses said they heard five or six shots but that whoever was involved fled the scene quickly.
At about 10:50 p.m., dispatchers asked a patrol officer to switch to LE Secure (the encrypted channel for police communications), and another officer responded that he had heard gunshots while he was still inside the police station.
The dispatcher said the 9-1-1 Center had received multiple calls.
A short time later, an officer reported that he had a person in custody, but a police source said that information was incorrect.
There is currently no official source of information available, and a police source said it is too early in the investigation to release much information.
A source said there are no reported injuries at this time.
There are City PD and Sheriff's patrols on scene on Oak Street, between La Cross Avenue/Charles Street and Allen Street. There are also patrols strategically placed elsewhere in the city, but we've been unable to confirm that a suspect or suspects are still at large.
There were no injuries, not to the residents, firefighters, nor to the family pets in a fire at 10 Prune St., Batavia, this evening, but there was significant damage to the residence, said City Fire Chief Josh Graham.
The garage, where the fire started, is a total loss.
"There is significant damage to the second story," Graham said. "It's pretty well a total loss, and there is a lot of water and smoke damage on the first floor."
Graham said City Fire received a call at about 6:22 p.m. of smoke coming from the garage.
"Crews saw smoke as soon as they pulled out of the fire station (on Evans Street)," Graham said. "When they got on scene, the garage was fully involved with an extension into the house. They declared a second alarm, and the Town of Batavia responded, Elba responded."
The residents were out of the house, and a dog and cat also escaped safely, Graham said.
The streets are narrow, and houses are close together in the Prune Street neighborhood. The Tully's parking lot was right behind the house. That made it tight quarters to maneuver trucks and fight the fire.
Unloading hoses quickly and getting them into place quickly was difficult.
"One thing I will say is there's a house down here with a 16-year-old that came out and saw us struggling to pull a hose down, and he grabbed ahold of that hose and helped pull the hose down," Graham said. "Moving all that hose, getting everything in place with everything else around in the house was the hardest part."
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
A neighboring house sustained some heat damage.
Property tax records indicate the house is owned by James and Peggy Benedict. It was built in 1900 and remodeled in 1970.
The scene on Countyline Road in Darien late this afternoon in what local law enforcement is calling a "swatting incident," a false report of a violent crime. Photo by Howard Owens.
Monroe County emergency dispatch received a call on a non-emergency number Monday afternoon reporting a murder-suicide at 3865 Countyline Road in Darien.
Genesee County Sheriff's Office and State Police responded, along with Mercy EMS, and found a farm field at that address. They checked three neighboring residents near that address and didn't find any issues. Patrols have cleared the scene.
"We checked residences out of an abundance of caution given that we had plotted the address to an empty field," Chief Deputy Joseph Graff said.
Graff said the call may have indicated that a person had shot his girlfriend and then killed himself and that a third person may have been involved.
According to Graff, the Orleans County Sheriff's Office checked a similar address in Orleans County and also found no incident.
Officials are calling this a swatting incident.
Graff said prank calls such as this are a danger to law enforcement, other first responders, and the community.
"I think the danger is just evident," Graff said. "We have law enforcement resources responding in an emergency fashion to essentially check out a false report. Not only does that endanger the law enforcement individuals who are responding, but also the community at large."
Since these sorts of incidents have helped elsewhere in the county, law enforcement has learned, Graff said, to hold some resources back so there are still patrols available in other parts of the jurisdiction.
Since the call didn't come in on an emergency line, there was no immediate caller ID information available, Graff said, but authorities will be working to identify the caller. Criminal charges are possible.
"The caller could be charged with filing a false report or falsely reporting an incident; those are the first two that come to mind," Graff said.
Either can be charged as a felony or a misdemeanor. The severity of the charge would depend on the actual statements made by the caller, Graff said.
Asked what motivates these types of calls, Graff said, "I wish I knew the answer to that. I don't know."
More than 300 people turned out Sunday afternoon at Batavia Country Club for a free concert by the Ghost Riders, celebrating the group's 30 years of providing Genesee County with a hardcore country soundtrack.
Charlie Hetrick sitting in on bass (in place of Bill Pitcher). Hetrick was one of several local musicians and former members who sat in for some songs during the concert. Keith Worthington, foreground, on lead guitar. Photo by Howard Owens.
