[PRCo] Re: Merry Christmas Westmoreland County

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The Post-Gazette this morning said that Sony leases the plant from the
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority.  So it, too, is part of the
Milton Shapp legacy.  Millions of dollars in state aid has on two occasions
been used to attract companies to the site...both of whom decamped about the
time the incentives expire.

Don't get me started on subsidies to business (and I'm not exactly a
liberal...just middle-of-the-road).

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Derrick
J Brashear
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:50 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Merry Christmas Westmoreland County

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Schneider Fred wrote:

> I could reply directly to Ed but perhaps someone else can add to this 
> thread ...  Chrysler built the plant in the first place but never
> occupied it for whatever reason.   It sat empty for a while until VW
> moved in.
>
> Does some one know when an industrial development authority became
> involved?   Did they build it for Chyrsler or did they buy it and
> lease it to VW?   Maybe Dennis knows because he does not
> live that far away....

seems like Chrysler:
http://lnk.nu/news.google.com/r95

"The Big Empty". Apparently groundbreaking was sometime shortly after
October, 1968.