(4:55 PM) Former Jamestown Woodworking Building Demolished
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ELLICOTT -- Snowflakes crowned the scene of a major demolition at 173 Jackson Ave., the former site of Jamestown Woodworking Inc., on Tuesday morning.
The wrecking was the result of years of effort and a symbol of mutually beneficial means to end, according to Mark Geist, CEO of the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency.
“It’s a win-win-win,” Geist told The Post-Journal.
The demolition of the property carried out by J & J Abatement preceded a two-year process in which demolition has been considered by the county, which owned the abandoned property in recent years. After the roof of the structure caved in last year, plans were made; the former furniture manufacturer building had to come down.
Geist, also the deputy county executive for economic development, with the county and CCIDA at his side decided that ownership could be transferred to a limited liability company for the Jackson Avenue property. They were originally going to name the LLC after that street alone, but decided this could be the start of something new and more efficient for future needed demolitions in the county.
And so the Chautauqua Property Holdings LLC was born. It’s the entity that currently owns the destroyed building until the area can be transferred over to a new interested organization, which in this case, is Regal Service, the trucking company that operates the next-door distribution center for Cummins. Their plan is to utilize the extra space for a parking lot, allowing more room for large trucks to move through.
See Wednesday’s edition of The Post-Journal for more.