Mohawk Valley projects in Utica, Marcy, and at SUNY Oneonta are among those awarded funding through the state’s Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) initiative.
The City of Utica will use a more than $228,000 award to create a new comprehensive plan to supplant its existing plan adopted in 2011. The effort will better reflect the city’s existing conditions, solicit public engagement, and plan for “vibrant, compact & sustainable neighborhoods and rational land use,” per the state’s announced list of projects.
Hotel Street Ventures, LLC has won a $2 million award to undertake the redevelopment of a portion of Hotel Street in Utica’s blighted Bagg’s Square West neighborhood near the Nexus Center. The project will revitalize four adjoining blighted, vacant properties into modern, sustainable mixed-use space with market-rate housing units.
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In addition, PathStone Housing Action Corporation will use $1 million to develop Deerfield Apartments, a several-unit, mixed-use affordable-housing development in Marcy composed of 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments, including some dedicated to individuals with special needs. The all-electric building will meet LEED Gold and Zero Energy standards through on-site and off-site solar and include a new childcare center. This grant will support the childcare center, addressing a local childcare desert and supporting working families.
Mohawk Valley Garden will use $800,000 to rehabilitate the former NYS Canals 1933 building located at the Utica Harbor into an event space that will be the centerpiece of the Utica Harbor Point development project. Mohawk Valley Garden is a hospitality and entertainment entity that owns and operates several restaurants in addition to the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League.
SUNY Oneonta will use a $2 million award to renovate Netzer Hall. The project, located on the main SUNY Oneonta campus, involves a deep energy retrofit and renovation of Netzer Hall for student and administrative services.
The work will transform an outdated building into a “modern comfortable service center, reduce stormwater runoff from impervious areas and provide resiliency and business continuity for campus essential services in the event of an extended electrical outage,” the state said.
A full list of projects is available online.
Established in 2011, the Regional Economic Development Council initiative is a “key component” of the state’s approach to investment and economic development.
