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Seattle motel company picks Idaho for new factory
KMVT-TV ^
| April 23, 2008
| Gina Jameson
Posted on 05/17/2008 2:48:15 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
MONTPELIER, Idaho (AP) _ A Seattle company has picked Montpelier for a $7 million plant where workers will build environmentally friendly modular motels.
Executives from Triad Resorts say they will begin construction of the new plant in Montpellier in the next 90 days, with operations expected to begin next March. The company expects to hire about 150 workers.
The plant will produce fully constructed rooms on site that can be shipped by truck and linked to other modular rooms at a motel site.
Jerry Ward, principal owner of Triad Resorts, says the company has a contract to also build walls, frames, siding and other components required to put together a $100 million ``green'' casino planned for Jackpot, Nev.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: 2008; housing; idaho; jobs; manufacturing
Interesting concept and good news for 150 workers.
To: GOP_Raider
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posted on
05/17/2008 2:52:36 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary or Obama can!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Heinlein predicted this (and tried to make it a reality) more than 50 years ago.
By the way - what’s to keep people from making houses in just this same fashion? I’d buy a house made of modules.
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posted on
05/17/2008 3:11:20 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
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posted on
05/17/2008 3:14:39 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary or Obama can!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Is Idaho more economically friendly than Washington State? I can’t believe it isn’t.
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posted on
05/17/2008 3:34:44 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: Spktyr
By the way - what’s to keep people from making houses in just this same fashion? Cheap, illegal labor.
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posted on
05/17/2008 3:40:19 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Moonman62
Yup. But even so given the obscene amounts that builders charge for just plain crap these days, surely mass produced modules could drive some of these idiots out of biz and thus obviate the need for cheap illegal laborers.
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posted on
05/17/2008 3:49:58 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I rather like those ideas. Should bring the price of my “dream house” down when I finally get some land. :D
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posted on
05/17/2008 3:56:01 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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posted on
05/17/2008 3:30:37 PM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
(DU: Standing athwart history yelling "$#@$# you mother$#@$#er!")
To: GOP_Raider
Congrats to the folks in Montpelier!
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posted on
05/17/2008 3:50:02 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
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