Morning Read: Economic progress in Plattsburgh
Over the last week, the Plattsburgh Press Republican has run a couple of stories pointing at the vitality of New York’s northernmost city.
The latest news is a plan for a Kohl’s department store and possibly other major retail development.
The project calls for a 55,500-square-foot store slated to be built where the P&C grocery store used to stand in the former Ames Plaza on Route 3.
This follows on the heels of an announcement by Bombardier that the company won a new $154 million contract to build transit rail cars.
The order will help sustain 60 jobs for another six months at the Plattsburgh manufacturing plant, said Bombardier spokeswoman Maryanne Roberts on Friday.
The order for the MultiLevel cars comes from the Maryland Transit Authority, which will replace old cars and add 16 to its commuter rail fleet.
So what do you think? Are things looking robust jobs-wise in Plattsburgh? Do you think the recession is slowly winding to a close? Comments welcome.
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Let’s also point out that SUNY Plattsburgh just finished building a new state of the art science facility and has just broken ground on a new business/computer science building. These are the first new buildings on the campus in decades. These projects provide local jobs and result in more modern facilities for educating students.