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90 People Envision Future

At Cooperstown 'Charrette'

Scott Curtis, left, led discussion at his table at tonight's community visioning session in the CCS cafeteria. Other participants at his table included Jim Donley and Steve Mahlum, facing camera, and Randy Velez, foreground. Cooperstown should be "the envy of other communities, not despised by other communities," Curtis reported back to the reassembled gathering of 90-some residents. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
Scott Curtis, left, led discussion at his table at tonight's community visioning session in the CCS cafeteria. Other participants at his table included Jim Donley and Steve Mahlum, facing camera, and Randy Velez, foreground. Cooperstown should be "the envy of other communities, not despised by other communities," Curtis reported back to the reassembled gathering of 90-some residents. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)

By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com

CCS senior Bella Anania reported back for her high school discussion group, saying they would like to see more jobs and more entertainment year-'round in 10 years.
CCS senior Bella Anania reported back for her high school discussion group, saying they would like to see more jobs and more entertainment year-'round in 10 years.

COOPERSTOWN – Close to 90 people spent two hours at this evening's "Design Charrette," detailing and discussing the pros, cons, dreams and fears of "America's Most Perfect Village," as a community visioning effort got underway.

"A lot of community happened around this room," declared Lisa Nagle, a principal in Elan Planning, Saratoga Springs, when the session in the CCS cafeteria was over.  The goal is to develop an updated Community Plan by next spring; the current version dates from 1994.

There were many common streams in the structured conversation as the audience broke up into nine discussion groups. Cooperstown is quaint and historic, but also a "Jekyll and Hyde" community that's boring in the winter months.

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