A two-car accident is reported at Oak Street and Park Road, Batavia.
No word on injuries.
City Fire and Mercy EMS responding.
UPDATE 3:21 p.m.: Vehicles are blocking. "Traffic is backing up," the fire commander reports. He says police will be needed for "traffic offenses" and tows are requested for two full-size pickup trucks.
When you look like Elvis -- to the point that people have a tendency to stop you in the street unless you wear a bit of a disguise -- and can sing like the King, there's a natural path to take in life, especially if you're already living in the entertainment capital of the world.
That's the situation former singing bartender and Niagara Falls native Rick Alviti found himself in more than 20 years ago when his career as an Elvis impersonator started in Hollywood.
That life path brings him and his show, "That's the Way It Was," to Batavia Downs at 7 p.m. Sept. 9.
"I like the people I meet," said Alviti when asked what he enjoys about his career. "I meet the nicest people. They're always so kind to me. When I'm out in stores or restaurants, people come up to me because I have this Elvis resemblance, and sometimes I wear a hat when I'm out, but when they come up to me, I always give them a card and invite them to a show. That's what I do for a living.
"Meeting people, especially the people who love Elvis, is the best part. They're excited to meet because they love Elvis. I'm fortunate to have that connection, and to me, that's a good thing."
After attending North Tonawanda High School, Alviti moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. He landed a job at Dimples, a bar across from the NBC Studio that was a favorite entertainment industry hangout. His gimmick was signing while he poured drinks, and already a huge Elvis Presley fan, he sang a lot of Elvis songs. But Alviti had a beard, so nobody yet noticed his resemblance to Tupolo's most famous son.
He landed an acting job and had to cut his hair and shave his beard. That's when, he said, everyone started calling him "Elvis."
He decided to get an agent and began getting serious about studying Elvis Presley's moves, watching his movies, and learning his songs. He got some gigs in Las Vegas and then the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority sponsored him on a national tour.
After his parents moved to Myrtle Beach, he visited them knowing, too, that J.D. Sumner and the Stamps (Sumner was long associated with Presley), had a long-term residency at a theater in Myrtle Beach. That led to meeting the theater owner, and after Sumner's death, Alviti got an offer to set up an Elvis tribute show at the theater.
That was a residency with a 12-piece band that lasted for years.
Doing two shows a day really helped him refine his Elvis impersonation, he said.
His career has led to shows all over the U.S. and several in Las Vegas, including at the Winn, the Mirage, and the Gold Coast.
That's where he met the Jordinairs (once backup singers to Elvis), he said. They became friends, and he performed with them. He's also performed with the Stamps.
He also played a birthday party for a playmate at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion, where he met Hefner, whom he said was a nice guy. He was provided one of the mansion's many bathrooms (he guessed 27) as a changing room but kept getting interrupted by people wanting to use it for "one of two things," as he put it.
As for acting, being Elvis has opened doors there, too. He played in a production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and was cast as Elvis in episodes of “ER” and “One Tree Hill.” He also played Elvis is a Rusty Wallace commercial for Miller Lite.
Alviti now splits time between Buffalo and South Carolina. When he's in the northeast, he tours with a five-piece band of guys mostly based in and around New York City. In South Carolina, he has another band, though when he's in the Nashville area, his band is led by the son of DJ Fontana (Presley's former drummer).
Tribute bands are a big deal now, but until Elvis impersonators, as they were called then, came along in the 1980s, musicians either played in cover bands or bands that played their own songs.
Impersonating some other act to the point of trying to sound exactly like that act and putting on their costumes was an industry waiting to be born.
"When I started out, there were maybe nine guys who did an Elvis tribute," Alviti said. "You had to look the part and sing the part and entertain the audience. Now there's probably 9,000 guys doing it."
He said it's probably for Elvis impersonators to get a start now, and a lot of guys doing it for "$200 and just to have fun. They just want to be Elvis for a bit. What I do is a professional production."
When he first started out, the Elvis Presley Estate was also much more concerned about Elvis impersonators, and he was contacted by representatives of Graceland. He said he told them that he wasn't trying to convince people he was Elvis. He was performing as Rick Alviti.
"You're allowed to do a tribute to anybody. That's in law," Alviti said.
