Elan Planning

Ideas Bloom for Food Hub

ONEONTA – Rapid-fire, “food-hub superstar” Karen Karp this morning presented a full menu of new ideas for the “Food & Beverage Innovation District” planned along Oneonta’s Market Street: Renovate the downtown parking deck to include shops and maybe even apartments. Collaborate with SUNY Oneonta’s Sodexo catering service on a restaurant and food-service management training center in a “food hub” in the former Ford dealership at Chestnut and Market streets. Create an Ommegang “off-site research and development brewery” at the same site. (And/or a “modest-size place for contract brewing,” 15-20 barrels at a time, for the Garrattsville-based Butternut Beer & Ale … Read More

Downtown Cooperstown to Get Updated Economic Development & Comprehensive Plan

Otsego IDA Leads Cooperative Effort in Partnership with Village August 19, 2014 (ONEONTA, NY) – The County of Otsego Industrial Development Agency (the IDA) announced today the launch of a cooperative effort with the Village of Cooperstown to develop a downtown revitalization and economic development strategy and to update the Village of Cooperstown’s Comprehensive Plan. “We are excited to be collaborating with the community to pump renewed life into downtown Cooperstown,” says IDA Chair Robert Hanft. “This project will provide a vision for the development of new and diverse opportunities to expand business activity year-round.” An Advisory Committee tasked with … Read More