Black Squirrel Farms Seeks Yates County Heritage Nut Trees
Sept 2024 We need old trees! Black Squirrel Farms, at 590 State Route 14, has just announced a project to find the oldest, healthiest nut trees in the Yates County area to serve as seed trees. They are prioritizing finding the oldest, healthiest trees located on area farms but anyone with a great tree is welcome to nominate their tree to be part of the program. If you have a healthy 100+yr old shagbark or shellbark hickory, 150+yr old black walnut, 100+yr red oak or producing butternut from which you
Main Deck Restaurant Cuts the Ribbon for Scuttlebutts
A ribbon cutting was held on August 16th at Main Deck Restaurant in Penn Yan to warmly welcome the recent opening of Scuttlebutts, a quick service window adjacent to Red Jacket Park & waterfront, offering a special menu catering to those on the go. The menu currently offers a delicious lineup of hot dogs, burgers, fries, ice cream and shaved ice. Simon Dewar, General Manager of the lakefront restaurant in the village, commented, “As we transition into fall, we’re also introducing a cozy selection of soups
YCHC Ready to Tee Up For History at Lakeside
The Yates County History Center will host its inaugural golf tournament fundraiser on Monday, September 23 at Lakeside Country Club, located at 145 State Route 54/East Lake Road in Penn Yan. The Tee Up For History Golf Tournament begins with registration at 9 a.m. and a shotgun start at 10 a.m. YCHC is seeking players take part in the tournament and enjoy the day by entering a team to play at the beautiful Lakeside Country Club. A foursome costs $500 and includes food, 18 holes of golf with cart,
Yates Tourism Grant Applications Available
The Tourism Advisory Committee (TAC) is seeking applications for funding, which is made possible through the collection of the Yates County Occupancy Tax. Yates County established a 4% occupancy tax program for the purpose of promoting, developing, and protecting the area’s tourism industry. Through this grant program, it was deemed important to establish programs and opportunities to promote or support the development of activities that will increase occupancy in the lodging sector in Yates County. The
YCHC Raising Funds for New Building Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 1, 2024FOR MORE INFORMATION – Jonathan Monfiletto, (315) 536-7318 YCHC Raising Funds for New Building ProjectThe Yates County History Center is constructing a new, one-story exhibit and archival storage building on its campus starting this fall. Sugar Creek Construction, a Yates County-based company, is the contractor for the building project. Due to a generous donor, we now need to raise only $150,000 of the total cost of the building project. The new building will house
