It was a week of peaks and valleys of emotions. We are doing final testing & tweaking of our OneontaOnTheMap website; we purchased the $50 gift certificates to Elena’s and Green Toad Books (for the April 15th give-away). Both venues are excited to be part of our “grand opening.”
We travelled to New York City and back on Wednesday — for a farewell luncheon for our ‘day job’ boss, who, get this —was recently laid off. The food at Acme restaurant on Great Jones St. was awesome (blackened catfish sandwiches) but the undertone of the mood was somber, as Marie has been the best person to work for and she will be so sorely missed, it can’t be put in words. She made the company a family, we’ll leave it at that. The company was recently purchased by private investors and between merging and integrating divisions and the downturn, our “family” was fractured. NYC itself seemed a bit somber; people dressed in heavy wintry dark colors and the stores a bit empty …
Good luck, Marie; we know you will be invaluable wherever you land!
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You guys rock! You’ve done a beautiful job on your site. Oneonta really needs something like this. All the best!
Brian (a.k.a. Professor Homunculus at The Math Mojo Chronicles )
The site is great. I remember all the businesses from when I was there. Oneota is lucky to have you guys. I hope all the business people appreciate you.
Kathy
I think this is a great effort but we need to clean up our city hall before we can really put Oneonta on the map. Kim Muller, Nader, Miller, and our common council have had numerous back door dealings that take our tax money and put it into their pockets. They continue to pass unlawful legislation and Ms. Muller now think she has enough clout to harass the student who ran for mayor by claiming she is afraid for her life…Please, let’s build up or economy by having a real straight forward and honest government that actually cares about its people.
Hi Allison, Appreciate your comment although I have to confess I’m not up on politics in general (affect of having grown up in DC?) and also recently relocated to countryside (Roseboom), although still have home and office on Chestnut St.
My recommendation would be to keep lines of communication opened by mayoral race active by blogging and twittering — these media provide voice, are empowering and at the very least would be a “think tank” for ideas for those in office to consider.
If you know of blogs or people who Twitter about Oneonta, please let me know and I will link them from our page.
mary robinson
http://www.OneontaOnTheMap.com