CLICK HERE FOR CHAMBER LETTER’S TEXT Chamber Chief To Students: Follow Health, Safety Rules ONEONTA – Otsego Chamber of Commerce President Barbara Ann Heegan a few minutes ago issued a plea to SUNY Oneonta students who remain in the community: “Do your part.” “Use good judgment,” she wrote in an “Open Letter to the Community” provided exclusively to www.AllOTSEGO.com. “Follow local, state and federal health and safety guidelines, including the wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing. Be responsible, respectful…
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As Phase 1 Reopenings Start, Businesses Cautious, Excited By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.COM ONEONTA – With Phase One of Un-PAUSE officially going into effect in Otsego County today, Barbara Ann Heegan, president, Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, is already hearing that business is back. “Coddington’s Florist had been closed since the start of this, but on Mother’s Day, they did 220 deliveries,” she said. “Their re-opening has been monumental.”…
Chamber Chair: Reopening Chance For Growth, Creativity By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Though Phase One of “un-PAUSE” is limited to construction, manufacturing and curbside retail, Al Rubin, chair, Otsego County Chamber of Commerce Board, wants to make sure all businesses are ready to begin the process of rebuilding the local economy. “It’s exciting,” he said. “Now is the time for innovation and creativity. Now is not the time to be shy. We need to be sharing…
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27 Professionals Attend Otsego Leadership Summit Otsego County Chamber President Barbara Ann Heegan recruited a bumper crop for the 2020 Otsego Leadership class, whose program got underway this morning at Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta. Over the next few weeks, the class – rising managers at local enterprises and institutions – will be visiting colleges, hospitals and other key county institutions, to “put them in the picture” as they move forward. The Class of 2020 includes, above, clockwise from…
Wise Guys Sammy’s Adding Tavern To Sandwich Shop Fans of Wise Guys Sammy’s rejoice! The popular eatery celebrated the official launch of their expansion this morning with a ribbon cutting with the Chamber of Commerce at 261-267 Main St. in Oneonta. The expansion has tavern style seating and boasts a wide selection of craft beers and wines to pair with your Sammy’s sandwich. Seen above are Jasmine Martinez, owner Sheryl Joubert, Donna Joubert, Barbara Ann Heegan, Roberta Vesley, Mayor Gary…
‘PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY’ Businesspeople Confer On Otsego County’s Workforce Challenges ONEONTA – “How do we spark economic development in our region using the resources that we have?” asked Otsego County Chamber of Commerce President Barbara Ann Heegan. That was the question that informed “Pathways to Prosperity,” the second annual Mohawk Valley Region Workforce Summit, being held – perhaps as you read this – at SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Hall. “Who better to answer that question than local leaders who have been 30…
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EDITORIAL Energy Amity Not Easy, Chamber Policy Shows The Otsego Chamber of Commerce’s “Energy & Infrastructure Policy,” released last Thursday, June 13. The title sounds innocuous enough. In effect, it is rank-and-file business owners’ Declaration of Independence. The whole of the Otsego Chamber’s new policy appears in this newspaper, beginning at right. Read it. But there are a couple of key paragraphs. The first makes common cause with every sensible person’s aspirations: “As we head toward the inevitable move to…
Otsego Chamber Policy Declares Independence Regarding Energy Issues Renewables Supported, But Decompressor, Too By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County businesspeople support all energy options – renewables, yes, but also the controversial decompressor station proposed for West Oneonta – states a county Chamber of Commerce “Energy & Infrastructure Policy” released in the past few days. The statement came bottom-up from the Oneonta-based organization’s countywide membership, said Chamber President Barbara Ann Heegan, who also chairs the Economic…