CLICK HERE FOR FULL LIST OF CFA AWARDS County Getting $3.5M In CFAs For 13 Projects Richfield Springs Business Park, Energy Task Force, Downtown Oneonta Among Biggest Winners By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ALBANY — The Village of Richfield Springs was the big local winner today, receiving $1,325,000 in the annual round of state economic development grants announced this morning at The Egg in Albany. In all, the county received $3.5 million in so-called CFA grants through the…
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EDITORIAL Energy Amity Not Easy, Chamber Policy Shows The Otsego Chamber of Commerce’s “Energy & Infrastructure Policy,” released last Thursday, June 13. The title sounds innocuous enough. In effect, it is rank-and-file business owners’ Declaration of Independence. The whole of the Otsego Chamber’s new policy appears in this newspaper, beginning at right. Read it. But there are a couple of key paragraphs. The first makes common cause with every sensible person’s aspirations: “As we head toward the inevitable move to…
Otsego Chamber Policy Declares Independence Regarding Energy Issues Renewables Supported, But Decompressor, Too By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County businesspeople support all energy options – renewables, yes, but also the controversial decompressor station proposed for West Oneonta – states a county Chamber of Commerce “Energy & Infrastructure Policy” released in the past few days. The statement came bottom-up from the Oneonta-based organization’s countywide membership, said Chamber President Barbara Ann Heegan, who also chairs the Economic…
MUCH-ANTICIPATED ANNOUNCEMENT KENNEDY UNVEILS ENERGY TASK FORCE AT CHAMBER SUMMIT Entity Will Develop County Policy On Economic Development, Environment By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In an announcement awaited with anticipation, county Rep. Meg Kennedy this morning revealed the 21 people who will comprise the Otsego County Energy Task Force. Charged by the county board, the task force will determine county government’s approach to the sometimes conflicting goals of economic development and environmental projection. Kennedy, who is…