Editorial Friends with benefits It’s no secret there is a significant labor shortage in America at the moment and we are seeing its effects clearly here in Otsego County. Help wanted signs are everywhere. While the problem touches most businesses, local restaurants appear to be particularly affected. Many have been forced to close multiple days per week; some have closed permanently. One local food service has become a food truck because of a lack of employees. At the end of…
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Area businesses seek solutions to employee void Plans could include refugee recruitment, resettlement By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A possible solution to worker shortages in Otsego County could be employing refugees and resettling them in Otsego County communities, some local leaders suggest. Al Rubin, CEO of the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, and Tom Armao of the Country Club Auto Group, said they are having preliminary discussions in finding ways to alleviate the problem of understaffing and the…
Herzig: For city to thrive, jobs and housing are issues that intersect By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — Housing and jobs remain high priorities for the city of Oneonta. Both are needed and, according to Mayor Gary Herzig, need to be gradually increased at the same time. “You can’t have a thriving community, you can’t have a good economy, if you can’t provide people with good housing,” Herzig said. According to Herzig, housing is “desperately” needed at…
EDITORIAL Good News, Jobs Aplenty; Bad News, No Housing Anyone who’s paying attention around here has come to a double conclusion: ►One, pretty much every employer, big or small, has vacancies that can’t be filled. ►Two, if new employees are hired, they often can’t find a convenient, affordable place to live. No workers. No worker housing. A double bind. If misery loves company, then economic developer Jody Zakrevsky, CEO of Otsego Now, went to a jobs forum hosted by Congressman…
Editorial, July 13, 2018 Let Young Entrepreneur Bring Nick’s Diner Back To Life Here’s the choice: The nearly complete restoration of Oneonta’s historic Nick’s Diner can go forward, with better than even chances it will succeed. Or, almost complete, it can be allowed to remain vacant, eventually deteriorating to the point it will be razed or removed. It is hoped it will be in much better hands this time around. A failure to keep track of finances and track expenditure…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13 Auction Action Discussion GALLERY TALK – 3:30 p.m. Discuss the enigmatic works of the late David Byrd with guest curators. Free admission. Refreshments available. The Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown. Call (607)547-5327 or visit www.facebook.com/TheArtGarageCooperstown/ CAREER FAIR – 2-7 p.m. See what jobs are available at Arc Otsego, 35 Academy St., Oneonta. Call 607-432-8595 or visit www.facebook.com/arcotsego/…
‘Homeowner Jobs’ Focus Of Chamber’s 30th Year…
HERZIG PRIORITY: GOOD JOBS, BENEFITS Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, appointed last month but up for election next Tuesday for a term to begin Jan. 1, was interviewed by AllOTSEGO.com’s Don Mathisen on his plans. This is the second of five excerpts that will appear on this website daily through Saturday. TOMORROW, HERZIG ON BUDGET…
Seward Presents $100,000 Grant For ‘The Future’ Of Otsego County…
August To August, Otsego County Loses 300 Jobs, Labor Dept. Finds Otsego County lost 300 jobs between August 2014 and August 2015, according to the state Department of Labor monthly report, released today. Last August, the county had 27,300 jobs; this August, it had dropped to 27,000 even. No other particulars were broken out for Otsego County. Delaware County also lost 300 jobs, but on a smaller base. Between the two Augusts, jobs dropped from 16,500 to 16,200. Statewide, jobs…