‘Authentically Oneonta’
Committee Appointed
Blue-Ribbon Team To Develop $10M Plan
ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig has announced a blue-ribbon panel of some of the city’s top community leaders to plan how to best spend Governor Cuomo’s $10 million downtown revitalization grant received in July to help implement the “food hub” concept on Market Street.
Herzig will co-chair the “Authentically Oneonta” steering committee with Ken Meier of the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Commission, and yesterday announced the following committee members:
- Nancy Kleniewski, SUNY Oneonta president
- Margaret Drugovich, Hartwick College president
- Jeff Joyner, Fox Hospital president
- Dan Maskin, Opportunities for Otsego CEO, Planning Commission member, downtown resident
- Wayne Carrington, principal, B-Side Ballroom
- Joe Ficano, Common Council member, 8th Ward
- County Rep. Len Carson, R-Oneonta
- Kristy Lawson, YMCA staff operations manager, Foothills board member
- Elizabeth Horvath, Otsego Now COO
- Jeff Lord, Community Bank VP/commercial team leader
- Tim Masterjohn, Red Caboose owner
- Springbrook CEO Patricia Kennedy
- Carolyn Lewis, Bassett Healthcare regional development manager
Herzig said the committee was chosen to represent “a wide cross-section of our city with a diversity of perspectives.” It will meet for the first time on Sept. 27, at a time and location to be announced. All meetings will be open to the public.
