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D&H Yards Sold,

In Public Hands

Sale Opens Door To Development

Otsego Now CEO Sandy Mathes, left, shows what the D&H yards have to offer to Phil Fontana, Norfolk Southern's regional economic-development officer, who visited March 23. (AllOTSEGO.com photo)

ONEONTA – The D&H railyards, focus of hopes for economic development in the City of Oneonta, is now in public hands.

A newly created local development corporation, Oneonta Rail Yards (ORY), a subsidiary of Otsego Now, has closed on approximately 80 acres of land surrounding the Norfolk Southern rail yards, which extend from Cliff Street to Ceperley Avenue.

ORY plans to seek shovel-ready status for any and all of the developable land, and will initiate environmental reviews of the property immediately, according to an Otsego Now announcement a couple of minutes ago.

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