Otsego County

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

Ideas Bloom for Food Hub

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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

Welcome to 'The Hub'!

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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

A Milestone in the Marathon

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On Monday, November 16th, the Oneonta Town Planning Board approved the proposed site plan for the Oneonta Business Park, clearing the way for future business expansion. The Planning Board approved a plan for mixed use development that translates into up to 400,000 square feet of building space, 170 parking spaces, and an opportunity to attract businesses that will create new, high-quality jobs. Sandy Mathes, CEO of Otsego Now, said in his press statement: “Gaining these approvals is critical to the ability of the Otsego IDA to effectively market the site and give confidence to the development community that a shovel … Read More

Otsego Now Opens Workforce Training Center

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by Denise Richardson, staff writer ONEONTA — State Sen. James Seward, R-Milford, and Otsego Now officials launched the Otsego Now Regional Workforce Training Center at 189 Main St. on Tuesday. Seward announced the award of a $100,000 legislative grant to support the Center, an award that supplements a $47,500 grant from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council initiative. Between 40 and 50 local business representatives, elected leaders, workforce trainees and others attended the opening event, officials said. Seward, Otsego Now staff and project partners spoke about the need for a trained workforce in Oneonta and the region and how … Read More