The Genesee County Emergency Dispatch Center is on track to become one of the elite dispatch centers in the state, if not the country, with Director Steven C. Sharpe setting the bar high.
It's Sharpe's goal -- and has been since 2006 -- to have the dispatch center receive an
May 3, 2022, the groundbreaking for Ellicott Station. Photo by Howard Owens.
What is mixed-income housing? Workforce housing? Low-income housing? Affordable housing? Market-rate housing?
These terms appear frequently in thousands of documents obtained from government agencies by The Batavian for an investigation into how the 55-unit apartment building under construction at Ellicott Station transformed from “luxury” units to apartments eligible for Section 8 rental vouchers.
How did this once promising project go from a complex where all tenants hold down jobs to one where potentially as few as 36 percent of the potential tenants are gainfully employed, and finally, one where the project's actual completion is in doubt?
This article is based on information provided by the Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) about the Western New York Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park or STAMP project:
Next week, the GCEDC will hold two informational meetings regarding the environmental review process for the STAMP project.