NORAD Will Add Jobs at Quonset
Rhode Island currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation. Lately, it seems like all the news is bad news. If you long for some good news, take a look at NORAD. The company recently won a bid to have more Audis and Volkswagens shipped to its facility at Quonset, which increased the total number of cars it receives by 50%. There are plans to hire 35 to 40 more people this year, and if other bids are successful, possibly another 125.
This is the kind of news we should be hearing about frequently. Unfortunately, port expansion was stopped dead in its tracks six years ago. We need to encourage port expansion in order to create jobs and attract industries who will take advantage of our location and infrastructure.
Quonset point is large, has access to water, an airport, highway, and rail. It's a unique propery with fantastic potential. Yet, the State treats it like just another land-locked industrial park. Quonset could be a powerful economic force if the State would open its eyes and ignore the NIMBY's.
http://www.pbn.com/stories/37190.htm
This is the kind of news we should be hearing about frequently. Unfortunately, port expansion was stopped dead in its tracks six years ago. We need to encourage port expansion in order to create jobs and attract industries who will take advantage of our location and infrastructure.
Quonset point is large, has access to water, an airport, highway, and rail. It's a unique propery with fantastic potential. Yet, the State treats it like just another land-locked industrial park. Quonset could be a powerful economic force if the State would open its eyes and ignore the NIMBY's.
http://www.pbn.com/stories/37190.htm
Damien - Good post. Most folks may not know that Quonset is already a key component of the Rhode Island economy, with 8,800 people working there every day at 164 companies. In the last three months 300 new jobs were created at the Gateway alone - jobs that previously did not exist.
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Thanks. I truly believe the State's economic problems would not be as severe if port expansion had been pursued 6 years ago. I'm hoping the economy causes the General Assembly and citizens to reconsider expansion. If the idea can't gain traction in such troubling economic times, I fear it may newver gain steam.
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