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Fayetteville is one of the Cities Applying for McMahon’s new Village Improvement Program Fayetteville Applying for McMahon's Enhanced Village Improvement Program

By Amorray Marcano

Thanks Taylor. I’m here in Fayetteville where Mayor Mark Olson just shared with me how Fayetteville definitely plans to apply for McMahon’s new Enhanced Village Improvement Program and how they plan to allocate the money.
Olson says helping small businesses prosper is the first step in revitalizing the village.

” What we’re looking at doing is, we’re looking at sidewalks, new street lights to make it look nicer, that will entice people to come in and shop and will help businesses grow. 70 Percent of businesses in the United States are small businesses. We want to see small businesses succeed.”

Olson also says that in the past Fayetteville has had to get creative and allocate funds in ways that wouldn’t compromise quality of life. He plans to give money to police, fire and public safety to help them keep performing as well as they do.

Although we are not sure the exact amount of money villages will be receiving. Olson says that from the senior center, to the Fayetteville library, he is going to make sure all programs will benefit.

Live in Fayetteville, I’m Amorray Marcano for NCC news.

Fayetteville Mayor Mark Olson says that he is going to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars into revitalizing the village.

Olson will be receiving the money through County Executive Ryan McMahon’s new Enhanced Village Improvement Program, which aims to allocate money to “enhance” Onondaga County’s 15 villages. This ten-year program will start off with around $5 million and increase to $6 million by 2029.

Mayor Olson says that this money is imperative since the village  does not receive sales tax revenue. “In the past couple years, we’ve had to get creative with our spending and our saving to ensure that all of our programs receive the proper funding in order to operate properly, this money will help alleviate some of the financial strain that comes with that,” says Olson.

In order for the 15 villages to receive a portion of the allocated funds, they need to apply.   Fayetteville is one of the first to confirm that they are definitely applying.

Olson says his first priority is enhancing the city aesthetically to attract more people to shop at, and produce, small businesses. There are a wide variety of programs that help to maintain a village so the money will also go to the fire, police and ambulance services to assist them in “performing as well as they do.”

Other services that will receive money in Fayetteville are the senior centers, cemeteries and the public library. Olson says it’s imperative to give some money to programs that sustain the village’s quality of life.

Although the amount of money each village will receive is not confirmed, villages that apply for the program are expected to receive the money within this year.

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