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Utica Area Projects Awarded Through 4 Regional Economic Development Council Programs
January 28, 2025
I noticed that the Utica area got a lot of grant money through Regional Economic Development Council Programs. Since it is your taxpayer money they are handing out, you should know where it went. Fortunately, there were some good projects awarded money.
The first one I list is money for stormwater mapping in Oneida County. Can't argue with this given the increase in frequency and intensity of sotms that we have experienced.
Two grants were for Reimaging St. Luke's. I have attended most of the public meetings related to this and anxiously await the final draft. If you want to get up to speed on Reimagine St. Luke's I have recorded videos of the meetings
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DEC NPG 140376 Oneida Oneida County
Mohawk Valley
Storm Water
Coalition MS4
Mapping
Oneida County will facilitate the development of comprehensive storm system
maps for communities in the Mohawk Valley Stormwater Coalition. This will
include stormwater infrastructure impacting priority waterbodies in Clinton,
Oriskany, Paris, New Hartford, Whitesboro, and Whitestown. This project will
help the municipalities in the Coalition meet MS4 General Permit
requirements.
$135,000 N/A 12/23/2024
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DOS SGCP 140897 Oneida
Mohawk Valley
Economic
Development
Growth
Enterprises
Corporation
Former St. Luke's
Hospital Campus
Area Plan
Mohawk Valley Edge will create an Area Plan for the former St. Luke's Hospital
Campus in the Town of New Hartford. Mohawk Valley EDGE, along with Oneida
County, the Town, and MVHS will take the next critical step in this
transformative effort by establishing development standards to facilitate infill
development of a vibrant, compact, and sutainable mixed-use site.
$127,710 N/A 12/26/2024
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ESD Grants 141884 Oneida
Mohawk Valley
Garden
Corporation
Harbor Point
Development
Mohawk Valley Garden will construct a mixed-use building with retail and
commercial space, as well as market-rate apartments at the historic Harbor
Point in Utica. The Harbor Point project sits on almost 5 acres of developable
land, and this project will serve as a catalyst to showcase Utica’s waterfront.
$1,250,000 X 1/28/2025
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ESD MNY 137430 Oneida
MunsonWilliamsProctor Arts
Institute d/b/a
Munson
Overnight Stay
Arts Destination
CampaignExpand
ed Marketing Plan
Munson will use tourism marketing funds to promote, Arts Destination
Overnight Stay Campaign, a project to establish new marketing collaborations
and promote Utica and the Mohawk Valley as appealing destinations for
overnight stays.
$100,000 X 1/28/2025
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ESD NFP 141850 Oneida
Uptown
Theater for
Creative Arts,
Inc.
Uptown Theatre -
Auditorium
Revitalization
Uptown Theater for Creative Arts (UTCA) will expand programming and
capacity in the historic Uptown Theatre. The scope of work includes new
seating, flooring, painting, and plaster restoration in the auditorium along with
installation of audio/visual equipment to make programming possible. This last
stage of the renovation will complete the transformation into a fully functional
auditorium in the once-abandoned, NR-listed, 1920s era Uptown Theater,
reopening as a cultural venue, hub of neighborhood revitalization, and a
regional destination.
$100,000 N/A 1/10/2025
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ESD PHC 139955 Oneida
Municipal
Housing
Authority of
the City of
Utica, New
York (People
First d/b/a)
THRIVE Cornhill
THRIVE Cornhill will integrate 2 mixed-use buildings in the Cornhill section of
Utica, offering 2 Community Impact Centers and several mixed-income
apartments. The Impact Centers will support community-focused programs
including a multipurpose gym, urban grocery, coworking space, test kitchen,
entrepreneurial incubator, dance, art space, & courtyard.
$3,000,000 X 1/28/2025
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ESD SPFS 140124 Oneida Mohawk Valley
EDGE
Reimagine St.
Luke's & It's
Public Realm
Mohawk Valley Edge, in partnership with Oneida County, MVHS and the Town
of New Hartford, will undertake a master planning effort for the
redevelopment of the vacant 53 acre St. Luke's Medical Campus called
"Reimagine St. Luke's". The plan will building on the Phase I ESA with further
investigations to address structural and subsurface environmental concerns,
will include a full site survey to establish the public realm, complete a study to
realign utilities based on the site concept, ultimately providing a district
framework for public improvement financing to support mixed-use
development. Revitalizing this site is a priority for the Mohawk Valley REDC and
will play a crucial role in attracting new talent and populations to the region.
$98,000 X 1/10/2025
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NYSERDA
BCCC
137400 Oneida
Trustees of
Hamilton
College
Innovation Center
Construction
Hamilton College’s new state-of-the-art 41,00sf computer and data science
facility is an all-electric project that will use geothermal systems, solar
photovoltaic and electric vehicle chargers for renewable energy, as well as
highly insulated walls, LED lighting, building sensors, low flow plumbing, and a
stormwater system for enhanced resiliency.
$2,000,000 12/23/2024
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OPRHP EPF
HP D
137617 Oneida Utica Cemetery
Association
Forest Hill
Cemetery
Preservation
Project
The Utica Cemetery Association will stabilize and repair the historic Silas D.
Childs Chapel at the National Register-listed Forest Hill Cemetery. $392,472 12/23/2024
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OPRHP EPF
HP D
138118 Oneida Kirkland Art
Center
Water Mitigation
at Kirkland Art
Center
The Kirkland Art Center is a vibrant community arts center located on the
Village Green in the Clinton Historic District, named to the National Register of
Historic Places. The 1842 street-facing former church structure suffers
significant water intrusion due to increasingly severe rainfall resulting from
climate change that is damaging the stone foundation. Water mitigation
measures will seal the below-grade portions and regrade the slope, allowing
for a renovation of the interior dance studio.
$136,001 12/23/2024
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