SEWARD BRINGS $1M TO DOUBLEDAY REDO – All Otsego

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SEWARD BRINGS $1M

TO DOUBLEDAY REDO

$3M More Hoped For From New York State

State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, left, receives thanks from Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch this afternoon after he delivered a $1 million check toward the renovations of Doubleday Field. Behind them is Village Trustee Jim Dean. In the background is the third-base line, a major focus of a reconstruction plan. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

An artist's rendering show the prospective entrance to Doubleday Field, now a parking lot.

COOPERSTOWN – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, delivered $1 million needed for a $5.8 million renovation of Doubleday Field, long considered the Birthplace of Baseball, which marks its 100th birthday next year.

The grant Seward announced today is from the State & Municipal Facilities Program.  The Village of Cooperstown has applied for another $3 million – earlier reports had it at $5 million – from the Empire State Development Corp., and Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch has said she hopes to hear positive news, perhaps as soon as the next few days.

That would give the village $4 million toward the project, and other sources are being sought to make up the $1.8 million.  Tillapaugh has also said she has a priority list, so work can begin in time to celebrate the 100th anniversary in 2020.

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