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City Hall Buys Oneonta Ford

City Hall Buys Oneonta Ford By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — The Common Council voted 7-1 last night to buy the dilapidated Oneonta Ford building for $425,000 from the Twelve Tribes, despite a new Council member’s suggestion to take it by eminent domain for half the price. And, first, the deal must by signed-off on by the state Historic Preservation Office. “The Ford building is part of a historical area of Oneonta,” said Bob Brzozowski, Greater Oneonta…
January 22, 2020

Otsego Now, Twelve Tribes Spar Over Oneonta Ford

Otsego Now, Twelve Tribes Spar Over Eminent Domain By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – As the plans for the Mohawk Valley Food & Beverage Innovation Center move forward, negotiations for purchasing the former Oneonta Ford building have grown tense. “We’ve engaged in good-faith negotiations with the owners,” said Otsego Now CEO Sandy Mathes. “We’ve shared info, appraisals and environmental issues that need to be remediated.” But with the option of eminent domain on the table, a packed public hearing was held…
January 26, 2017

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