Correction
It has been brought to our attention that the public hearing regarding the fate of the Historic Fly Creek Hotel will be taking place Wednesday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m.
It was initially reported as taking place on Tuesday, May 3.
In the April 17, 2026 article published on AllOtsego.com titled “Oneonta Common Council Approves Airport Cost Increase, Purchase of New-Used Fire Truck,” Elayne Mosher Campoli should have been identified...…
My understanding is that the proposal to demolish Leatherstocking’s historic Fly Creek Hotel is to build more “seasonal apartments” a la Chestnut Crossing in Cooperstown. I note that, in the 2007 Notre Dame Cooperstown Plan, that vacant land on Brooklyn Avenue owned by Leatherstocking Corporation was identified for just such multifamily housing. I don’t believe that invoking the local need for “seasonal housing” is a valid reason for demolishing historic buildings. We have zoning ordinances, we have The Plan of Cooperstown. It identifies where such multi-family housing can be built without tearing down historic buildings or block-busting historic single family neighborhoods.
My understanding is that the proposal to demolish Leatherstocking’s historic Fly Creek Hotel is to build more “seasonal apartments” a la Chestnut Crossing in Cooperstown. I note that, in the 2007 Notre Dame Cooperstown Plan, that vacant land on Brooklyn Avenue owned by Leatherstocking Corporation was identified for just such multifamily housing. I don’t believe that invoking the local need for “seasonal housing” is a valid reason for demolishing historic buildings. We have zoning ordinances, we have The Plan of Cooperstown. It identifies where such multi-family housing can be built without tearing down historic buildings or block-busting historic single family neighborhoods.