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Otsego Now to Receive Multiple Creative Awards

annual report, awards, brochure, marketing, NYSEDC, Otsego Now, promotional material, web site, workforce training center December 10, 2016 Uncategorized webtech

May 9, 2016 (Oneonta, NY) – The New York State Economic Development Council (NYSEDC) recently announced that Otsego Now has been named a recipient of several 2016 Marketing, Literature and Promotion Awards. The awards will be presented at the Awards Banquet on Thursday evening, May 26th, during the 2016 NYSEDC Annual Meeting in Cooperstown. Otsego Now was honored as Best in Class for its fiscal-year 2014 Annual Report, which was distributed at a special meeting of the Otsego County IDA and CRC Board in June 2015. In addition, Otsego Now received a Certificate of Excellence for its Workforce Training Center … Read More

Otsego Now Embarks on Training Center Year Two

employability training, manufacturing skills, Otsego County, Otsego Now, workforce development, workforce training center December 9, 2016 Uncategorized webtech

In the months since our launch event last year, the Otsego Now Regional Workforce Training Center has been in a state of metamorphosis and evolution. Our second-year plan has called for a significant amount of business outreach, as well as meetings with prospective education partners, to forge the relationships we need to move forward. Training programs at the Workforce Training Center will be demand-driven, so business outreach has been critical. An important aspect of the value we intend to offer to area employers is to first understand their workforce needs, then help them meet them. Thanks to our recent outreach … Read More

Workforce Board Hosts Conversation between Local Businesses and Workforce Trainers

communication, economic development, education, guidance counselors, skill sets, teachers, Workforce Development Board, workforce prep, workforce training December 9, 2016 Uncategorized webtech

On February 26, 2016, the Chenango-Delaware-Otsego Workforce Development Board gathered a room full of leaders from local manufacturers before a panel of people charged in one way or another with workforce development and/or employee training. Specifically, panel members were Joseph Yelich, superintendent of the Oneonta City School District; Glenda Roberts, Director of Career and Business Development for SUNY Delhi; Audrey Beckenstein from the Norwich campus of the Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES; and Dawn Rivers, Director of the Otsego Now Regional Workforce Training Center. Such a set up might lead one to expect that the meeting was organized to give employers an opportunity … Read More

Otsego Now Board Gets New Leadership

December 8, 2016 Uncategorized webtech

March 7, 2016 (ONEONTA, NY) – At the annual meeting of the Boards of the County of Otsego IDA and the Otsego County Capital Resource Corporation, held last week in Oneonta, the election of officers yielded a new joint Chairman. By unanimous roll call vote, Devin Morgan was elected to the top spot on both Boards. Previous Chairs, Hanft and Bernier did not seek re-election to encourage fresh leadership to jointly lead both organizations. New Chairman Devin Morgan is a practicing attorney and Special Counsel to Hoffman Warnick (hoffmanwarnick.com), an intellectual property boutique law firm headquartered in Albany. He is … Read More

Oneonta Food Hub Vision Takes Shape

agribusiness, agriculture, development project, economic development, food hub, Market Street Revitalization, Oneonta December 1, 2016 Uncategorized webtech

Two years ago, the staff at Otsego Now began working with the late Mayor Dick Miller on the idea of an agricultural center in downtown Oneonta that would be a central feature of a revitalized Market Street. Late last year, Otsego Now issued a Request for Proposals for professional services to prepare a feasibility study and economic development strategy for the prospective food hub – the first step toward making that shared vision into reality. We received several very strong proposals and eventually narrowed the field to two. To help us make this difficult choice, we assembled a committee composed … Read More

Welcome to 'The Hub'!

blog, economic development, IDA, newsletters, OCCRC, Otsego County, welcome December 28, 2015 Uncategorized webtech

Greetings, from the staff of Otsego Now! You have stumbled upon The Hub, our blog and informal news hub. For more formal news and information about economic development in Otsego County, you’ll want to subscribe to Otsego Now News here. And if you’re particularly interested in workforce development or if you’re a job seeker looking for training, sign up for the Otsego Works! newsletter here.

Take the MV500 Survey!

community input, community outreach, economic development, MV500, Otsego County, state funding, survey, Upstate Revitalization Initiative December 27, 2015 Uncategorized webtech

We are hoping you can help! As you probably know, our six-county region is competing for $500 million to be spent across 5 years to bring prosperity to our region. There’s a group of people from across the six counties doing research and collecting information in order to create the best possible (and, we hope, winning) proposal for these Upstate Revitalization Fund dollars. You’ve no doubt read in the newspapers about the MV500 group a few times now. There’s a survey that people from across the six counties are completing, found by clicking this link. This is our chance to … Read More