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Reps Ask, Are Promotions

Too Cooperstown-Centric?

By DON MATHISEN • for AllOTSEGO.com

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COOPERSTOWN – The Intergovernmental Affairs committee wants a shift in the way Otsego County is marketed.

“There has been a sense for a long while that the tourism branding is done around Cooperstown,” said Kathy Clark, R-Otego, chair of the Board of Representatives. “There are other things in the county that people come here for.”

The issue has come to the forefront because Destination Marketing Corp. of Otsego County is working on a re-branding initiative.  The current slogan is, "Believe It Or Not, This Is Cooperstown."

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