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‘SHOVEL-READY SITE’ ACHIEVED, IDA SAYS

‘SHOVEL-READY SITE’ ACHIEVED, IDA SAYS WEST ONEONTA Otsego County’s first “shovel-ready site” may have been achieved last night. The town Planning Board completed the required SEQRA process and review of the proposed full-buildout of the remaining acreage in the newly named Oneonta Business Park. The site, owned by the Otsego County IDA and previously known as Pony Farms, received the approval for up to 400,000 square feet of mixed-used development.…

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Mathes To Brief Common Council On Development Projects In City

Mathes To Brief Common Council On Development Projects In City ONEONTA – Sandy Mathes, Otsego Now president, will discuss Oneonta economic development projects he has been working on with the city at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting, Mayor Gary Herzig announced this evening. “While all are in very preliminary stages, there is much potential here,” said the mayor. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the second-floor Common Council chambers at City Hall.…

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Utica Nano Windfall Likely To Benefit Us

UTICA NANO WINDFALL LIKELY TO BENEFIT US In Particular, Mathes Sees Boon For Richfield By JIM KEVLIN • for www.allotsego.com Utica’s nanotechnology dream is about to come true with Governor Cuomo’s announcement last week that GE Global Research and an Austrian company, AMS AG, have committed to operations that will create 1,500 jobs in Utica and Marcy in the next five years. That can only mean good things for Otsego County, said Sandy Mathes, president of the Otsego Now economic…

IDA Ends Broad Band Project, Puts Pony Farm On Fast Track

IDA Ends Broad Band Project, Puts Pony Farm On Fast Track Rebuffed By County, Board Focuses On Own Priorities ONEONTA – The Otsego County IDA has received 20 queries from small businesses with expansion plans, but will now forward them to the county after a key committee has decided not to participate in “single point of contact” economic development. “We remain open to cooperating,” said Sandy Mathes, the IDA’s CEO, at the end of an action-packed meeting. “But we are…

Schwerd Letter Says IGA Won’t Act On IDA Request

Schwerd Letter Says IGA Won’t Act On IDA Request A Friday, May 30, letter from county Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, to the county IDA said her Intergovernmental Affairs Committee “is not taking action at this time” on the IDA offer to take on the county’s Economic Development Office. READ SCHWERD’S LETTER TO IDA…

Rep. Schwerd Says Committee Will Seek Alternative To ‘Single Point Of Contact’

Rep. Schwerd Says Committee Will Seek Alternative To ‘Single Point Of Contact’ By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives’ committee in charge of economic development has decided not to collaborate with the IDA’s “single point of contact” strategy. County Rep. Betty Ann Schwerd, R-Edmeston, who chairs the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, told the county board this morning the IGA is interviewing two consultants to take on the tasks formerly performed by the county Economic Development Office. Schwerd…