Greene County update: hotel closing expected, business-park options and potential manufacturing jobs

An economic-development update provided to the Greene County Legislature covered several active projects. County staff (identified in the transcript as April) said a sewer connection for the hotel has been approved by DEC, the SWIP is back with Delaware Engineering for comments, and closing on the hotel property is anticipated in late February to early March. County remarks repeated that sale proceeds will be split with the county to make unpaid back taxes whole and that a contractor date for groundbreaking was being targeted for April, pending frost and permitting.

April described options for a 14-acre business-park parcel where the front could be long-stay lodging and the back dedicated to manufacturing and distribution. She said Serta plans to add roughly 75 jobs at the local site following the closure of a sister plant, though she cautioned that final job numbers were not yet established. A separate prospective manufacturer from Massachusetts is competing for the former Save-A-Lot building and would bring an estimated 250 manufacturing jobs if selected; county staff and New York State EDC were preparing an incentives package.

Staff also noted progress on the county’s website project and sign permitting for an incoming Hampton Inn. No formal zoning vote or county financial commitment beyond routine approvals was recorded at the meeting; these reports were informational and routed to the legislature’s consent agenda and subsequent procurement items.