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GCEDC informs council on planned ag park

By Howard B. Owens

Steve Hyde  of Genesee County Economic Development Center presented an update on Agri Park development and tonight's council conference meeting.

The proposed ag park could be worth $1.4 billion to the local economy and create 1,100 jobs.

It will cover 200 to 300 acres near Oatka Milk in the Town

Joe Mancuso: a Batavian through and through

By Philip Anselmo

In Batavia business lore, there are few who loom as large as Joseph Mancuso, an incurable entrepreneur who bequeathed ambition to his children as if it were a heritage.

Mancuso died Tuesday at the state Veterans Home in Batavia, the Daily News reported. He was 88.

Reporter Roger Muehlig writes

Business owners plan a move to City Centre with ax-throwing, escape rooms

By Joanne Beck
Game of Throws in mall
And another one's gone, as a block of properties -- from the former Gentleman Jim's and Palace of Sweets to The Hiding Place -- has been taken by business owners Eric and Sarah Jones for their Game of Throws, expected to be moving into the Batavia City Centre site by this summer. 
Photo by Howard Owens

Something seems to be happening in downtown Batavia, at City Centre in particular, as properties are either bought or leased and business owners are taking a chance on investing in what city officials are hoping is becoming an economic revival of the former mall.

Batavia Daily News for Monday: Fervent or inured? Why do you vote?

By Philip Anselmo

Today's Daily News is understandably devoted to election coverage. Four stories on the front page, plus another handful sprinkled through the rest of the paper take up everything from the musings of local voters to the specifics of some of the area's contested races—including the the 59th and 62nd State

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