CPC fund helps bring relief to flood victims.One year ago this month the Village of Canajoharie, NY, was under water, hard hit by the first flood in Verb 1. flood in - arrive in great numbers arrive, come, get - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" over 100 years that devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. this community's downtown businesses. But today one year later, Canajoharie's business owners are back on their feet thanks to a unique public-private partnership Public-private partnership (PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. These schemes are sometimes referred to as PPP or P3. between The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC (1) (Central Processing Complex) An IBM mainframe that has two or more central processors (CPs) that share memory. It is the collection of processors, memory and I/O subsystems manufactured with a single serial number, typically all contained in one cabinet. ), the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Department of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR DHCR Division of Housing and Community Renewal ) and the Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor Commission that has brought much-needed flood relief to this Village and other flood-stricken communities throughout New York State. State and local officials joined with representatives from CPC to celebrate the success of the New York Main Street Flood Relief Program, an $8 million grant program created last July by the state and administered by CPC. The celebration was held at the Arkell Museum, home of the Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery which had been badly damaged by the flood. Invitees were given the opportunity to tour buildings in downtown Canajoharie that received grants under the program. To date, 18 businesses in the village received grants worth $807,688. "It is a testimony to the effective collaboration between CPC, New York State and our partner in the Mohawk Valley that we were able to quickly as sist the victims of this historic flood. The successful implementation of this grant program continues CPC's long and proud tradition of helping to restore and revitalize downtown neighborhoods throughout New York State," said John M. McCarthy, executive vice president of CPC. Widespread flooding over a period of four days last June devastated many communities in the Southern Tier and Catskills. |
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