New Common Council Delaying $70,000 For Destination Oneonta Have Promoters Lost Focus? Asks Drnek At First Meeting By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Common Council voted this evening, 5-3, not to renew a $70,000 contract with Destination Oneonta for 2020, but to table it for further discussion. “I’m not really certain what the geographic parameters of Destination Oneonta are,” said Council member Mike Drnek, Ward Eight. Given that membership is expected to rise in the new year,…
Online home of The Freeman's Journal and Hometown Oneonta
Advertisement
Mark Drnek - Page 9
LETTER from ANTHONY AVANZATO Drnek Knows How To Promote Business To the Editor: It’s nice to see young people getting involved in politics, so I commend Josh Bailey for running for Oneonta Common Council in Ward 8. However, we are at a time where experience and a historical perspective are warranted. I have known Mark Drnek for over 25 years and he has always had a good handle on what Oneonta needs and how to improve our community. The SweetHome…
LETTER from RAY MANNION Who Knows More About Ward 8 Than Mark Drnek? To the Editor: I dare you to try to find another person alive who knows more about Main Street Oneonta businesses than Mark Drnek. Mark knows the first and last names of almost every business owner in Ward 8, where he is running for Oneonta Common Council. He knows what they sell and to whom they sell it. He knows what their businesses depend upon, thrive upon,…
Lofts On Dietz’s Parking, Energy Raised As Issues SEQRA To Start Next Month; Groundbreaking Next Summer By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Two citizens raised concerns about parking – a third called for “net zero” energy efficiency – when developer Ken Kearney outlined plans for a 64-unit art colony, The Lofts on Dietz, to the city Planning Commission last evening. “As an artist, the building is an excellent concept, one we should embrace,” said Michael Stolzer, who…
