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ONEONTA WINS

$10M – ALL OF IT

Cuomo Administration Delivers

Downtown Development Bonanza

Oneonta's First Lady Connie Herzig joins in the wild applause when the $10 mllion special allocation for downtown redevelopment in the City of the Hills was announced announced at Foothills. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Oneonta's First Lady Connie Herzig joins in the wild applause when the $10 mllion special allocation for downtown redevelopment in the City of the Hills was announced this afternoon at Foothills. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JIM KEVLIN & LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com

Empire State Development President Howard Zemsky makes an announcement that thrilled a who's who crowd this afternoon at Foothills.
Empire State Development President Howard Zemsky makes an announcement that thrilled a who's who crowd this afternoon at Foothills.

ONEONTA – Governor Cuomo couldn’t make it, called away from a City of the Hills appearance by a collapsing crane on the Tappan Zee Bridge project.  But he sent the check.

$10 million.  Howard Zemsky, Empire Development Corp. president, announced at 3:45 p.m. that Oneonta has won the special multi-million allocation earmarked for downtown redevelopment in the whole Mohawk Valley Economic Development Region.

In making the announcement, Zemsky said this city’s application – it was championed and fast-tracked in May by Mayor Gary Herzig, assisted by Otsego Now President Sandy Mathes and his staff – had it all:  an affordable housing piece, a downtown strategy, an entertainment piece (in Foothills Performing Arts Center), and an overriding concept – the “food hub” initiative.

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