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Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Business
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Mount Pleasant mayor to share town goals during annual address
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie will share Thursday the town's goals for 2025 and accomplishments over the past year during an annual address. Several initiatives, such as development projects and traffic studies, are underway throughout the town. These initiatives aim to improve the quality of life and bring more economic opportunities to the area. Haynie is expected to share details about these plans and more during his State of the Town address, which is scheduled to begin at noon during the town's Chamber of Commerce meeting. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Business
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Tonawanda moving forward in restoring Huntley Plant property
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After years of legal battles, the Town of Tonawanda is finally moving forward in restoring the Huntley Plant waterfront property. Town Supervisor Joe Emminger said Friday that the former owner of the land has exhausted all his legal options, and the town will be moving forward to acquire the property. Now, the town will spend the next 30 to 60 days sending out requests for proposals to developers who may have interest in buying the 93-acre riverfront property, cleaning it up and turning it into something that will benefit the town. What's going on with the Huntley Plant waterfront property? The waterfront property is on River Road off of the Niagara River. Huntley burned coal on the land for more than 100 years before the plant closed in 2016. Eminent domain action was first initiated in 2019. The site has not yet been cleaned up. 'The next step is finally in the town's hands and we are taking those steps as we speak,' Emminger said during his State of the Town address on Friday morning. Emminger also said portions of the former Tonawanda Coke plant, which closed in 2018 amid air pollution issues, drawing the attention of state regulators and environmental activists, will be ready for development and re-development by 2026. Taking a closer look at Tonawanda Coke's turbulent history Ontario Special Contracting took control of the land in 2020. Cleanup costs for that plant are estimated at $80 million. Plans for what it is being turned into have not yet been finalized, but are in the works. You can watch Emminger's full State of the Town speech from Friday in the video player above. Aidan Joly joined the News 4 staff in 2022. He is a graduate of Canisius College. You can see more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
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Amherst Town Supervisor Brian Kulpa touts low taxes, business development in State of the Town address
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amherst Town Supervisor Brian Kulpa touted low tax rates and business investments in his final State of the Town address on Friday. Kulpa's term expires at the end of 2025. Town law bars him from seeking a third term. He has been supervisor since 2018. Turning Amherst into an area for medical campuses, such as Roswell Park and 716 Health, has allowed the town to lower tax rates to 2.4% per $1,000, the town's lowest rate in 17 years, he said during the address. Other medical facilities such as Excelsior Orthopedics, Dent Neurological, and University at Buffalo Neurosurgery have also helped the town. 'We're able to provide services comparable to any community in Upstate New York,' Kulpa said. 'We're able to do it because we've had the growth and had the success.' He said that the growth in the town has allowed the area of Main Street and Transit Road to turn into a live-work area, with both homes, offices and other businesses popping up in recent years. The town's goal is to fully turn that area into mixed-use development. He also noted how a former 'zombie hotel' on Sweet Home Road has become student housing. 'Years ago you wouldn't have thought Main and Transit would be a place where people would want to go and live. Main and Transit is a little bit of a desolate intersection, single-use retail only,' he said. 'Thanks to investments by the Bliss Company we see a live-work center with new jobs and new retail opportunities, new offices and residential, all complementing one another.' Kulpa also announced plans for building a new youth development center on Eggert Road and a number of new playgrounds and splash pads around the town. You can view Kulpa's full State of the Town address in the video player above. Aidan Joly joined the News 4 staff in 2022. He is a graduate of Canisius College. You can see more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