When he was contacted, he said he told them, "I'm not saying I'm Elvis. I'm Rick Alviti. I happen to resemble him, but I'm not pretending to be Elvis."
He makes a point of calling his show "That's the Way It Was" without claiming to be Elvis Presley so he doesn't violate the estate's intellectual property rights. People who go to the show know they're seeing an Elvis tribute and not a substitute Elvis.
"Now. I think they've embraced tributes because it's helping keep the image alive," Alviti said.
He said his show is different from most Elvis tributes because it's interactive. He gets the audience involved. He performs many of the songs it expects to hear, such as "Suspicious Minds" and "A Little Less Conversation," and his set can change on the fly.
"I try to gauge the audience," Alviti said. "If I'm doing too many ballads, I'll add in some faster things, stuff that gets everybody going. I think I have a good sense of what the audience wants to hear."
While this show will be the "jumpsuit Elvis," he does do the "leather Elvis" at some of his appearances when the show includes an intermission.
"Elvis is great because there's four eras," Alviti said. "There's the early Elvis, the movie-era Elvis, the leather-wearing comeback-era Elvis, and the Vegas years."
This will be Alviti's first appearance in Batavia.
"I invite everybody to come out and enjoy themselves," Alviti said. "We will have a wonderful time. That's what it's all about, making people happy and making sure everybody enjoys the music of Elvis."
A transformer has reportedly blown in the area of 5155 East Main Road, Batavia.
There is arcing and sparking, and now a report of a fire in the front yard of a residence.
Town of Batavia Fire dispatched.
UPDATE 9:29 p.m.: National Grid is reporting 2,462 customers are without power. The power outage area is from State Street in the city to nearly Seven Springs Road on the east, and from East Main Street Road going north into Byron. ETA for power restoration is 11:30 p.m.
After trailing the entire game, Batavia PD staged a comeback win in the bottom of the seventh inning to take the third meeting in a charity baseball game between the police department and the City of Batavia Fire Department.
The final score was 14-13 on Saturday evening at Dwyer Stadium.
Proceeds benefited the Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation.
On Thursday, Pembroke Town Supervisor Tom Schneider welcomed Deborah Conti to the town board and administered the oath of office.
Conti fills the seat of Warran Clark, who passed away in July after a long illness. She was appointed by the board through the end of the year and is on November's ballot to finish out Warren's term.
The following arrest was made by the Sheriff's Office in conjunction with the Lumineers concert at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center on Tuesday.
Nicholas J. McKee, 27, of King Avenue, New Castle, Ontario Canada is charged with criminal Trespass 3rd after allegedly jumping over a fence into a restricted area of the concert venue.
The State Commission on Judicial Conduct is recommending censure of a Town of Darien Justice in connection with social media posts attributed to her that used foul language and contained sexual innuendo, with some of the content being associated with her role in the legal system.
Justice Jennifer R. Nunnery has the option of requesting a review of the commission's determination, which was submitted to the Court of Appeals on Aug. 23. If Nunnery does not request a review within 30 days, the commission will censure her in accordance with the determination.
A censure is a formal reprimand. It does not otherwise affect Nunnery's standing as a lawyer or a judge.
Nunnery was admitted to the bar in 2015 and became a town justice in January 2020.
She is accused of making inappropriate social media posts between December 2020 through April 2021. She apparently made changes to her behavior on social media and deleted the problematic posts after being counseled by a supervisor.
Among the social media comments cited by the commission:
The commission states that the third of those posts received 57 reactions and 31 comments before Nunnery removed it in April 2021.
During this time frame, Nunnery reportedly also posted two responses to a re-shared seven-year-old post. Nunnery is accused of making comments about being hungover, using profanity, and in a separate comment, she recalled drawing a picture of male anatomy on the face of a person she apparently knew who was passed out on a plane.
She is also accused of liking posts regarding the candidacy of a person running for city judge in Buffalo, Carrie Phillips, and of a candidate for school board in Alexander, Lindsay Bessey.
In the commission's view, these likes, which could be seen by most members of the public, gave the appearance of a judge endorsing candidates for office, which is prohibited conduct.
In a press statement, Commission Administrator Robert H. Tembeckjian said, “Judges are obliged, on and off the bench, to uphold the integrity and dignity of judicial office and to avoid partisan political activity. While those constraints apply regardless of the forum, a judge should be especially careful when communicating on social media, which can compound the impropriety of an inappropriate message by spreading it far and wide.”
