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After Debate, Chair’s Appointment Approved But Changes Coming, Marietta Predicts By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – There was lively debate in open session about the process of choosing new Otsego Now board members. But, after a 20-minute executive session called by board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, county reps at today’s special meeting voted unanimously to confirm Cheryl Robinson, the NYCM vice president, to the board of the economic-development agency. She will succeed the Richfield Springs architect, Jim…
MOHAWK VALLEY ‘TOP PERFORMER’ Food Hub, Railyards, Big ’17 CFA Winners Cooperstown Wins $120K For Village Hall By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Oneonta’s “food hub” is a go with today’s announcement that a $3 million CFA is en route from the Cuomo Administration. “I’m delighted with the results,” said Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig. “This award assures that the project – one of the primary anchors of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative – will progress in a timely manner.” CLICK…
Floor Plans Unveiled For Oneonta Food Hub By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Floor plans for the Susquehanna Regional Food & Beverage Hub – they include a meat-processing plant, a “double-sized” commercial kitchen and 33 units of apartment housing – were detailed during a meeting at Foothills this morning. “I worked on one Main Street with a butcher and a baker who were struggling, and we found that if we grouped them under one roof, there was…
Mayor Nader Returns To Scene Of Triumph YOUR NEWSPAPERS AVAILABLE THIS AFTERNOON AT THESE FINE ONEONTA, COOPERSTOWN STORES…
Council Debates Razing, Restoring Oneonta Ford Members Apply For Restore NY Grant To Tear Down Hulk At Market, Chestnut By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – There is no saving the Oneonta Ford building. “We’ve had people inspect it and structurally, it cannot support the additional two, three floors as part of the Market Street project,” said Sandy Mathes, CEO of Otsego Now. Mathes was responding in part to a letter sent by Karyl Sage and read by City Clerk…
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ONEONTA WINS $10M – ALL OF IT Cuomo Administration Delivers Downtown Development Bonanza By JIM KEVLIN & LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Governor Cuomo couldn’t make it, called away from a City of the Hills appearance by a collapsing crane on the Tappan Zee Bridge project. But he sent the check. $10 million. Howard Zemsky, Empire Development Corp. president, announced at 3:45 p.m. that Oneonta has won the special multi-million allocation earmarked for downtown redevelopment in the whole Mohawk…
CUOMO DUE IN ONEONTA TOMORROW By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Governor Cuomo’s office has announced he is coming to the City of Oneonta tomorrow to make “an important announcement” at 2:45 p.m. at Foothills Performing Arts Center. Local officials have been told no more than that. With this year’s CFA round of economic-development applications just beginning, the only big “ask” pending right now is City Hall’s application for a $10 million grant that might be awarded to…
Railroad Avenue, Doubleday Lot CFAs Prepared By Otsego Now…
