Katko Announces $250,000 Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant For Site Of Former Nestle Facility

August 4, 2017 Steve Yablonski

The corner lot of the former Nestle site designated to Aldi, currently cleared and fenced off from the remainder of the site.

SYRACUSE, NY – U.S. Rep. John Katko today (Aug. 4) announced that the city of Fulton has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Northern Border Regional Commission’s Economic and Infrastructure Development Investment Program.

Katko supported the application submitted by the city of Fulton’s Community Development Agency for this federal funding.

“As a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I recognize how important strong water infrastructure systems are for local municipalities in Central New York and across the nation,” said U.S. Rep. Katko. “I commend the city of Fulton’s Community Development Agency for its efforts to spur economic growth and help revitalize distressed neighborhoods by updating and replacing vital infrastructure, and I was proud to support this application for funding.”

According to the city of Fulton’s grant application, this grant will allow the city of Fulton to properly size and place more than 3,800 linear feet of water and sewer mains and update storm sewer lines at the former site of the Fulton Nestle facility.

Once completed, this site will create eight new divided commercial and retail lots that, when developed, will have the capacity to create and support more than 200 local jobs.

Katko represents the 24th Congressional District, which includes all of Onondaga, Cayuga, and Wayne counties and a portion of Oswego County.

For more information, please visit https://katko.house.gov or www.facebook.com/RepJohnKatko.

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7 Comments

  2. I hope he oversees it, since the city doesn’t do anything to maintain this city. It is a disgusting mess of nothingness, and potholes. Everything is falling apart

  3. It’s nice to see some help with nestle site. Fulton mayor should turn our closed swimming pool into a place of community enjoyment. Let’s face the truth …A fortune has been spent on lake sewer. It will never be safe to swim iin. He should go to Oswego and hang out with mayor Barlow. That man has a plan

  5. Servicing vacant lots is a start, but how are they going to attract new entitys to that part of town? Can we tie that to the Cayuga Community College down the road and attach it to Cuomo’s ten year tax free program? The property needs to be aggressively marketed to get someone to develop their businesses on them, provide jobs and eventually contribute to the tax base
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  6. The only ideas that Fultonians have relate to getting other taxpayers to pay for resisting the continued decline of Fulton.

  7. nice job,well done,was just wondering how much we spent on cleaning the lake,that will never open again,at least in my life time,then nestles closed,vacant property,or a lake that if cleaned and kept clean,it would bring in people,familes,events ,we could do it today and call it ,stinkville pond,just on the edge of mayberry,lmao

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