With the Virtual Launch of the Schoharie County Eagle Trail set to take place Saturday, April 23, SEEC and Bill Combs Jr. have been busy. Julie Pacatte, SEEC Executive Director recently spoke with Brian and Chrissy from WGNA. Julie, Brian and Chrissy chatted about the upcoming virtual launch and the naming contest for the two…
By Patsy Nicosia Four Schoharie County businesses who’ve pivoted their way through the pandemic offered insights and advice when SchoCoForward hosted its third Business Recovery Roundtable. Panelists Jacqui Hauser, Studio for Art and Craft; Chris Guldner, Bull’s Head Inn; Carrie Edsall, Black Willow Pond Farm; and Josh Loden, Apple Barrel, all spoke to the ways…
By Patsy Nicosia January 13, 2021 Looking forward—not backwards—and maybe even being a little opportunistic is the strategy SEEC is bringing with it into 2021. There’s no doubt that will be a challenge—even the words “economic growth” are hard to say after the yeas that was 2002, SEEC’s Executive Director Julie Pacattte said Friday. But…
January 20, 2021 Planning for 2021 can be little more than groping in the dark. Nobody knows how long the pandemic will last or its economic impact because nobody’s ever been here before. Yet SEEC––Schoharie Economic Enterprise Corporation––is plowing ahead with plans for the new year. Realize, however, that these plans aren’t pie-in-the-sky but instead…
Two organizations providing services to those especially vulnerable during COVID-19 have been awarded SEEC Resiliency Fund grants: Literacy NY and Jay’s Day Care. Literacy NY: Jim Becker, president MIDTEL & INOC Datacenters, chair of the SEEC Resiliency Fund andSEEC founding member; Lisa Cardilli, executive director, Literacy NY Fulton, Montgomery & Schoharie; andEric Stein, president Cobleskill…
by Patsy Nicosia November 4, 2020 SEEC and its partners are hoping an online Business Recovery Roundtable next Thursday will give businesses, nonfor-profits, and even local government the resources and inspiration they need to push ahead into COVID 2021. Registration for the free Zoom event, set for Thursday, November 12, at 8am, is now open…
SEEC will be going back to its roots with a Recovery Roundtable over Zoom on Thursday, November 12, at 8am. The line-up of panelists will speak to small businesses, not-for-profits, and local government leaders looking for resources to help them negotiate the next budget season. Registration will be through the Schoharie County Chamber of Commerce…
The Schoharie County Eagle Trail took flight on Saturday, at the Franklinton Vlaie, where Town of Broome Supervisor Steve Weinhofer was on hand to welcome birding visitors and guests. The Eagle Trail project was introduced by SEEC founding member Steve Harris, Sterling Insurance, and SEEC student associate Jason Brizzee, a junior at SUNY Binghamton, above…
By Patsy Nicosia October 14, 2020 When SEEC inaugurates the Schoharie County Eagle Trail Saturday, it will be a chance not only for lovers of the national symbols to get first-hand advice on where and how to spot them, but maybe help grow the local economy a little as well. At 2pm Saturday at the…
