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You can view our safety shoes at pennleefootwear.com 163 east main street, Wilkes-barre Pa (one mile from side entrance of mohegan sun Casino) 80931564 E3 FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2019 PAGE 3 GreaTER PITTSTON CHAMBER OF CoMMERCE 99 years of community service PITTSTON — sible to define the the adjacent Vogelbacher On a sunny June chamber’s past Industrial Park caused afternoon, three victories without some logistical confu- major cogs turning highlighting the sion among suppliers the wheels of the efforts of the and delivery personnel. Greater Pittston late John “Jack” When the decision to Chamber of Com- Grimes. Grimes consolidate the parks merce’s successes Thom served as the came down, renaming reflected on the Tracy chamber’s EVP for the new entity after first 99 years of the Guest about two decades Grimes — whose uncon- organization’s exis- Columnist beginning in the ventional prospecting tence. 1980s, and his col- efforts created more than Former Execu- orful approach to 5,000 local jobs — was a tive Vice President Rose- deal-making helped lure no-brainer. mary Dessoye and erst- many employers — both The Grimes Industrial while project engineer large and small — to the Park now stands as one Walter Poplawski, of A Greater Pittston area. of the four mainstays + E Group, Inc., traded Dessoye said a major of the Greater Pittston tales from the past, while factor in convincing Chamber’s economic current Executive Vice companies to set up development endeavors. President Michelle Mikit- shop locally was Grimes’ The following snapshots ish shared her vision of ability to quickly slice profile that park, a hous- the future. through red tape. She ing development and The Greater Pittston recalled a time in 1969 two other industrial Chamber was incor- when Grimes initially zones within the Greater Submitted photo porated on June 20, pitched a German execu- Pittston confines. Members of the 2019 Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. 1920, and next summer tive on an undeveloped site of the Barnum a vast stretch of the land construction project in the marks a huge milestone site in Duryea. Barnum Industrial Park - anthracite coal mine and remained vacant and had world. In short, this type for the organization. For the following five Blueberry Hill Development colliery that operated little utility, save for the of construction requires Many of the chamber’s decades, that tract of In 1896, the Barnum from 1879 until 1964 and occasional impromptu the concrete walls of the wins stemmed from the land has been home to & Bailey Circus toured adjacent to the Barnum teenage gathering. facility to be formed on creation of the region’s the current Schott glass the country featuring Industrial Park. In the late 1990s, the ground, cured and four prominent busi- manufacturing plant a “horseless carriage” The borough itself was Popple Construction pur- then lifted in place or ness parks — Barnum, — the first of five more known as the Duryea named after a former chased the approximate “tilted up” with cranes Grimes, O’Hara and to follow in the United motor wagon, one of the Civil War general who 124-acre parcel and what to erect the building’s Quackenbush — and one States. That day, Grimes first gasoline-powered owned land along the began as a proposed exterior. Other tenants in residential development. shared a post-meeting automobiles produced in shores of the Lackawa- modular home project the park include FedEx, As the next century handshake with the com- the United States. nna and Susquehanna blossomed into an USHydrations, Cascades of growth and develop- pany’s liaison. The next Any perceived con- rivers in the late 1800s. expanse of single-family Tissue Group, and Ste- ment kicks off, Mikitish day, excavation for the nection between “the After Hurricane Agnes detached dwellings. phenson Equipment. presented the Chamber’s new production facility greatest show on Earth” wreaked havoc on North- Naturally, the name- four-fold plan aimed at began — a feat unimagi- and the Barnum parcel eastern Pennsylvania in Grimes Industrial Park sake of the complex had mirroring the progress of nable in 2019. that became Duryea 1972, the Barnum site In 2004, the TJ Maxx an instrumental role in the past 100 years. Poplawski, recruited Borough’s Blueberry Hill became a temporary distribution center in the convincing company Past Productivity by Grimes, added that development is purely home for HUD trailers Grimes Industrial Park, execs to conduct busi- Both Dessoye and in the 1980s, Pittston coincidental, however. earmarked for residents at 1 million square feet ness in the Greater Poplawski firmly agreed Township’s Eastern The residential develop- displaced by the flood- in area, was estimated to that it would be impos- Distribution Center and ment sits on the former ing. For about 20 years, be the fifth-largest tilt-up See CHAMBER | 5 E4 You can see your customers from here! Pocono Mountains Corporate Center East 250 KOZ/KIZ-approved acres ready for your business now! • Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ) Approved! 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The Greater Pittston 2015, Mikitish intends to membership at 500-plus Chamber now sets sights foster improved aware- Pittston area. Poplawski Quackenbush Industrial on educating, training ness of small business. said Grimes had a casual By Brandi Bartush their friends and fam- Park and employing the local The Chamber will pursue Administrator/Greater Pittston approach to negotiating ily, together with close Back in 1978, Bing- workforce, especially increased educational Chamber of Commerce with the many C-level to 50 small business hamton-based Cook with regard to skills train- opportunities for owners execs he encountered. vendors for a special Brothers sensed an ing. New technology and employees, as well PITTSTON — They With a revolving door of night of fun, food and opportunity south of and an exodus of skilled as create initiatives for say the secret to suc- prospects, names some- shopping. its base of operations employees will create a greater advocacy in the cess is to never take times escaped him. So, The annual St Pat- in New York’s southern labor crunch, of more segment. yourself too seriously. rick’s Day Distinctive Grimes would frequently In the early 1990s, a refer to his counterparts tier. The 100-year-old than 9,300 unfilled posi- No regional Chamber Woman of the Year heavy truck-parts busi- tions expected by 2023, boasts as large a Wom- small group of women Award Dinner honors a as “cuz” — a colloquial executives, sitting term often used by Great- ness chose a site along according to a 2018 Talent en’s Network as Greater Greater Pittston Woman Oak Street in Pittston Report prepared by The Pittston. Hoping to capi- around a table shar- who lived her life, often er Pittstonians to convey ing experiences, soon respect and admiration. Township to serve the Institute of Public Policy talize on that strength, quietly, but made a sig- markets of the Wilkes- & Economic Development Mikitish expects height- came to understand nificant impact on her Barre/Scranton area. at Wilkes University. ened community service that many professional community. O’Hara Industrial Park women face the same Scott Linde, president That move helped estab- Mikitish hopes Greater activity to result from Other themed events lish the Quackenbush Pittston can help plug increased interactions challenges at work and are held throughout the of Linde Corporation, in life. has seen his business Industrial Park as a that gap by readying with the region’s profes- year for members to net- viable business location, prospective employees, sional women. From there, the Wom- work, experience new expand from 8 employees en’s Executive Commit- in 1970 to more than 300 drawing neighboring attracting new commerce Lastly, the Chamber business offerings, sup- businesses such as RLS and bolstering the bot- will focus on job-creation tee was created. port a local non-profit in 2019.