JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (July 2, 2015) – The Downtown Jamestown Farmers Market, presented by WCA Hospital, hosted a press event today to kick off Field and Fork Network’s Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program and announce an expansion of the program into New York’s southern...
Jamestown was swarming with yellow volunteer shirts this past Saturday as Hands On Jamestown crews collected garbage, swept sidewalks, and weeded gardens at the annual community clean up event. Nearly 800 volunteers from all over southern Chautauqua County came...
Renovating an old building isn’t easy. Outdated electrical systems, inefficient windows, an attic full of pigeon droppings – these and many other problems are expensive barriers to the revitalization of buildings in our cities and villages. This is why starting from...
New signage went up earlier this month at Holmlund's Wallpaper & Paint, right next to the North Main Street viaduct. The sign caps off a complete overhaul of the building's exterior by owner Andy Jochum. It also caps off the polishing of the entire city block...
By Frank Besse Do you have a great idea for a new business in Jamestown? A bookstore? A spice emporium? A zip line across the Chadakoin River? Consider unleashing your idea this fall at the Pearl City Small Business Pitch Fest, a new event from the Jamestown...
The “Third Thursday” summer concert series will continue for a third straight year at Winter Garden Plaza in downtown Jamestown, starting this week. The Jamestown Renaissance Corporation and the Active Artists Alliance have announced that the popular series will...
Four years ago this week, the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation and its partners began a project that has changed the face of North Main Street: the demolition of Winter Garden Theater and the construction of Winter Garden Plaza. After years as a great movie house,...
How can downtowns compete with suburban shopping centers and their acres of free parking? Provide the same. Just remove parking meters and make way for an influx of retailers and customers. At least that was the conventional wisdom for many years. But it hasn’t...
Next month, almost 91 years to the day after opening as Jamestown's grandest movie house, the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts will be showing its last film. Not its last movie, but its last movie on actual film, as it makes the conversion to the Digital Age. Over the...
Jamestown's Riverwalk has been expanding over the past few years, and plans are in the works to add new paths and amenities to make the city's Chadakoin riverfront a recreational destination for area residents and visitors. Click here to take a brief survey about how...