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Business Spotlight
Business Spotlight
Otsego County Economic Development is working to build a better regional economy by enhancing opportunity. Small business and a way of life are energizing the County’s future and its economy.
Acknowledging our agricultural history and way of life, and a reputation for innovation and commitment to Otsego County, business owners and entrepreneurs are leading the way.
On this page, we highlight a few of these business leaders. In their own words, these leaders tell you their own story of success in Otsego County. Their success illustrates what Otsego County Economic Development partnering with other local resources can offer businesses. The list of business success stories is growing, be sure to check back often to read more about how we are working to build a better regional economy.
Small Business Success Stories
"Keepin' It Local"
Located at 371 Mittlesdorf Road in Garrattsville, NY, "The Painted Goat Farm has the real thing: two poured concrete cheese caves architecturally reminiscent of gothic underground chambers located twelve feet below ground. This cheese cave might be the only one of its kind in the United States and it exists right here, in Otsego County.".....more
(Article presented by: Catskill Mountain Foundation)
The Painted Goat Farm
"The maker of farmstead artisan goat's milk cheese."
Introducing Ilyssa Berg and her husband, Javier Flores, owners. |
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Resources:
Otsego County Development Corp. (OCDC)
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Ilyssa states, "Otsego County Economic Development was an integral part of our business start-up and one of the reasons we actually decided to locate our business in Otsego County. Otsego County is a wonderful place to have an agricultural business, but small-scale family farming is a very difficult business to establish and succeed at without financial resources. We were encouraged by the Program's support and understanding of new agricultural ventures and the unique problems that face a farming business as opposed to what people think of as a "typical" business. They understood that a business like ours was and is an asset to the community. Although, we were "cash poor," short on assets, and had never before run a business, we had a strategy for starting and building the business and we invested a lot of enthusiam, will-power, and thousands of hours in "sweat equity." The loan we received from OCDC helped us to finish constructing and outfit our on-farm milk processing facility with the equipment we needed.
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For more information contact: Ilyssa Berg (607) 321-3191 or e-mail: ilyssa@paintedgoat.com or visit their website at www.paintedgoat.com |
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