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[mental757]

PROJO:  "Gateway officials celebrate upcoming construction"

http://www.projo.com...05.2545c2a.html

[QDC]

The Quonset Development Corp. has an e-mail newsletter about the business park that it sends out to over 2,000 readers.  We've included the text of the latest version below.  We hope you find it useful and informative.  If you would like to sign up to receive the e-news, please let us know at Quonset@nharbor.com.

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Quonset Points

Subject: Gateway: Jobs, Investment, Tax Revenue

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e-Newsletter

November 2007

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Quonset Gateway Groundbreaking
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Gateway Poised to be an Engine
for Job and Economic Growth

After months of planning, the New Boston Fund development team officially broke ground on The Quonset Gateway on October 29th. The groundbreaking for the mixed-use development at the 72.5-acre entrance to the Quonset Business Park was celebrated by local residents, community leaders and elected officials who have worked to bring the project and its projected 2,000 jobs to North Kingstown.

Governor Donald L. Carcieri praised the Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) and New Boston for their efforts to create a Gateway that will serve as a catalyst for continued growth at Quonset, create new jobs and generate millions in tax revenue.

"Quonset is already an important part of our state's economic engine. In fact, this business park is home to 158 companies which provide gainful employment to 8,200 Rhode Islanders," said Governor Carcieri.  "By breaking ground on the Quonset Gateway Project, we will further enable Quonset to realize its full potential."

"In the last five years, projects including the Gateway represent a private sector investment of $300 million in Quonset, with another $322 million in the pipeline," the Governor added.  "Clearly, the Quonset Business Park is moving in the right direction."

QDC Board chair Saul Kaplan called the Gateway a significant step forward for Quonset as an engine of job creation and economic growth. "The impact of this private investment will be felt in Rhode Island, North Kingstown and Quonset for many years to come," he said.

It is expected $144 million dollars in private investments will fund the Gateway project. There will be no public subsidies. During construction, the Gateway will create 1,060 construction jobs and at full build-out the development is projected to create 2,165 jobs.

"We invested in the Quonset Gateway because we believe in the opportunities that it will create for businesses and for the people who live and work here," said Jerry Rappaport Jr., President and CEO, New Boston Fund and chairman of the Urban Strategy America Fund.

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No Silver Bullets

QDC Board Chair Saul Kaplan notes that there is no "silver bullet solution" that  will boost the state's economy. Rather, Kaplan in a Providence Journal op-ed says, "Rhode Island needs to create an economy that produces high-wage jobs in industries that will be here for the long haul by leveraging our location in the knowledge corridor between New York and Boston and pursue growth in sectors that offer all Rhode Islanders an opportunity to move up the ladder... there is no scenario where Quonset - park or port - provides full-scale repositioning for our economy."

In an opinion piece, Kaplan also addresses the idea of a deep-water container port at Quonset.

Currently, 8,200 people come to work at Quonset every day at 158 companies. QDC has made major gains over the past five years with $300 million in private investment, and another $320 million in active proposals.

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Quonset as a Good Neighbor: Sight, Sound Barrier Now in Place for Nearby Homes

Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) has completed the construction of an earthen berm designed to create a buffer between the Business Park and the residential neighborhood along its northern edge. Completed on October 29, the berm stands 8 feet high and runs 2,700 feet, or more than half-mile in length. It is planted with 500 evergreen trees that add another 5 to 6 feet in height.

Hydro seeding along the length of the berm includes wild flowers, winter rye and three types of fescue. The wildflowers will germinate next spring, providing various colors and soil stabilization.

The berm is constructed of approximately 40,000 cubic yards of soil. It runs along Newcomb Road, roughly between Pine River Drive and Mark Drive. The type of planting will require no mowing.

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[Cotuit]

Thanks for the update QDC!

[QDC]

Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants - "What Counts" Fall 2007 Newsletter
Quonset Business Park Caters to RI's Small Business Economy

Edited by QDC, 13 November 2007 - 01:43 PM.