In the determination report, the commission states that Nunnery said she was unaware that her "likes" of posts were visible to the wider public. The commission also states that Nunnery was aware of the privacy setting options available on social media posts.
"Respondent now appreciates that the integrity of the judiciary is undermined when a judge publicly posts puerile and explicit content," the commission stated, adding that she also now understands the appearance of endorsing candidates through "likes."
"The Rules require judges to maintain high standards of conduct and to 'act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary," the commission stated. "The Rules also prohibit judges from engaging in extra-judicial activities which 'detract from the dignity of judicial office.' Respondent violated these rules when she made inappropriate and undignified public posts and comments on Facebook, some of which referenced her role as an attorney in the legal system."
The commission continued, "It is well-settled that judges are held to a higher standard of conduct than the general public. 'The ethical standards require a judge to avoid extra-judicial conduct that casts doubt on the judge’s impartiality . . . or detracts from the dignity of judicial office . . . Upon assuming the bench, a judge surrenders certain rights and must refrain from certain conduct that may be permissible for others.'"
And quoted the rules on judicial conduct, "[e]very judge must understand that a judge's right to speak publicly is limited because of the important responsibilities a judge has in dispensing justice, maintaining impartiality and acting at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the judge's integrity.”
Nunnery, a Batavia native and Batavia High School graduate, was named a Woman of Distinction by the YWCA in 2016. The press release announcing the award states she was in the Army Military Police Corp and was deployed to Iraq in 2003 and 2006. She was honored for her work with veterans and for sharing her own experience with PTSD.
She attended GCC and later obtained a bachelor’s degree in Political Science at Brockport State College and pursued law at University at Buffalo Law School.
At the time, she had a law office in downtown Batavia. She volunteered as a veteran mentor at the Batavia Veterans Treatment Court in City Court. She was also an advisor on the GCC Paralegal Advisory Committee and for the Alexander High School’s Mock Trial Team.
Jeremy Logan, luthier and co-owner of a new music shop in Batavia, Logan's Music. Photo by Howard Owens.
The way Jeremy Logan sees it, Batavia needs a music store.
A community this size needs a place not just to buy instruments but all of the accessories musicians sometimes need on short notice, from strings and reeds to picks and drumsticks.
Logan worked for 13 years at Roxy's Music Store, and after Rose Caccamise died and the store closed, he knew there was a void to fill. He worked from home repairing guitars for former Roxy's customers and continued taking guitar lessons from Paul Runfola at St. Anthony's.
Going to a lesson one day, he drove by a recently vacated storefront next to Southside Deli on Ellicott Street and thought it might be a good location to start a music store. A few days later, there was a for-rent sign in the window.
He spoke to Runfola about it, and they decided to form a partnership and open a store.
In less than two weeks, Logan's Music has already started generating buzz among local musicians, and a lot of players are stopping by to say hello and check out the store. He's even made a few sales.
Currently, the store is stocked with second-hand guitars, from a gold-top Gibson Les Paul to custom Telecasters, along with lower-end models, as well as a few guitars Logan built or customized himself.
Logan, born in Batavia and raised on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation, fell in love with guitar at an early age. As he grew older, he wanted to find a way to make a living in the music business.
"I've loved guitar since I was kid, you know, but I wasn't good enough of a player to go further," Logan said. "I could play in local bands, but I wanted something consistent."
In 2000, he enrolled in the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix and, after his studies, moved to Eugene, Oregon and worked for a company making graphite guitar necks.
Then he returned home and eventually took a job at Guitar Center in Buffalo, first in sales and then as a luthier when the company decided to open a repair shop.
One day he happened to Roxy's and met Rose.
"I was just talking with her and told her what I did and everything, and she said, 'Come over here,' and we sat down in the corner we talked for about a good hour about what I was doing. The next day, she gave me a call and offered me a job.
Logan liked holding down a job closer to town, and he gained a reputation among local guitarists as an expert luthier.
He became a luthier because he loved tinkering with guitars but also because he wanted to build custom guitars himself.
"I've always wanted to make my own kind of crazy designs," Logan said.
