Southtowns Record

10/13/26 Board Packet

Government
Village of Gowanda
Board
Village Board
Meeting
Oct 13, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Audits and oversight, Water, sewer and drainage, Public safety, Budget and taxes, Roads and traffic, Zoning and land use, Parks and recreation

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HERITAGE RESOURCES, LLC

  Alma provides Grant Services and has assisted clients in raising more than
  $43 million for their building renovation & historic preservation projects.
  Her Grant Administration Services assist clients in inaplementing and
  completing their grant-funded projects. She works closely with the NYS
  HR agency staff, often on a daily basis to keep grantees in compliance.

  Alma leads the team to provide Grant Administration & Design Consulting
  Alma O'Connell. Brown
  for NYS HCR-funded NY Main Street (N¥MS), NY Forward (NYFWD)
  President  Buffalo Main Street Initiative (BMSD) and Downtown Revitalization
  Initiative (DRY) projects in Villages, Towns and Cities across NYS.
  She has led more than 500 Fagade Improvement Projects. Partnering with
  MWEBE firm - Developments by JEM, they completed the $1 Million East
  Side Commercial District Program on Bailey & Jefferson Avenues in
  Buffalo, a Buffalo Billion facade project, providing grant administration /
  LPA training / design concept. documents and project management.

  Alma served as Project Manager 2003-2025 for the Erie County
  Grant Amherst BMS!  Commercial Center Improvement Program's over 130 small business and
  property owners in the Villages of Alden, Angola, Lancaster, North
  Collins, Springville, Town of Eden and City of Tonawanda.

  HRLLC’s team works with the HCR grant stafffrom start to closeout along
  with assisting property owners and. small business owners through the
  process.  Alma has experience in all activities associated with the HCR
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  program, from work write ups, design concepts and paperwork
" Grant Amherst BMSI -
  Showplace Theater  requirements and we participate in the HCR online seminars to keep up to
  date on the program, Alma submits grant-required Environmental Review
  Checklist forms including the 14.09 review by the SHPO office to obtain
  the “No Adverse Effect” letter for each project’s scope of work, making
  sure the materials and methods of the scope comply with SHPO standards
  and using quality materials.

  Alma was Project Coordinator for the City of Buffalo’s Interpretive Signage
  for Black Rock Ferry’s Network to Freedom Site at Broderick Park and
  Kaisertown BMS!  Project Manager for the African American Cultural Center’s Expansion
  Clinton Mini Mart  Project which received an Empire State Development grant.

  Heritage Resources LLC is a NYS Certified Woman  Business Enterprise
  WRE#73 187