Town of Otsego residents who operate short-term rentals can now see the revised wording on that subject in a new land-use plan that could impact property owners.…
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The MOU refers to Eco-Yotta interchangeably as “Data Center.” Section 2 discusses the focus of the university and company’s collaboration. Included in the list are workforce development for data center management and AI, related academic programming, data infrastructure and energy efficiency research, resource sharing between the entities, “fostering an ecosystem for startups, technology-driven businesses, and innovation hubs,” and more. The document does not mention agriculture.…
Eco-Yotta seeks to convert property at 357 County Highway 9 to a planned development district, or PDD, which can permit broader uses than its current designation as residential agriculture. The idea surfaced this spring as a data center.Then, after residents expressed concerns, the project re-emerged in October as an “agricultural hydroponics research and development hub,” according to the company’s application.…
My primary concern is the fact that this project has been proposed to be built on land that is not zoned for this use. The overwhelming majority of local residents do not want this zone change. Eco-Yotta has been disingenuous in its presentation of this project.…
This isn’t about rejecting change, it’s about rejecting the wrong kind of change. The people of Oneonta deserve development that strengthens our neighborhoods, honors our history, and keeps us safe. We will not let outside money decide the future of our town.…
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 proposal’s 765 acres and 59 lots in the Town of Otsego and 760 acres and 52 lots in the Town of Springfield represent what was noted at the Otsego meeting to be the largest single property division in either town in decades.…
A proposal submitted by EcoYotta Inc. seeks to rezone 153 acres of land, currently zoned for residential-agricultural use, into an industrial development district to make way for a data center. But the application, as it stands, is glaringly incomplete.…
City officials have been talking about the zoning of neighborhood markets for several months, since a late 2023 proposal to open an Oneonta location on Walnut Street of the popular Cooperstown business Stagecoach Coffee provoked strong responses from neighborhood residents, resulting in the withdrawal of that proposal.…
Lake Street Permit Denied The Cooperstown Zoning Board of Appeals has voted this evening, following a robust public comment period, to deny the application for a four-bedroom, short-term rental at 40 Lake Street. Details to follow.…
