Planning Committee authorizes application for $300,000+ Micro Enterprise grant, schedules Sept. 8 hearing

The Wyoming County Planning Committee on July 29 authorized the chairman to sign a grant application to the New York State Office of Community Renewal seeking a Micro Enterprise Assistance Grant with a stated minimum amount of $300,000 and set a public hearing for Sept. 8, 2026. The motion was recorded as carried, with six affirmative votes and two members absent.

The motion was moved by Committee member Perkins and recorded in the minutes as carried. The application listing the NYS Office of Community Renewal (Hampton Plaza, Albany) appeared on the Industrial Development Agency & Business Assistance Corp. agenda. The minutes state the Micro Enterprise Assistance Grant program provides smaller individual grants (the minutes note a $20,000 grant level in program description) to support local microenterprises. No additional project or applicant names were specified in the minutes.