{"id":2477,"date":"2011-01-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/vlcia-on-expansion-of-existing-industry.html"},"modified":"2011-01-24T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T14:00:00","slug":"vlcia-on-expansion-of-existing-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/vlcia-on-expansion-of-existing-industry.html","title":{"rendered":"VLCIA on expansion of existing industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5381464910\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5209\/5381464910_f45769128a_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nLocal industry for local jobs: feedback loops?\nAt the 21 Dec 2010 board meeting,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PtTR4zvwiFc\">\nBrad Lofton and the VLCIA board talk about\nexanding local industry, namely PCA and AlphaProTech.<\/a>\nLofton says AlphaProTech will add 50 new jobs.\nHm, 50 is more than 25 slated for the biomass plant.\nAnd nobody even has to trade AlphaProTech land for them to produce these jobs!\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphaprotech.com\/product\/134.aspx?catid=76\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.alphaprotech.com\/userfiles\/images\/cart\/ProductImages\/GenPro_Cert_Bouffant.jpg\"><\/a>\nAccording to\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphaprotech.com\/\">their website, AlphaProTech sells:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\n&#8220;protective apparel, infection control and extended care products in\naddition to a line of construction weatherization building products for\nthe housing market.&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\nHm, so\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/were-industrial-development-mary-gooding.html\">\nif VLCIA promoted refitting local houses<\/a>\nit would also be promoting AlphaProTech.\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s interesting to hear Gary Minchew say regarding one company:\n<blockquote>\n&#8220;we just don&#8217;t need to be the front man&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PtTR4zvwiFc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<p>\nInteresting that VLCIA is not willing to be the front man for local industry\n(as we&#8217;ve also seen in\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/col-ricketts-responds-on-solar-rooftops-and-house-refitting.html\">\nthis response from Col. Ricketts<\/a>),\nwhen VLCIA clearly is the front man\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/who-is-we-jsq-asks-vlcia.html\">\nfor Sterling Energy and Wiregrass Power LLC<\/a>,\nneither of which are from around here.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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. 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