New business takes hold in Bainbridge industrial park
BAINBRIDGE – As the Cooperstown Medical Transport building at Bainbridge’s business park nears completion, more safety and new jobs are soon to follow.
The building is nearly 90 percent complete. Fifty jobs are anticipated in addition to enhanced emergency medical response for the region, said Bainbridge Development Corporation President Lew Whitney.
The Bainbridge Development Corp. (BDC) is a non-for-profit organization made up of volunteers who work with the community and perspective business owners to promote economic growth. Sixteen years ago, the development corporation negotiated with Ken and Jane Benson, two community-minded individuals, for the purchase of a 10-acre plot of land that would be ideal for the establishment of new businesses.
The BDC was able to remove hurdles for prospective new businesses by getting the 10-acre plot ready for immediate construction, once the proper zoning permits were acquired. Preparation of the land was accomplished through loans and grants procured with the aid of Commerce Chenango and New York Senator Tom Libous. Construction of water, electrical and road infrastructure in the park was completed in 1997 for an estimated $200,000.
Fifteen years later, the Cooperstown Medical transport building will be the last business to move into the park which now houses six other active endeavors.
Now that the business park has been filled, the BDC is looking for new plots of land on which they hope to reproduce their success. “Doing this project, we found out that companies really want shovel ready properties ... When they come in, they like to have everything ready to start building,” said Whitney.
Preparing plots of land is not the only service the BDC offers prospective businesses. “We act as middle men, directing businesses towards the proper organizations for grants and loans,” Whitney said. “Property owners help out and the projects we undertake are all part of a great community effort.”
Currently the development corporation is working with the owner of the former Elmer’s Glue plant in Bainbridge, who wants to rent out available space to business owners.
“The community has responded really well to our effort,” said Whitney. With support from the community, the BDC has been able to pay off all of the loans used to create the business park and compensate the previous owners.
One important goal of the development corporation is to bring people together with common interests. Located far from the county’s seat, Whitney feels that it behooves Bainbridge to work closely with their neighbors who are also far removed from the focal points of their respective counties. “We need to work together to meet our own local needs because some things are only relevant to our area and the county seat is not always able to help us,” said Whitney. “Still we have close ties to Commerce Chenango and work hand and hand with them.”
Officials from Commerce Chenango visited Bainbridge last night as part of tour of the county that is designed to include everyone as much as possible in the development of a strategic economic development plan for Chenango County.
The building is nearly 90 percent complete. Fifty jobs are anticipated in addition to enhanced emergency medical response for the region, said Bainbridge Development Corporation President Lew Whitney.
The Bainbridge Development Corp. (BDC) is a non-for-profit organization made up of volunteers who work with the community and perspective business owners to promote economic growth. Sixteen years ago, the development corporation negotiated with Ken and Jane Benson, two community-minded individuals, for the purchase of a 10-acre plot of land that would be ideal for the establishment of new businesses.
The BDC was able to remove hurdles for prospective new businesses by getting the 10-acre plot ready for immediate construction, once the proper zoning permits were acquired. Preparation of the land was accomplished through loans and grants procured with the aid of Commerce Chenango and New York Senator Tom Libous. Construction of water, electrical and road infrastructure in the park was completed in 1997 for an estimated $200,000.
Fifteen years later, the Cooperstown Medical transport building will be the last business to move into the park which now houses six other active endeavors.
Now that the business park has been filled, the BDC is looking for new plots of land on which they hope to reproduce their success. “Doing this project, we found out that companies really want shovel ready properties ... When they come in, they like to have everything ready to start building,” said Whitney.
Preparing plots of land is not the only service the BDC offers prospective businesses. “We act as middle men, directing businesses towards the proper organizations for grants and loans,” Whitney said. “Property owners help out and the projects we undertake are all part of a great community effort.”
Currently the development corporation is working with the owner of the former Elmer’s Glue plant in Bainbridge, who wants to rent out available space to business owners.
“The community has responded really well to our effort,” said Whitney. With support from the community, the BDC has been able to pay off all of the loans used to create the business park and compensate the previous owners.
One important goal of the development corporation is to bring people together with common interests. Located far from the county’s seat, Whitney feels that it behooves Bainbridge to work closely with their neighbors who are also far removed from the focal points of their respective counties. “We need to work together to meet our own local needs because some things are only relevant to our area and the county seat is not always able to help us,” said Whitney. “Still we have close ties to Commerce Chenango and work hand and hand with them.”
Officials from Commerce Chenango visited Bainbridge last night as part of tour of the county that is designed to include everyone as much as possible in the development of a strategic economic development plan for Chenango County.
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