The Evening Sun | Planners Aim For Boutique Hotel In Norwich Within Two Years
NORWICH
–
The
Development
Chenango
Corporation
(DCC),
the
economic
development
arm
of
Commerce
Chenango,
says
downtown
Norwich
could
see
a
boutique
hotel
by
2023
if
all
goes
accordingly.
Just
one
month
after
the
agency
announced
a
purchase
agreement
for
14-16
S.
Broad
St.,
former
home
to
the
SUNY
Morrisville
Norwich
campus,
Commerce
Chenango
President
and
CEO
Kerri
Green
said
there’s
already
been
interest
from
developers
to
overhaul
the
building
to
suit
overnight
accomodations,
meaning
Commerce
Chenango’s
years-long
effort
to
root
a
quality
hotel
in
Norwich
could
quickly
take
off
when
DCC
closes
on
the
building
next
month.
The
building,
with
ownership
downstate,
has
been
largely
vacant
for
more
than
a
decade.
The
only
current
occupant
is
a
custom
shop
business
on
the
first
floor,
which
DCC
has
no
intentions
of
evicting.
Green
said
the
undertaking
is
a
positive
step
forward
for
the
city
and
the
county
at
large,
which
is
currently
losing
money
to
travelers
who
find
lodging
outside
the
county
in
nearby
Hamilton,
Oneonta,
or
Binghamton.
Establishing
a
hotel
has
been
a
blip
on
the
radar
for
DCC
and
Commerce
Chenango
since
DCC
released
an
accommodations
study
in
2014
affirming
a
long-held
notion
that
the
lack
of
quality
lodging
in
Chenango
is
putting
the
county
at
an
economic
disadvantage.
