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County Board Advised:

Slow Down Otsego Now

Otsego 2000 President Nicole Dillingham suggests to the county Board of Representatives at its March 6 meeting that its economic-development arm, Otsego Now, do nothing on developing Oneonta’s D&H railyards until the city’s Comprehensive Master Plan update is complete and until the county’s Energy Task Force delivers its recommendations in perhaps two years. Also at the March meeting, the county reps approved the state’s Climate Smart Community Pledge, opening the door to state grants for green initiatives.

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