Business View Civil & Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 8

38 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 8 Working Together For Solutions That Go Further National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE:NFG) is a diversified energy company headquartered in Western New York that operates an integrated collection of natural gas and oil assets across four business segments: Exploration & Production, Pipeline & Storage, Gathering, and Utility. nationalfuel.com Niagara River connecting the two communities – the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge, Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, and Rainbow Bridge – that people could easily cross each day to shop, visit family, or get to work, pre-COVID. “Having the border to Canada closed, especially here in Niagara Falls, is really like closing off a neighborhood,” the Mayor laments. “The communities share so much. There are families that straddle both sides of the river, people who have their favorite restaurant, or their favorite store, on the other side. That normal, everyday commerce is missing, and it’s been that way for a substantial amount of time.” The figures are nonetheless encouraging, with the city seeing tourist activity rivaling the pre-COVID year of 2019. “We’ve been enjoying a pretty good beginning of the season,” Restaino reports. Still, he adds cautiously,