County backs tourism projects
NORWICH – A government committee agreed to fund projects designed to boost tourism and improve the economy in Chenango County.
The Planning & Economic Development Committee tapped an infrastructure, promotion and business development account in the amount of $6,500 for the 2011 Chenango County Agricultural Society Fair and $5,600 to create a guidebook of Chenango County’s rivers.
Both recommendations were forwarded by resolution to the Chenango County Board of Supervisors for consideration next month. If approved, about $186,000 would remain in the account for future projects.
The Chenango County Fair
The 164th Annual Chenango County Fair is set for Tuesday, Aug. 9 through Sunday Aug. 14 at the fairgrounds in Norwich. Coleman Brothers Carnival will return with the midway show and an array of wristband specials, beginning with opening of the rides on the first day at 4 p.m.
Youngsters, 4-H youth and adults will be exhibiting their animals and products in the Exhibition Hall, Follett Show Ring and Case Building. The Kent Farm six horse hitch of Percherons will return for display, along with a new Alpaca Show. Grandstands events for the week include: the Firemen’s Parade; Guitars Under the Stars with Nashville star Andy Griggs; a Chenango Blues Association performance; New York Tractor Pullers Association Super Stock and Modified Tractor Pulls: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling; and demolition derbies.
River Recreation Guidebook
The Place’s Headwaters Youth Conservation Corps hopes to collect data and map the county’s rivers this summer. A resulting guidebook, and possibly multiple brochures, would list boat launches, historic points of interest and local attractions as well as depict both marine and wildlife habitats.
The five to six Americorps workers that are required for the project would be funded by the county, if the amount is approved by the full board. They would also document invasive species found and any environmental hazards, such as illegal drainage pipes, and also clean up trash and debris along the way, according to Cornell Cooperative Extension Executive Director Ken Smith said Smith said.
Planning and Economic Development Committee member James Bays, D-Smyrna, suggested including conservation practices, berms in need of repair and channel problems in the guide. “Document it all,” he said.
The new resource would be computer-generated and easily updated. The current booklet for canoeing and boating enthusiasts is about 20 years old and not widely accessible, according to Smith.
The Place plans to solicit additional funds from the corporate sector for the remainder of the estimated $11,620 project.
Town of Otselic Supervisor David J. Messineo reminded Smith that not all of the rivers in the county are navigable. “Unlike the Chenango and Unadilla, you can’t advocate fishing in the Otselic River by boat,” he said.
Chenango County Maplefest
The committee previously allotted $1,500 to the Chenango County Historical Society’s first-ever Maplefest this year. Director Alan Estus informed the committee that a remaining balance of $400 would be put toward making the event annual.
“Six patents for sugaring were awarded to maple producers right here in Chenango County. Hops and maple syrup were both produced in abundance here. We had a greater concentration of both than some of the other counties around us that have maple-oriented festivals,” he said.
More than 100 visitors attended the first Chenango County Maplefest and about 50 percent of them were new to the museum, according to Estus.
A portion of the remaining funds will be used for materials to build a replica of a functioning maple sap house. Cabinetmaker and contractor Bruce Webster of Sherburne has donated his time to build it. The structure would be placed on the Rexford Street museum grounds in Norwich.
Chenango County Historial Society and Museum
Meanwhile, a $460,000 capital building campaign – in the works for 10 years and funded in part by Chenango County – is underway at the two-building museum campus at 43-35 Rexford Street. Phase two of the project begin in September with the construction of the James S. Flanagan Historic Research Center. The Flanagan Center will house the county historian’s office and all documents and archives of the Historical Society.
“We’re putting all of the documents in one place to be accessible to the researcher,” Estus said.
Contractors are currently erecting interior partitions and designing room layouts. The project’s estimated completion date is sometime in mid July.
The Society has received all but about $43,000 of the project’s total cost.
The Planning & Economic Development Committee tapped an infrastructure, promotion and business development account in the amount of $6,500 for the 2011 Chenango County Agricultural Society Fair and $5,600 to create a guidebook of Chenango County’s rivers.
Both recommendations were forwarded by resolution to the Chenango County Board of Supervisors for consideration next month. If approved, about $186,000 would remain in the account for future projects.
The Chenango County Fair
The 164th Annual Chenango County Fair is set for Tuesday, Aug. 9 through Sunday Aug. 14 at the fairgrounds in Norwich. Coleman Brothers Carnival will return with the midway show and an array of wristband specials, beginning with opening of the rides on the first day at 4 p.m.
Youngsters, 4-H youth and adults will be exhibiting their animals and products in the Exhibition Hall, Follett Show Ring and Case Building. The Kent Farm six horse hitch of Percherons will return for display, along with a new Alpaca Show. Grandstands events for the week include: the Firemen’s Parade; Guitars Under the Stars with Nashville star Andy Griggs; a Chenango Blues Association performance; New York Tractor Pullers Association Super Stock and Modified Tractor Pulls: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling; and demolition derbies.
River Recreation Guidebook
The Place’s Headwaters Youth Conservation Corps hopes to collect data and map the county’s rivers this summer. A resulting guidebook, and possibly multiple brochures, would list boat launches, historic points of interest and local attractions as well as depict both marine and wildlife habitats.
The five to six Americorps workers that are required for the project would be funded by the county, if the amount is approved by the full board. They would also document invasive species found and any environmental hazards, such as illegal drainage pipes, and also clean up trash and debris along the way, according to Cornell Cooperative Extension Executive Director Ken Smith said Smith said.
Planning and Economic Development Committee member James Bays, D-Smyrna, suggested including conservation practices, berms in need of repair and channel problems in the guide. “Document it all,” he said.
The new resource would be computer-generated and easily updated. The current booklet for canoeing and boating enthusiasts is about 20 years old and not widely accessible, according to Smith.
The Place plans to solicit additional funds from the corporate sector for the remainder of the estimated $11,620 project.
Town of Otselic Supervisor David J. Messineo reminded Smith that not all of the rivers in the county are navigable. “Unlike the Chenango and Unadilla, you can’t advocate fishing in the Otselic River by boat,” he said.
Chenango County Maplefest
The committee previously allotted $1,500 to the Chenango County Historical Society’s first-ever Maplefest this year. Director Alan Estus informed the committee that a remaining balance of $400 would be put toward making the event annual.
“Six patents for sugaring were awarded to maple producers right here in Chenango County. Hops and maple syrup were both produced in abundance here. We had a greater concentration of both than some of the other counties around us that have maple-oriented festivals,” he said.
More than 100 visitors attended the first Chenango County Maplefest and about 50 percent of them were new to the museum, according to Estus.
A portion of the remaining funds will be used for materials to build a replica of a functioning maple sap house. Cabinetmaker and contractor Bruce Webster of Sherburne has donated his time to build it. The structure would be placed on the Rexford Street museum grounds in Norwich.
Chenango County Historial Society and Museum
Meanwhile, a $460,000 capital building campaign – in the works for 10 years and funded in part by Chenango County – is underway at the two-building museum campus at 43-35 Rexford Street. Phase two of the project begin in September with the construction of the James S. Flanagan Historic Research Center. The Flanagan Center will house the county historian’s office and all documents and archives of the Historical Society.
“We’re putting all of the documents in one place to be accessible to the researcher,” Estus said.
Contractors are currently erecting interior partitions and designing room layouts. The project’s estimated completion date is sometime in mid July.
The Society has received all but about $43,000 of the project’s total cost.
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