Editorial of November 28, 2024
The More You Know…
When Iron String Press received the first e-mail from a concerned citizen who said they knew nothing about the Village of Cooperstown’s plans to install a cantilevered viewing platform at the terminus of Pioneer Street, we were surprised. It was not news to us, because we had covered the village’s NY Forward $4.5 million grant process from beginning to end, and the viewing platform was one of a number of projects being considered for funding.
In our newspapers of November 2, 2023, we outlined the final list of projects being submitted to the state by the village in an article titled “LPC Finalizes NY Forward Priority List.” The viewing platform did not make it to Cooperstown’s Priority Project Slate for possible NY Forward funding; but it was one of four projects moved to the village’s “pipeline” for the future.
The viewing platform was also discussed in an August 31, 2023 article, “LPC Meets To Discuss Project Proposals.”
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