<\/a>Small Business Development Center at Jamestown Community College Executive Director Courtney Curatolo and CCIDA CEO Mark Geise<\/p><\/div>\n
The Small Business Development Center at Jamestown Community College<\/strong> has recognized Mark Geise<\/strong> with the U.S. Small Business Administration Phoenix Award<\/strong> for Outstanding Contributions to Disaster Recovery.<\/p>\nJCC SBDC said that Geise, as the Deputy County Executive for Economic Development and CEO of the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA)<\/strong>, helped many small businesses throughout the COVID-19 pandemic<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThey cited his ability to secure funding in loans and grants for businesses in diverse industries, how he helped manufacturers develop PPE to give to other businesses throughout the region, assisted businesses through employment issues, and showed his commitment to the community with the investment of his time and energy.<\/p>\n
The award was announced by SBDC as part of National Small Business Week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Small Business Development Center at Jamestown Community College has recognized Mark Geise with the U.S. Small Business Administration Phoenix Award for Outstanding Contributions to Disaster Recovery. JCC SBDC said that Geise, as the Deputy County Executive for Economic Development and CEO of the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA), helped many small businesses […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":44149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[11010,426,9930,9567,1504,11370,11377],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5.2.22-Courtney-Curatolo-Mark-Geise-feat.jpg?fit=1000%2C541&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-bu3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33564,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/ccida-postpones-march-18-business-to-business-networking-event\/","url_meta":{"origin":44147,"position":0},"title":"CCIDA Postpones March 18 Business-to-Business Networking Event","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"March 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"CELORON - Deputy County Executive for Economic Development and Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency Mark Geise released the following statement Monday morning in response to the Coronavirus outbreak: As we are all well aware, the world is responding to public health concerns revolving around coronavirus (COVID-19), and the CCIDA is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Local News"","block_context":{"text":"Local News","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/category\/news\/local-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/County-IDA.jpg?fit=522%2C275&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":36948,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/ida-announces-second-round-of-federal-eda-funding-for-businesses-impacted-by-covid-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":44147,"position":1},"title":"IDA Announces Second Round of Federal EDA Funding for Businesses Impacted by COVID-19","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"January 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"JAMESTOWN - The Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA) has released another round of low-interest loans for local businesses impacted by COVID-19. 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