When a town embarks on revising its land-use plan, or when it is confronted with something that might necessitate a revision of its plan, it is standard operating procedure to adopt a moratorium on new development until such time as it can update the plan.…
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Twenty-three years ago, “The Freeman’s Journal” was reporting on the Generic Environmental Impact Statement, or GEIS, on the capacities of the Cooperstown region. Developed by Community Planning and Environmental Associates of Berne, under the leadership of Nan Stolzenburg and in collaboration with other environmental science agencies, the 243-page draft of the GEIS was released for public comment in May of 2002.…
The seeds of success were sown a decade earlier, five town administrations ago, at a meeting in Richfield Springs during the fall of 2014.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 Learn About Iroquois Women In Leadership MINI LESSON – Noon. Take 10 minutes to learn a skill, craft, or lesson. This week, learn about Iroquois Women in Leadership with Brenda LaForme. Presented By The Iroquois Indian Museum. Visit www.facebook.com/iroquoismuseum/ for info. You have reached your limit of 3 free articles To Continue Reading SubscribeLogin Our hard-copy and online publications cover the news of Otsego County by putting the community back into the newspaper.…
Town of Richfield Comp Plan, Zoning Showdown Tonight Anti-Windmill Faction Plans Vote Frigault Palumbo RICHFIELD SPRINGS – A showdown is expected this evening between two factions on the Richfield Town Board when a vote is due on a comprehensive plan and zoning code that grew out of the opposition to the the Monticello Hills Wind Farm. The board meets at 7 p.m. in the Richfield Springs Central School cafeteria. You have reached your limit of 3 free articles To Continue…
COMMON COUNCIL OKS DOCUMENT Comp Plan Focuses On 'Zombies,' City Arts Scene Bob Brzozowski, GOHS executive director and a member of the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee, read from their final report as Common Council voted to adopt the updated Comprehensive Plan. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com) By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – An office to market the city as a destination for arts and culture, the reuse of "zombie properties" and continuing the Downtown Revitalization Initiative were all recommended as…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Memorial Concert 'Musical Moods' MEMORIAL CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Performance of “Musical Moods – Meditative to Manic” with Timothy Perry and Margaret (Pej) Reitz, performing on clarinet and piano. Free, open to public. RM 201 Fine Arts Center, SUNY Oneonta. 607-436-3419. BOOK CLUB – 6 – 7 p.m. Discuss novel ‘Eleni’ by Nicholas Gage. Richfield Springs Public Library, 102 Main St., Richfield Springs. 315-858-0230 or visit www.facebook.com/Richfield-Springs-Public-Library-1068210423236404/ You have reached your limit of 3 free articles…
Comp Plan Committee Revises Vision Statement Oneonta resident Al Rubin, a member of Oneonta's Comprehensive Master Plan Revision Committee, discusses the wording of the current vision statement, which appears at the beginning of the comprehensive plan. Rubin is the chair of the steering committee tasked with creating the comprehensive plan. At right is committee member Seth Clark. (Parker Fish/AllOTSEGO.com) By PARKER FISH • Special to AllOTSEGO.com LEAF Director Julie Dostal reads the revised vision. ONEONTA – The city's Comprehensive Plan…
Bike Trails To Candy Store, Open House Covers Gamut Brenda Korthauer, wife of City Manager George Korthauer, posts a suggestion on the wall of the CANO gallery at the Wilber Mansion during the Open House for the Comprehensive Plan. "We've done this before," she said. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com) Mayor Gary Herzig and Council member Russ Southard, Sixth Ward, discuss Short-Term Rentals, one of the hotly debated topics at the Open House. ONEONTA – Bike trails, a candy shop, blade signs and more…
