Mushroom processing in Chenango?
PLYMOUTH – Plans are in the works to bring a new mushroom enterprise to the area that could potentially make Chenango County a key player in the high end mushroom market.
The Chenango County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution on Monday in support of establishing a mushroom production and processing facility in the Town of Plymouth. The proposed project will be spearheaded by a Chinese national, Li Yiran, who currently heads similar mushroom processing operations in China and exports mushrooms to the food industry in South Korea, and hopes to expand his business to a location within the United States.
Li’s wish to conduct business in the U.S. is also driven by an interest to obtain a permanent Visa, explained Planning and Community Development Specialist Todd Dreyer. The Immigrant Investor Program, also known as the “EB-5,” is administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to foreign investors in effort to promote economic growth and job creation within the United States.
Terms of the EB-5 program specify that Li invest in a new commercial enterprise to be eligible. The program also stipulates that he create or preserve at least 10 full-time jobs for qualifying U.S. workers within two years of his admission to the United States as a conditional permanent resident.
Additionally, as Chenango County is classified by the Department of Labor as a rural target employment area, said Dreyer, the EB-5 program requires that Li deposit a minimum $500,000 in a U.S. bank to be used for growth and development of his operation.
Although Li considered purchasing land in Texas and Pennsylvania (the “Mushroom State,” noted Dreyer), he took particular interest in a properties in the Central New York region – specifically, a plot of land for sale on County Route 13, Owens Road, in the Town of Plymouth. He recently met with members of the Chenango County Planning Department to pursue the option.
Li’s proposal was favored among members of the county’s Planning and Economic Development Committee in November. He also pitched his ideas to the Plymouth Town Board in December, which was well received by town officials, said Plymouth Supervisor Jerry Kreiner. “We unanimously supported a resolution to go forward with this,” Kreiner added.
Chenango County Planning Consultant Steve Palmatier said, “He had considered a number of counties in Upstate that would be suitable ... Where we are located geographically is a huge advantage to him.”
But Palmatier added that Chenango County’s volume of low quality wood, good water, and proximity to large cities such as New York, Boston and Montreal – where the food industry’s demand for high end mushrooms has grown significantly in recent years – gives the area an edge.
Li projects his venture will be started by importing mushrooms and developing markets to both Asian and American food industries all over the Northeast, then grow from there. However, startup of a mushroom processing facility is subject an environmental impact assessment conducted by the State Department of Environmental Conservation. The assessment will examine a number of factors, including odor, said Dreyer.
The Chenango County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution on Monday in support of establishing a mushroom production and processing facility in the Town of Plymouth. The proposed project will be spearheaded by a Chinese national, Li Yiran, who currently heads similar mushroom processing operations in China and exports mushrooms to the food industry in South Korea, and hopes to expand his business to a location within the United States.
Li’s wish to conduct business in the U.S. is also driven by an interest to obtain a permanent Visa, explained Planning and Community Development Specialist Todd Dreyer. The Immigrant Investor Program, also known as the “EB-5,” is administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to foreign investors in effort to promote economic growth and job creation within the United States.
Terms of the EB-5 program specify that Li invest in a new commercial enterprise to be eligible. The program also stipulates that he create or preserve at least 10 full-time jobs for qualifying U.S. workers within two years of his admission to the United States as a conditional permanent resident.
Additionally, as Chenango County is classified by the Department of Labor as a rural target employment area, said Dreyer, the EB-5 program requires that Li deposit a minimum $500,000 in a U.S. bank to be used for growth and development of his operation.
Although Li considered purchasing land in Texas and Pennsylvania (the “Mushroom State,” noted Dreyer), he took particular interest in a properties in the Central New York region – specifically, a plot of land for sale on County Route 13, Owens Road, in the Town of Plymouth. He recently met with members of the Chenango County Planning Department to pursue the option.
Li’s proposal was favored among members of the county’s Planning and Economic Development Committee in November. He also pitched his ideas to the Plymouth Town Board in December, which was well received by town officials, said Plymouth Supervisor Jerry Kreiner. “We unanimously supported a resolution to go forward with this,” Kreiner added.
Chenango County Planning Consultant Steve Palmatier said, “He had considered a number of counties in Upstate that would be suitable ... Where we are located geographically is a huge advantage to him.”
But Palmatier added that Chenango County’s volume of low quality wood, good water, and proximity to large cities such as New York, Boston and Montreal – where the food industry’s demand for high end mushrooms has grown significantly in recent years – gives the area an edge.
Li projects his venture will be started by importing mushrooms and developing markets to both Asian and American food industries all over the Northeast, then grow from there. However, startup of a mushroom processing facility is subject an environmental impact assessment conducted by the State Department of Environmental Conservation. The assessment will examine a number of factors, including odor, said Dreyer.
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