Northeast Classic Car Museum renames events center after NBT Bank’s $25K donation

NORWICH — The Northeast Classic Car Museum in Norwich on Friday announced NBT Bank donated $25,000 to handle the cost of some interior improvements at the nonprofit organization.

NBT’s donation enables the museum to upgrade and enhance its banquet facility, revamp a catering-preparation area, enclose a storage area, install a sliding door room divider, purchase matching chairs and tables to complete seating for 250 people, and purchase a new projection screen, according to a joint statement released last Friday.

The new NBT Bank Event Center will provide a museum venue for large functions.

NBT Bank is supporting the Northeast Classic Car Museum in its efforts to finish and outfit the multi-function space that will become the NBT Bank Event Center, Daryl Forsythe, chairman of NBT Bank, said in the news release.

“The car museum’s vision to continue their development as a tourist destination that is self-sustaining and generates growth in Chenango County is one that is important to us too,” said Forsythe.

NBT Bank offers personal banking, asset management, and business services through a network of over 155 banking locations in five states, including upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, northwestern Vermont, western Massachusetts, and southern New Hampshire.

NBT Bank and its parent company, NBT Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB), are headquartered in Norwich.

The Northeast Classic Car Museum is a nonprofit corporation, which exhibits over 160 classic and vintage vehicles and draws more than 11,000 visitors per year, according to the release. 

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