Mattress Maker Picks Green Mountain SiteTammy Daniels, 05:36PM / Monday, August 15, 2011 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — According to reports from The Manchester (Vt.) Journal, a New York bedding company looking for a new home has decided on Vermont.
WCW Inc., a manufacturer of speciality mattresses for the hospitality and medical industries had also been eyeing the former Sprague building in the Hardman Industrial Park. The city was prepared to offer a property tax incentive and declare the site an economic opportunity development area to open up incentives from the state. The City Council was expected to take up the matter at its meeting next week.
Mayor Richard Alcombright said he had spoken with WCW owner John Wilkinson on Monday morning and Wilkinson seemed to be
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City Still Pursuing BedmakerTammy Daniels, 12:26AM / Friday, August 12, 2011 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A mattress manufacturer eyeing sites in the city and Manchester, Vt., is expected to make a decision early next week on where it will move 100 jobs.
The city and state are continuing to work with WCW Inc., a maker of specialty beds for the medical and hospitality industry, despite the company's legal tangle over property taxes in New York State.
"This will be resolved," said Mayor Richard Alcombright on Thursday. "I don't see it in the way of the city moving forward in pursuing this company and these jobs."
WCW and the town of Hoosick and the
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Mattress Maker Facing Foreclosure in N.Y.Tammy Daniels, 12:12AM / Monday, August 08, 2011 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A New York manufacturer considering relocating to the city is facing foreclosure in Hoosick Falls for failing to pay property taxes.
WCW Inc., a mattress manufacturer, owes Rensselaer County more than $1.4 million in back taxes and penalties dating back more than four years, the Eastwick Press, a local paper covering eastern Rensselaer, reported Friday. The company has been appealing the valuation of its One Mechanic St. property set in 2007 by the town of Hoosick and the village of Hoosick Falls.
North Adams and the state Office of Business Development have been
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Mattress Company Could Bring 100 Jobs to CityTammy Daniels, 10:21PM / Wednesday, August 03, 2011 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city is hoping a Hoosick Falls, N.Y., company will make its beds — lots of them — in North Adams. The move could bring at least 100 jobs.
WCW Inc., a family-owned manufacturer of bedding for hospitals and the hospitality industry, is eyeing the former Sprague Electric building in the Hardman Industrial Park. The growing venture wants to consolidate all three of its current facilities into one operation.
The Finance Committee on Wednesday eagerly endorsed a request by Mayor Richard Alcombright to designate the nearly 100,000 square-foot building and property in the
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Lisa M. Blackmer* |
Yes |
Michael Bloom |
Yes |
Keith Bona* |
Yes |
David Bond* |
Yes |
Marie Harpin* |
Yes |
Alan Marden* |
Yes |
John Barrett |
Yes |
Eric R. Buddington |
Yes |
Nancy P. Bullett |
Yes |
Robert Cardimino |
Yes
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Catherine Chaput |
Yes |
Roland G. Gardner |
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Diane M. Gallese-Parsons |
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Shane Gaudreau |
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James B. Gyurasz |
Yes |
Michael Hernandez |
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Jennifer Breen Kirsch |
Yes |
Brian L. Flagg |
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Kellie A. Morrison |
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Greg Roach |
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Gail Kolis Sellers |
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18 candidates returned papers |
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Mayor |
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Richard J. Alcombright* |
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Ronald A. Boucher |
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Robert Martelle |
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School Committee |
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Mary Lou Accetta* |
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Lawrence K. Taft* |
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Leonard Giroux Jr. |
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Tara J. Jacobs |
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David Lamarre |
Yes |
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McCann School Committee |
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George M. Canales |
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