WATERTOWN â The Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency has landed what could be the biggest economic development project in its history with construction of a solar panel manufacturing plant at a proposed business park near Watertown International Airport.
The JCIDA will announce Tuesday morning that Convalt Energy, a New York City-based renewable energy company, plans to build a solar panel manufacturing facility in the agencyâs proposed business park on Route 12F in the town of Hounsfield.
The Convalt facility would initially create about 165 jobs in the first year, then grow to 525 in five years, said David J. Zembiec, chief executive officer of Jefferson County Economic Development, the JCIDAâs sister organization.
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WATERTOWN â For sale: Hundreds of pieces of used office equipment once used by employees who worked in a call center in a large Arsenal Street building.
The Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency wants to get rid of the work desks and other equipment before work begins later this year on turning the building into a community and aquatics center for the Watertown Family YMCA.
The lime green, royal blue and off-white colored work stations have sat unused since Concentrix closed the call center, 146 Arsenal St. in June 2019 and laid off its final 232 workers.
IDA officials are trying to figure out what to do with the employee work stations, chairs and file cabinets. They want to make sure that the office equipment is gone before it costs the JCIDA to remove it or possibly have to landfill it.