[QDC]

The Quonset Development Corp. has an e-mail newsletter about the business park that it sends out to over 2,000 readers. We've included the text of the latest version below. We hope you find it useful and informative. If you would like to sign up to receive the e-news, please let us know at Quonset@nharbor.com.


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e-Newsletter

December 2007
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Atlanta Company Invests $1.75 Million in
New Industrial Space at Quonset
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Property to House Single or Multiple Tenants

The Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) Board has authorized the $1.75 million sale of a 10-acre parcel to Nickol Commercial, Inc., an Atlanta based development company. Nickol plans to build a 150,000 square foot mixed-use business and industrial facility for single or multi-tenant use. QDC Board Chair Saul Kaplan called this project a "tremendous vote of confidence in the ongoing development in the Quonset
Business Park."

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Local Group to Hear Gateway Update

Come get an update on the Quonset Gateway from the developers and town officials.

New Boston Development Partners will join State Rep. Larry Ehrhardt and North Kingstown

Town Councilor and QDC Board member John Patterson at a forum sponsored by the North Kingstown Republican Party on Wednesday, December 5, 2007. QDC's Design Review Committee has been working on finalizing the design elements for the office buildings and the open air center that includes shops with office and community space above. The $144 million project will serve as the front door to the Quonset Business Park. The project represents collaboration between QDC, Town and State Officials and members of the community.

The forum will take place at The North Kingstown Senior Center on 10 Beach Street at 7 pm.

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EB: Additional Funds for Virginia-Class Sub
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Long Term Stability for Quonset/Groton Workforce

In order to gear up for a doubling of its production of Virginia-class submarines, the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat $588 million for advance procurement. Electric Boat, which employs over 2,000 people at Quonset Point, says the commitment to move from one to two subs a year will mean stability for its work force. EB estimates  5% of the sub work will be done at Quonset.

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Restoring the Bee
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Icon Honors Navy Seabees

The restoration of the 3,000 pound, 11 foot tall statue of the Seabee icon is underway. The larger than life statue of the machine gun toting and tool wielding bee had marked the entranceway to the Quonset and Davisville Navy Bases for 40 years before being moved in 1999. When restored it will be the centerpiece of the Seabee Memorial and new museum at the Quonset Business Park. The local chapter of the Seabee Veterans of America X-1 Davisville is launching a fundraising drive to raise $250,000 for a new building to house their museum and store.

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[QDC]

Providence Business News - December 5, 2007
QDC: Atlanta firm to buy 10 acres at Quonset

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Posted Dec. 5, 2007
Development
QDC: Atlanta firm to buy 10 acres at Quonset


NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Quonset Development Corporation's board of directors has authorized the sale of a 10-acre parcel at Quonset Business Park to Atlanta-based property development and management company Nickol Commercial Inc. for $1.75 million, the QDC said in today's Quonset Points newsletter.

Nickol Commercial plans to build a 150,000-square-foot mixed-use business and industrial facility for single- or multi-tenant industrial use, the QDC said.

The company was founded in April 2004 by Jeff Nickol, who previously had been a partner in Republic Properties Inc., according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Its proposal was one of several agenda items for the QDC board's Nov. 19 meeting.

The QDC board's chairman, Saul Kaplan, told Quonset Points he considers the Nickol project a "tremendous vote of confidence in the ongoing development in the Quonset Business Park."

In other news, the QDC said board member and North Kingstown Town Councilor John Patterson will be joined by state Rep. Larry Ehrhardt and representatives of New Boston Development Partners at a 7 p.m. forum tonight at the North Kingstown Senior Center. The event, sponsored by the North Kingstown Republican Party, will focus on current plans for the $144 million Quonset Gateway project.

The Quonset Development Corporation, a special-purpose subsidiary of the R.I. Economic Development Corporation, is a quasi-public company responsible for the development and management of the 3,000-plus acre Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown. Additional information is available at quonsetpointri.com.

