News from the Noteworthy DDAM Promotes Inclusivity,Equitable Workforce Every year in March, we take time throughout the month to recognize people with developmental disabilities as members of our community, coworkers, family and friends for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Developmental disabilities can occur at birth or become present over the development age and can include autism and ADHD, cerebral palsy, learning, language, and intellectual disabilities. You may know or work with someone who has a developmental disability. Today, we live in…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 Comedy Performance at the Foothills Performing Arts Center COMEDY—7-10 p.m. Enjoy an evening of stand-up comedy from the North Country Comedy Tour, featuring laughs, cocktails and a roaring good time. Tickets, $20/person. Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, Oneonta. foothillspac.org BLOOD DRIVE—Noon to 5 p.m. Save up to 3 lives with the American Red Cross. Springbrook, 103 County Highway 44, Oneonta. Register at redcrossblood.org…
News from the Noteworthy Resolution: Inclusion To Foster Growth, Build Community Another year has passed by—and with it, another year of celebrating our milestones. The staff at Springbrook have shown what can be done in a decade as we celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Tom Golisano Center for Autism. Our donors have also demonstrated what can be done in this time, meeting the needs of the people we support by giving generously time and again, not only on Giving…
Springbrook To Develop Residential Units for Persons with Disabilities in Cortland CORTLANDSpringbrook has been selected by the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities as the housing support provider for development of the Cortlandville Commons at 968 NYS Route 13 in Cortlandville. This development will create 68 new residential units of workforce housing. Springbrook has partnered with Regan Development Corporation, an experienced residential and commercial developer, who will begin construction in October 2023 with tenant occupancy planned for…
Letter from Patricia Kennedy Springbrook Thanks County for its Help On November 15, New York State announced more than $33 million in Community Development Block Grant funding, awarded to dozens of municipalities for local infrastructure improvement and housing rehabilitation projects. Otsego County and Springbrook applied for and received a $300,000.00 grant for CDBG funds which will go toward the development and implementation of safety fencing around the perimeter of the main campus, the location of The School at Springbrook and…
News from the Noteworthy Post-election Activities Full of Positivity, Unity The midterm elections are over, or mostly over, as tight returns leave many state and federal races close and uncertain. I, for one, am very glad that pre-election coverage and political mailings have ceased and we have voted. We can now get back to our jobs, our community, and our lives, where real things happen, where we can make a difference to a person and to our community.…
Golisano Center Celebrates 10-year Anniversary By Ted Mebust Springbrook’s Tom Golisano Center for Autism celebrated its 10-year anniversary this past Thursday, marking a decade since the expansion of its Oneonta campus. The event offered tours of the facilities, trolley rides provided by Leatherstocking Trolley Company, a parade of students and staff, and a dinner for all in attendance. “It’s wonderful to have our donors here to remind us all what a difference this center has made in providing the highest…
News from the Noteworthy Celebrate Fall in Many Ways The beauty of fall—as it ushers us from the heat and activity of summer to the chill and serenity of winter—is celebratory and full of hope. Fall does not meekly transition; it sings out with color as it triumphantly faces winter. With our magnificent landscape’s celebration on full display, I have recently thought about how much our community has to celebrate. On Friday, October 14, Dr. Alberto J.F. Cardelle will be…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta September 29, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Cornell Cooperative Extension Embarking on Huge Project Weekly Medical Briefs: 09-29-22 Inside The Paper Fly Creek General Store Vandalized Bassett Healthcare Network Is Among State’s 2022 Best Employers Springbrook Closes Purchase of Historic Ford Block on Oneonta’s Main Street Sign Celebrates Historic Role of Route 20 Perspectives Editorial The Great Turkey Hunt Columns STERNBERG: M*AS*H News from the Noteworthy: Battle Plans Life…
Springbrook Closes Purchase of Historic Ford Block on Oneonta’s Main Street Springbrook has finalized the purchase of the Ford Block buildings from 186 to 212 Main Street, Oneonta. The nonprofit provider of supports and services to people with developmental disabilities will begin renovations in July of 2023. The $8.9 million project will keep existing retail space on the lower floors while the upper two stories will be converted into 24 affordable, market-rate residential units, with four units reserved as integrated…