MEDINA, NY- Arbor Day 2013 will mark the third year in a row that the Village of Medina has been awarded the prestigious Tree City Growth Award by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The award honors Medina’s commitment to community forestry and is shared by few other communities across New York.

The coveted Tree City Growth Award places Medina in the company of well-known urban forestry communities such as East Aurora, West Point, Mount Vernon, and Ithaca.

Agency approves land sale to Canadian company and project applications from March 2013 board meeting

The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency (NCIDA) board of directors today accepted applications for assistance from Power Greenhouse Integration, LLC, for a greenhouse renovation project in the Town of Wheatfield and Plati Niagara Inc., LLC for another new hotel in Niagara Falls. Both projects will generate approximately $33 million of investment while creating 88 new jobs and 30 part time jobs as well as temporary construction jobs.

The board of directors also approved the sale of 7.5 acres of land to a Canadian manufacturing company for future development as well as approval of the two applications for assistance the agency received at the March 2013 board meeting.

MEDINA, NY- Over ten years ago, downtown Medina was included in a major road reconstruction project that saw old mature trees removed and sidewalks replaced with new tree pits and trees.  Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of the Municipal Tree Board and DPW, the trees simply have not developed as expected.  

The existing trees included a couple varieties of crab apple, flowering pear, and a few other miscellaneous species, none of which were growing as would normally be expected and none of which were providing the desired impact in the streetscape.