WNY REDC - Letters of Interest
- March 8, 2022 at 11:28 AM
- by Jennifer Pauly
Dear Community Stakeholder,
To help prepare and guide prospective applications for the Regional Council Consolidated Funding Application (CFA), the WNY Regional Economic Development Council and ESD will again be accepting Letters of Interest (LOI). Now open for submissions, the Letter of Interest is optional and voluntary; it is not a required step in the application process and does not guarantee funding. As an LOI is received by the Regional Council, staff from the WNY ESD office will contact the applicants to discuss projects and provide technical assistance.
To complete and submit an online Letter of Interest form for your project, go to: http://regionalcouncils.ny.gov/western-new-york
Through soliciting LOIs we seek to identify prospective projects early in the year that can be developed over the next few months and, as a result, be of a higher quality.
In addition, ESD will be holding Information Sessions - “ESD on the Road” - to hear from applicants on their prospective project ideas and issues in their community that may be developed into project applications. The WNYREDC encourages businesses, educational institutions, local governments, not-for-profit groups and other stakeholders to attend a session at any of the following dates and locations:
- Wednesday, March 9 - Erie County
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Buffalo History Museum
1 Museum Court
Buffalo, NY 14216
A virtual option is available for this session. Please email Sonia.Lombardo@esd.ny.gov to request the link.
- Wednesday, March 16 - Chautauqua County
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Fredonia Technology Incubator
214 Central Avenue
Dunkirk, NY 14048
- Thursday, March 24 - Allegany County
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Allegany County Industrial Development Agency
Crossroads Center
6087 Route 19 N, Suite 100
Belmont, NY 14813
- Wednesday, March 30 - Cattaraugus County
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Olean Business Development
4th Floor – The Hub
301 N. Union Street
Olean, NY 14760
- Wednesday, April 6 - Niagara County
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Common Council Chambers
First Floor
Lockport Municipal Building
1 Locks Plaza
Lockport, NY 14094
Learn more about each stop and RSVP at http://regionalcouncils.ny.gov/western-new-york
For questions pertaining to the LOI and/or the ESD on the Road, please contact Mo Sumbundu at 716-846-8347 or Mo.Sumbundu@esd.ny.gov.