the team
This project is being led by a uniquely aligned team with both strategic and local credibility — combining national expertise in real estate and development with deep experience in investment, innovation, and community-rooted execution. The team brings together decades of work with expertise in adaptive reuse, capital strategy, rural development, and ecosystem innovation.
9Fresh team
Kate Brodock
Founder & General Partner
Anne Halsey Flowers
Partner
Adam O’Neill
Community Lead
Travis Barr
Community Lead
Linda Morgan
Community Leadoperating partners
At the helm of the redevelopment project are two principals with distinct but complementary strengths, working in lockstep to deliver a bold, viable, and long-term vision for the campus.
Kate Brodock
Founder & General Partner, 9Fresh
Venture capitalist, startup operator, and ecosystem builder with 20+ years of leadership. Founding Partner at The W Fund and CEO of SWITCH. Kate brings strategic depth in fund management, early-stage investment, and economic development. A Cazenovia resident, she leads vision, capital strategy, and community integration for the project.
John Majors
Principal, The Oughtness Group
Real estate strategist with 25+ years in civic, mixed-use, and adaptive reuse development. Founder of The Oughtness Group, with $1B+ in place-based projects across the U.S. John leads planning, feasibility, and development execution with a focus on long-term community value.
partners
We’re excited to work with experienced partners as we kick off this project. These partners will work with additional local developers, contractors, and experts throughout.
primary operating partners
OUGHTNESS GROUP
The Oughtness Group, based out of Atlanta, has an extensive background in multi-national development practices specifically combined with a community development model focused on improving health, economic, and education outcomes for residents.
Led by John Majors, the team will work as operators side-by-side the 9 Fresh team in site planning and execution, and in close partnership with local developers for projects across the property.
food & culture experts
COLICCHIO CONSULTING
Colicchio, led by Phil Colicchio, are experts in creating top food and beverage experiences, with a viewpoint centered around culture.
As consultants, they’ll work with us to build out the culinary compliments to the campuses “leisure” focus.
our investors
Our investor pool was put together to strategically support all aspects of the project.
Community: We have a healthy pool of local, community investors and alumni. It was extremely important to make this deal accessible to people who live here and learned here, and will be most impacted by the project.
Big Ideas: The remaining investors are individuals we’ve worked with or invested with before, know personally, and are going to be strong thought partners on this project. These include founders, angel investors and venture capitalists investing personally, real estate investors, general members of the innovation space, groups of “friends and colleagues” investing together, and more.
Our investor base is an asset, not just dollars, made up of people who believe in what we’re doing, are excited about the project and its vision, and will make it much more impactful for all of us.