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Energy Related Events from Daniel Blacklock TO: Concened Citizens of Oneonta After 3 weeks of “Life Without Catalyst” we wanted to pass along some information on related issues. At the celebration party people filled out a survey to express interest in various follow-up issues. Here are the results as well as important information on upcoming events later this month:
1. Oneonta’s New Comprehensive Plan: Participation and Monitoring The Comprehensive Plan is in a “pre-draft” state and there will be an important public meeting on October 25, at 5:30 PM, at Morris Hall at SUCO. The public input received at that meeting will be used to produce the draft of the Comprehensive Plan. There will be another public review of that draft prior to producing the final document. Please try to attend and provide vision and ideas for the railyard and other areas of the city. What changes would you like to see? The appointees on the review board have approached this responsibility with obvious indifference, so public input is sorely needed. 2. Alternative Energy Projects / Energy Preparedness / Municipal Power for Oneonta Hartwick is hosting a mini-conference on sustainability October 25 in the Eaton Lounge at Hartwick College. Jen Montgomery and Greg Boulis are two of the founders of Urban Homesteaders LLC. They are very involved in Pittsburgh’s sustainability initiatives. Jen, the expert in what is now called urban agriculture, has been working full-time with a not-for-profit group - Grow Pittsburgh - www.growpittsburgh.org - which is promoting urban agriculture. Urban Agriculture is a technique of farming within cities where cities try to grow as much of their own food as possible. She has traveled internationally and worked extensively on farms in New Zealand as well as running a farm operation in West Virginia. Both Jen and Greg were recently featured in the NY Times article “Nature on the Threshold” http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/garden/07bio.html?ex=1160280000&en=34f2df2982df2749&ei=5070
Dr. Patrick Drohan, Director of Pine Lake Institute for Environmental
and Sustainability Studies, Hartwick College 3. Railroad Museum at the Roundhouse site The following is from Carol Halter who provides some good information on the idea of a Railroad Museum. “First off, there is a group that has been trying to get a museum together for the last 18 years but it has not gotten funding. They also tried to buy the land the Roundhouse was on prior to it being torn down. That group is "Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society" which is being run out of Colliersville. It is also the organization that has placed the "Caboose" in Neawha Park. They are also the group running the train from Milford to Cooperstown, but they can't seem to get enough ridership to make a difference. Please contact Bruce Hodges who is President (432-2429) and find out what his thoughts are. When my father-in-law passed, I gave a lot of Railroad books to the museum... To date they have not been able to do much. They have a building designated as a museum in Milford but haven't been able to get the proper funding make it happen. Their dreams were to refurbish the Roundhouse and have it there. If enough people rally around this idea, we should be able to make it happen.” Daniel Blacklock
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