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…
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AllOTSEGO.com EDITORIAL Block Clark, Delay Making Otsego Now Appointments You may remember a year ago, when Kathy Clark, R-Otego, Otsego County Board of Representatives’ chair, forced through the appointment of a favorite, Rick Hulse, who had been defeated for election a couple of months before, to the Otsego Now board of directors. She forced party discipline on newly elected Republicans – Meg Kennedy, David Bliss, Len Carson, Meg Kennedy, Peter Oberacker and Dan Wilber – who bristled at being told…
NYCM Vice President Considered For Otsego Now Board Of Directors COOPERSTOWN – Cheryl Robinson, vice president of NYCM Insurance, Edmeston, and a member of the company’s founding family, is being considered for a vacancy on the Otsego Now board of directors. She would succeed Jim Jordan, the Richfield Springs architect, who resigned. The county Board of Representatives was scheduled to act on her appointment today, but the resolution was delayed until a special meeting next week. Robinson, a graduate of…
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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Hartwick College Declared Otsego Now ‘Partner Of Year’ COOPERSTOWN – Hartwick College is Otsego Now’s “Partner of the Year,” Bob Hanft, past chairman of the organization, announced at the county IDA’s annual meeting this morning in the Cooperstown Distillery. Hanft cited two projects in particular that led to the designation: • One, the college’s plan to renovate dorms and building 72 town homes, an effort that involved $39 million in IDA bonding. President Margaret Drugovich, who was present, has said the project…
IDEAS BLOOM FOR FOOD HUB Rapid-Fire, Consultant Lays Out Plans For Reborn Market Street By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Rapid-fire, “food-hub superstar” Karen Karp this morning presented a full menu of new ideas for the “Food & Beverage Innovation District” planned along Oneonta’s Market Street: Renovate the downtown parking deck to include shops and maybe even apartments. Collaborate with SUNY Oneonta’s Sodexo catering service on a restaurant and food-service management training center in a “food hub” in the former…
‘Transformative’ Means 20 Jobs, New Otsego Now Plan Concludes ONEONTA – Otsego Now’s new strategic plan, adopted by its board of directors last month, defines a “transformative project” as a new company that employs 20 people. The plan came out of two sessions last November, facilitated with the directors by Peter Fairweather of Fairweather Consultants, New Paltz, and it concluded that the former IDA should be “a catalyst for economic transformation of Otsego County. It goes on, “In Otsego County…
Cooperstown Comp Plan Draft Ready; Public Input Sought 4/5 COOPERSTOWN – An update of the village Comprehensive Master Plan, begun in the summer of 2014, is heading toward completion, with another round of public input sought at a Community Open House 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at the fire hall on Chestnut Street. CLICK HERE TO REVIEW COMP PLAN DRAFT That day, interested citizens, from the village and beyond, are encouraged to stop by and review the plan’s Visions,…
Otsego Now Meets 4th Thursday Of Month ONEONTA – The Otsego Now board of directors meets at 8 a.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month on the fifth floor of 189 Main; this month, it will be on the 25th. Information is this week’s Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta was incorrect. The meetings are open to the public.…