Fredonia wins 'Small Business Revolution,' small businesses set to receive makeovers

The Chautauqua County community won a nation-wide contest for some of their small businesses to receive a televised make over.

FREDONIA DID IT.THE VILLAGE WON ANONLINE CONTEST --AND WILL NOW BE ONREALITY TELEVISION.JEFF RUSACK WENTTO FREDONIA FORTONIGHT'SANNOUNCEMENT --AND TELLS US WHATTHIS SMALL BUSINESSREVOLUTION COULDMEAN FOR THECOMMUNITY.A DRIVE DOWN THEMAIN DRAG OFFREDONIA..

ANDNOTHING WOULDSEEM OUT OF THEORDINARY FOR ATUESDAY EVENING.A WALK BY MIDTOWNREALTY..

ANDNOTHING WOULDSEEM DIFFERENTFROM ANY ANOTHERNIGHT.BUT THIS WASN'T ANORMAL TUESDAYNIGHT.I'M FEELING VERYPOSITIVE.THERESA DISPENZA..KNOWS THIS ISEVERYTHING BUT ANORMAL NIGHT INFREDONIA.LAST I KNEW WERE INNUMBER ONEPOSITION.

SO.THE NUMBER ONEPOSITION SHE SPEAKSOF..

IS THE VOTINGRESULTS FOR THESHOW SMALLBUSINESSREVOLUTION.MEMBERS OF THEFREDONIA COMMUNITYHAVE SPENT MONTHSVOTING TO HAVE THESHOW FEATURE THEIRCOMMUNITY ANDINFUSE 500 THOUSANDDOLLARS INTO 7 OFTHEIR SMALLBUSINESSES.TUESDAY... HUNDREDSCRAMMED INTO THEOPERA HOUSE...WAITING TO SEE THERESULTS LIVE.THE ONES WHOCOULDN'T FIT INSIDE..WATCHED ON ASCREEN OUTSIDE.FINALLY..

AFTERVOTING AND VOTINGAND TELLINGEVERYONE'S SECONDCOUSIN TWICEREMOVED TO VOTE...THE MOMENT OFTRUTH.IT IS FREDONIA NEWYORK.... INSERTMAYHEM HEREA LITTLE EMOTIONALHONESTLY.

I'M SOEXCITED.

THIS HASREALLY BEEN ACOLLABORATIVEEFFORT.

GETTING ALLOF THE COMMUNITY TOREALLY WORKTOGETHER.

IT'S BEENSO INSPIRTING SO ICANT WAIT TO SEEWHATS NEXT.THIS IS THE SPARK TOTHE FIRE.

AND OURFIRE IS VERY BRIGHTRIGHT NOW.

WE'RERIDING A WAVE RIGHTNOW AND WE'RE GOINGTO MOVE ON AND DO ALOT OF GREAT THINGS.WE INVEST SOME OFTHE DOLLARS INTO THETOWN ITSELF.

SOMAYBE SOME MAINSTREET ESTHETICS.SO WE WORK WITH THETOWN LEADERS TO SEEWHAT WOULD MAKETHE BIGGEST TOWNIMPACT FOR THISCOMMUNITY.

AND THENWE REALLY POUR OURHEART AND SOUL INTOOUR SMALLBUSINESSES.ITEM ONE ON THEAGENDA..

AFTERFREDONIA'S VERY NOTSO NORMAL TUESDAYNIGHT... A PUB CRAWLAT SMALL BUSINESSES.NUMBER TWO..ARGUABLY MOREIMPORTANT..DEPENDING WHO YOUASK..

APPLYING TO BEONE OF THE 7 SMALLBUSINESSESFEATURED IN THEUPCOMING SEASON.SHOOTING BEGINS..THE FIRST WEEK OFMARCH.IN FREDONIA.

JEFFRUSACK 7 EWN.