FROM TODAY'S HOMETOWN ONEONTA,

ON CITY NEWSSTANDS THIS AFTERNOON

HERE'S LIST OF FUNDED DRI PROJECTS

Plans To Renovate

Upper Floors Top

DRI List Of Grants

$2 Million Distributed, Including $400,000

For Getman, Oneonta Optical Buildings

By JENNIFER HILL & LIBBY CUDMORE • from Hometown Oneonta

ONEONTA – Two developers with plans for upper-floor housing took home $392,000 as the Downtown Improvement Grants were revealed on Tuesday, March 5, promising to transform Downtown Oneonta.

Plans to announce $2 million in grants were derailed by lengthy hearing, full of criticism of the city's D&H yards proposal, but a list of the grants was distributed in the foyer outside the Foothills Performing Arts Center black-box theater.

"The downtown is the heart of our city," former mayor Kim Muller, Project Selection Committee chair, said in brief remarks. "We need structural and visual improvements to the downtown, both for visitors to Oneonta and for people who live here." These improvements will consist of interior and exterior cosmetic improvements so building are easier on the eyes. Perhaps incorporating some products such as these seen here (link) to increase curb side appeal and cosmetic appearances.