[frymasterspeck]

QDC, you should identify yourself. The only clue you give is to New Harbor, a PR firm. This is poor practice from the community engagement perspective. You appear to be an anonymous source of spin, and that's not really the point. Conversation between people, that's the point.

Don't get me wrong. Do participate, do tell your story. QDC has a good one to tell. Just be a person, not a corporation.

To learn more about maximizing web 2.0 for your business, check out my class next Wednesday at New Commons, The Business Case for Web 2.0. Send me a message and I'll be happy to comp you.

Yes, a shameless plug.

Edited by frymasterspeck, 07 December 2007 - 10:49 AM.

[Cotuit]

I have no problem with QDC simply posting press releases, they are information that people are interested in reading. We are free to discuss amongst ourselves and QDC is welcome to discuss further or not. His/her position may not allow him/her to post more under that moniker.

[frymasterspeck]

Just an opinion.

[mental757]

I think it is good for information purposes that QDC posts here at all.  I know I try hard to be careful about what/how much information I post as it relates to work.  Otherwise, I chime in the way I want about my personal opinion on things in here not related to work.

[mod134]

Channel 10 had a piece on the 6 o'clock news about the demolition at Quonset Point.  The end of an era, with the last of the old 2-story Navy barracks (active 1940s-1974), being torn down to make way for new development there.  Some 200 buildings in total were demolished.

Edited by mod134, 12 December 2007 - 05:16 PM.

[mod134]

The Projo 7 to 7 blog had a posting on this as well, here.

[mental757]

PBN:  "New Boston kick-starts $250K Seabee museum drive"

http://www.pbn.com/stories/29537.htm

"It will be set on a 6.5-acre parcel – part of the 72-acre Gateway development at Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown – linked by landscaping and walkways to the rest of the Gateway. The new museum will be the heart of the memorial complex, which already includes a smaller museum, seven rebuilt Quonset huts, the Seabee-built Chapel in the Pines and the “Fighting Seabee” statue that for many years stood at the entrance to the Seabees’ Davisville birthplace."

PROJO:  "Developer supports Seabee museum"

http://www.projo.com...13.2b0fc35.html



If the carrier museum keeps going and the air museum reopens, Quonset could be a nice little military history/museum draw to it.

Edited by mental757, 05 February 2008 - 09:40 AM.

[QDC]

WJAR: "Seabee Museum Receives Donation"

http://www.turnto10....02-04-0018.html

Text and video highlights.

[mental757]

PROJO:  "At Quonset, all is fair game"

http://www.projo.com...98.2a41b7e.html

[mental757]

PROJO:  "New England-style design of first building at Quonset Gateway development approved"

http://www.projo.com...10.314ddcb.html

[mental757]

PBN:  "Local ice cream chain slated for Quonset"

http://www.pbn.com/stories/39975.html


PROJO:  1/27/09

"Inside Scoop to open shop at Quonset

North Kingstown-based Inside Scoop restaurants is opening a third location, one inside the Gateway development at the Quonset Business Park. Inside Scoop will operate out of The Shops at Quonset Point, an open-air section; it will be about 1,000 square feet and will include indoor and outdoor seating, said mall owner New Boston Development."

[FjmArch]

mental757, on Jan 30 2009, 09:31 AM, said:

PBN:  "Local ice cream chain slated for Quonset"

http://www.pbn.com/stories/39975.html


PROJO:  1/27/09

"Inside Scoop to open shop at Quonset

North Kingstown-based Inside Scoop restaurants is opening a third location, one inside the Gateway development at the Quonset Business Park. Inside Scoop will operate out of The Shops at Quonset Point, an open-air section; it will be about 1,000 square feet and will include indoor and outdoor seating, said mall owner New Boston Development."

Kohl's and an Ice Cream store a successful development do not make!!!!!!

[Cotuit]

FjmArch, on Jan 30 2009, 11:44 PM, said:

Kohl's and an Ice Cream store a successful development do not make!!!!!!

Ice cream on Westminster Street would a successful development make, also a 300 pound Cotuit would make.