There's also satisfaction, he said, in bringing a broken guitar back to life, whether that is for a customer who drops by with a damaged instrument or if he finds a crippled axe at a flea market or garage sale, giving him an opportunity to turn it into something that brings joy to a customer.
"I like fixing guitars, taking a perfect junk guitar and making it playable and getting it to somebody who can use it," Logan said. "That's always really cool. I like the look on someone's face when they get a guitar. It's always the same feeling. I like just bringing a guitar back to life and getting it out to people to where they're it's to be played and not just sitting in a pile of junk."
The selection of second-hand guitars in the shop offers shoppers a wide variety of choices. He has buyers who go out and find them, and now that he has a storefront, customers will bring in guitars to sell. That makes the selection always eclectic and always changing, making the store a bit of a paradise for local guitar players who haven't had a place in Batavia to browse a variety of guitars for a couple of years.
He's still building his stock but has no plans in his current small space to stock many other instruments. He does intend to carry supplies to support all kinds and levels of musicians in the community and is open to suggestions.
"I had a music teacher from John Kennedy come in, and he was talking to me and asked me if I was going to carry certain stuff, and I said I don't really know what to carry for schools, so he sat down, and he gave me a whole list of what he needed," Logan said. "He said he would send over a teacher from Batavia High School, too. That was cool because everybody has been ready to give me advice and what is needed for the community. That is what I've wanted. It's going to be hard to take the place of Roxy's, but there was nothing here for the community, so it's cool (to get advice)."
Logan's Music is at 302 Ellicott St., Batavia. The store is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. The phone number is 585-201-7133.
Alan E. Rose, formerly of Nashville, stopped in at Logan's to buy a new guitar and amp last week. He said he was really happy to find the store, another blessing, he said, in a string of recent blessings. He moved to Batavia so his daughter could help care for him after he became partially paralyzed. He hadn't been able to play guitar for three years and could only recently pick up an instrument again. With a voice like Waylon Jenning's and some fine flat-picking, he put on a little show playing his political novelty songs based on familiar tunes. Photo by Howard Owens.
Part of Community Night Out at St. Anthony's is free food for community members who attend. Photo by Steve Ognibene
Tuesday's turnout for Community Night Out at City Church's St. Anthony's may have been the biggest since the church first hosted the event in 2019, according to Pastor Ryan Macdonald.
"(We're) very blessed," Macdonald said. "Packed out event. I don't think we've ever seen this many people out at his event before. I'm thankful to have all these agencies here so the community understands what is available."
Community Night Out, formerly National Night Out, was an event Batavia put on at various locations in the city every year, but it seems to have a long-term home at St. Anthony's, and a partner in City Church, that has helped it grow.
Macdonald said he's thankful for all the sponsors who support the event and the event's charity this year, Batavia PD's K-9 program.
The event is an important community outreach program for Batavia PD, said Det. Matthew Wojtaszczyk.
"The purpose of our event is to bring the community out, as you can see, to build positive relationships with the community in a relaxed setting where we're not at a 911 call or an emergency call, a stress-free environment to just build relationships within the community," Wojtaszczyk.
Photos by Steve Ognibene
More than 400 people attended the Community Night Out. Photo by Steve Ognibene
Ray Williams cutting hair. Photo by Steve Ognibene
Dan Calkins from Youth Bureau. Photo by Steve Ognibene
Det. Matthew Wojtaszczyk, Batavia Police department. Photo by Steve Ognibene
Det. Eric Hill, Batavia PD. Photo by Steve Ognibene
Pastors Ryan and Samantha Macdonald, St. Anthony's, City Church. Photo by Steve Ognibene
A member of the demolition crew uses a chainsaw to cut one of the supports of the cupola before a crane lifts it off in one piece for the purpose of preservation. Photo by Howard Owens.
Before Tuesday, the last person to ring the bell in the cupola of the old Bethany Town Hall was now-retired Town of Bethany employee Kenny Morgan.
That was 25 years ago, at least.
And he got in a bit of trouble for doing it.
"Why did you ring the bell?" The Batavian asked.
"I don't know," Morgan said. "We had to go over there and do some work, so I figured since I was there and the rope was dangling down out of the opening, I would just ring it a little bit."
All of the "old timers," as he put it, started calling the Town Hall and showing up in the parking lot to see what the emergency was, he said.
The town supervisor at the time told him, "Don't ever do it again."
