Tue, Jan 03, 2012
City In Wisconsin Is Pitching For The Business
Alan Klapmeier's Kestrel airplane company, which was touted as
one of the inaugural tenants for the newly re-developed Naval Air
Station in Brunswick, ME, may not settle there after all. The city
of Superior, WI, plans to make a bid for Kestrel, and the 300-600
jobs it would bring over the next several years.
Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority executive director
Steve Lavesque told the Bangor Daily News late last week that he
was aware of the planned January 16th public hearing in Superior,
WI, in which an incentive package for Kestrel would be discussed.
Klapmeier had said as early as October that some Kestrel jobs might
be located outside Maine because expected funding from CEI Capital
Management of Maine did not come through. Klapmeier has also
reportedly been in discussions with officials in Berlin, New
Hampshire.
Lavesque told the paper that Brunswick has a lot of things in
its favor, such as proximity to the Southern Maine Community
College, a trained workforce, and the so-called "composites
alliance" which would assist in producing the Kestrel. But he also
said Maine is not always as competitive as other locations when it
comes to incentives. Still, Lavesque said he had been working
closely with Klapmeier on the project, was aware of the ongoing
negotiations, but thinks the CEO "truly wants to be in Maine. It's
just a short-term funding issue we have to find a way to
overcome."
Lavesque said everybody is "trying to steal jobs" in this
sluggish economy.
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