Local industry for local jobs: feedback loops?
At the 21 Dec 2010 board meeting,
Brad Lofton and the VLCIA board talk about
exanding local industry, namely PCA and AlphaProTech.
Lofton says AlphaProTech will add 50 new jobs.
Hm, 50 is more than 25 slated for the biomass plant.
And nobody even has to trade AlphaProTech land for them to produce these jobs!
According to
their website, AlphaProTech sells:
“protective apparel, infection control and extended care products in
addition to a line of construction weatherization building products for
the housing market.”
Hm, so
if VLCIA promoted refitting local houses
it would also be promoting AlphaProTech.
It’s interesting to hear Gary Minchew say regarding one company:
“we just don’t need to be the front man”
Video by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Interesting that VLCIA is not willing to be the front man for local industry
(as we’ve also seen in
this response from Col. Ricketts),
when VLCIA clearly is the front man
for Sterling Energy and Wiregrass Power LLC,
neither of which are from around here.
-jsq