He has been credited with orchestrating the re-birth of downtown Mount Morris and on Wednesday, March 28, Greg O’Connell will present his success story during an economic development seminar at the A.D. Oliver Middle School Auditorium in Brockport from 7 to 9 p.m.
The seminar is free and open to interested community members, Mayor Connie Castaneda said during the February 14 regular meeting of the Brockport Village Board.
O’Connell is the president of The O’Connell Organization and has been called, “one of America’s best known progressive developers.” He attended SUNY Geneseo in the 1960s and worked as a New York City police detective before beginning his work of buying and restoring properties.
Joining O’Connell will be Livingston County Development Corporation downtown coordinator Louise Wadsworth. Wads-worth owned and operated a successful retail store on Main Street in Geneseo for 25 years.
