The Partial Observer by Ellen Tillapaugh
Village Receives $1 Million Grant In Support of Housing Project
On May 22, the Village of Cooperstown was notified that our application for Restore New York funding was successful, and we will receive $1 million toward our goal of creating apartment-style housing at 217 Main Street.
In previous articles, I referenced the village’s Comprehensive Plan, created with a great deal of community input, which stressed the need for more housing within our village, particularly apartment-style housing. That housing goal was noted in our 2022 NY Forward application, the initial year New York State offered the $4.5 million award for communities of our size. In 2023, Cooperstown received the NY Forward award and, in a seven-month process, the 14-person Local Planning Committee assembled a Priority List of Projects which could be transformative within our downtown NY Forward boundary.
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