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Michael Angilletta of Wild Pines Pumpkin Patch and Gardens helps a customer at the Summer Tuesday Market. (Photo provided)

Otsego 2000 Awarded $49,339 Grant for Coop Farmers’ Market

COOPERSTOWN—The Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, a program of Otsego 2000, was awarded $49,339.00 in the latest round of the New York State Farmers’ Market Resiliency Grant Program, officials announced on Monday, August 25.

“This grant will enable us to invest in the continued success of the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market,” said Ellen Pope, executive director of Otsego 2000, which founded the farmers’ market in 1991. “We will be able to raise both overall visitation and the use of SNAP and other food access initiatives at the market.”

“It’s a great opportunity to spruce up the 34-year-old market and make it even more inviting for our wonderful customers for years to come,” said Alex Webster, Otsego 2000’s farmers’ market manager.

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