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Show the ENTERPRISE 7I i Farmers welcome City and country folk were in harmony last week when Chair Co. and government officials met in Box Elder County for the ground breaking of a $6 million manufacturing plant between Garland and La-Z-B- oy Tre-monto- n. The ground is about as tough as a boiled owl, one farmer remarked as president Charles Knabusch dug his silver shovel into the 44 acre site, once famed for its haunted mansion. I hope he comes up with a shovelful. Knabusch managed to dig a spoonful out of the course ground, and told the crowd the rural atmosphere of Bear River valley is ideal for since the farmer residents are already knowledgeable in the use of large machinery, in constant use during furniture La-Z-B- oy La-Z-Bo- y, plant La-Z-B- oy initially expected to ernply 200, zens out of the valley. will give residents a reason the to stay, manufacturing. Although to hopes company have a payroll of 600 within five years. That means a lot to a community where farmers are Dale Carunderemployed, penter of the Industrial Development Division said. They will be able to farm their 40 acres and work at the plant as well. Eckman and Midgley is contractor for the 300,000 square foot plant designed by Holland and Pasker. Production, expected to begin next year, will build from 500 units per day to a maximum of 1,000 units per day. Carpenter said although the valley has an unemployment rate of four percent, the reason is the migration of citi- - La-Z-B- oy Carpenter added. Small towns offer us a chance to be the major em- one ployer, ...to your Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce DIRECTORY La-Z-B- oy This in turn increases citizen incentive to stay and grow with us. & GUIDE. BUYER'S official said. common shares are traded OTC, and 1977 net sales were nearly $130 million. Net income as a percent of gross sales is 8.6 percent. La-Z-B- Doing business with your fellow Chamber members is good business for everybody. oy i Youve Never Heard It So Good! underway on Holladay office complex Phase Badger-Jense- n II Realty has begun construction of Phase II of its $1.1 million office complex at 4525 So. 2300 E. and expects to finish Phase I of the y development next two-stor- month. Partner David Jensen said 65 percent of the first building has already been leased, and tenants include a host of doctors as well as Weenig Enterprises and new offices for Realty. Badger-Jense- n Dans Food Corp. has signed for the second building, expected to be completed by mid-Octob- Dans Foods er. is building, Jensen said. Bud Bailey Construction is contractor for the two-acr- e development designed by Dave McKay of Aposhian Engineering. The twin buildings, each with 12,000 square feet, are surrounded by about 100 parking spaces, Jensen added. six-lan- Both streets would give access to an industrial park, also part of the project, which is not cut off from through-traffi- c All proposals for Main Street mean displacement of homes, Watts said, and he is trying to find the alignment which will displace the fewest. The entire redevelopment project encompasses 360 acres between 4900 So. and 5300 So. and State Street and 300 W. Financing will come from a $300,000 Community Development block grant from the 93 1978 TOYOTA two-stori- es Extending Main St. part of Murray redevelopment Continuing Main Street from 4500 So. to 5300 So. and widening State Street from a e highway befour to tween 4900 So. to 6000 So. are on the drawing board at Murrays Redevelopment Agency, according to its director Jim Watts. In fact, Van Wagoner and Associates is currently studying what will be the best location for Main Street. One proposal, according to Watts, is to continue the street straight through to about 4900 So. and from there bend southwest and run parallel to Vine Street, which will also be continued through under the project. STEREO a partner with Badger-Jense- n East Investin Twenty-Thir- d ment Co., owner of the second federal government and tax Celica Liftback 4 T-TO- PS lilfnfflTr .?! TRUCKS TOO! increment funding. The development is being done to give Murray smoother traffic flow and Watts easier accessibility, Because a lot of explained. land was not accessible when State Street was planned, huge, colossal traffic jams are occurring where the road changes from a six to a four lane street. Work will begin this summer to widen the .. M iosssj. roadway, with completion planned for the fall. Sailors set to sail More than 120 7 'Wvv, sailors Pamn uroefler Product Warrantee: 1 year or 12,000 miles Includes vinyl trunk storage bag. 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