177 business owners representing 1,080 full-time and 429 part-time employees in Columbia County and a handful of nearby towns oppose St. Lawrence’s $350 million Cement project in Greenport for two reasons:
1. “That the overall scale, design, location and impacts of the St. Lawrence Cement facility proposed for Hudson and Greenport pose too great a risk of harming the health, quality of life, and economic vitality of our region and that therefore it is not the right fit for our communities;
2. That business, government and citizens must commit to working together to retain and attract mutually-compatible businesses that will fully achieve the balanced mix of industries … sustaining rather than detracting from the health, character and prosperity of our region for years to come.”
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