Today, the bell was rung one last time while it was still, technically, in the cupola (the top of the structure had just been removed) by a member of the demolition crew hired to take down the old town hall (see video at the bottom of this story).
The building represents memories and their community to the residents of Bethany, but strictly speaking, it's not a historical building, so there's no funding to bring it up to code for public use, which would cost in excess of $2 million. The town board decided to hire a firm to bring it down before nature and vandals cause any issues.
The cupola and bell are being saved (the bell, once removed, was taken off-site by the contractor to a secure location to protect it from potential thieves) for a small park that will take the place of the old town hall.
The whole project is costing the town $119,000, said Supervisor Carl Hyde.
"The past residents of Bethany smiled on us today because the cupola came down without a problem," Hyde said. "All in one piece. The bell in the yoke came down without a problem and in one piece, so evidently, it was meant to be. The way I look at it, everything went smoothly. You know, it's a sad day, but it's gonna preserve the property. It's going to preserve the bell and the cupola in a green space. That will let people know that there was actually something here that was important to the residents."
The contractor doing the demolition work is out of Akron, Wargo Enterprises.
Demolition started with the removal of the cupola and bell, which took a couple of hours of meticulous work.
The crane operator predicted the cupola would weigh between 5,000 and 6,000 pounds. If it weighed more than 12,000, he was going to call in another crane. Once it was off the building, he said gauges indicated it weighed less than 6,000 pounds.
The bell was made in Batavia by James H. Cochran in 1884.
With the cupola and bell safely removed, the Wargo crew got busy with heavy equipment smashing down the building.
Wayne Walker, who was born and raised in Bethany -- and last heard the bell ring long ago when he first got out of the military service and rang it himself -- said it's time to move on.
"It's seen its time," Walker said. "You would need to spend a lot of money to get it the way it should be. It's just a waste of money."
NOTE: This story contains nine photos. The Batavian prepared 39 photos for publication. To view all 39 photos, click here. At the bottom, the photos below is a video of the bell ringing.
NEXgistics employees listen to speakers at the construction site for their company's new distribution center in Pembroke during a topping-off ceremony to mark progress in the project. Photo by Howard Owens.
Press release:
NEXgistics, a leading name in logistics and supply chain solutions, celebrated a significant milestone today in the construction of its new corporate headquarters. In a time-honored tradition, the final piece of steel was hoisted 50 feet above a cheering crowd during a topping-out ceremony signaling the next phase of construction.
The event was attended by key company stakeholders, local officials, and other project partners, united in their efforts to secure NEXgistics’ long-term future. Scheduled to open by the end of 2023, the new 140,000-square-foot facility ushers in a new era at NEXgistics.
Steve Northman, President of NEXgistics, addressed the crowd by saying, "We are thrilled to reach this significant milestone for our new headquarters. This modern facility will embody our company values of innovation, collaboration, and growth. It will serve as a hub for our talented team to better serve our clients as we grow right here in Western New York."
Town Supervisor Tom Schneider said, "Creating good-paying jobs is an essential part of our plans to move the Town of Pembroke forward. The logistics industry is a growing sector in our regional economy, and businesses like NEXgistics are creating more jobs for local workers. I thank NEXgistics for their investment and look forward to their future success and growth."
The new NEXgistics headquarters, being completed by Montante Construction, reflects the company's commitment to investing in its future. With state-of-the-art features and a design that prioritizes sustainability and functionality, the headquarters will house various departments, including executive and collaborative offices and warehouse spaces.
“Reaching the topping-off milestone is an exciting accomplishment, and we’re grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with NEXgistics to bring their vision to life,” said Doug Elia, President of Montante Construction. “We are proud to create a space that enables NEXgistics to grow and invest in our community for years to come.”
The construction project is estimated to cost $17.6 million and is a generator of significant economic activity in Corfu, NY and beyond. The facility will support 24 jobs and result in additional direct and indirect benefits to the region.
"NEXgistics is a family business that has grown by leveraging technology, expertise, and strategic partnerships to drive innovation and supply chain efficiencies,” said Steve Hyde, Genesee County Economic Development Center president and CEO. “This project builds on their success and affirms our strategic investment in key sectors of the Genessee County economy to create cutting-edge products and jobs."
Steve Northman, President of NEXgistics Photo by Howard Owens
