FARLEY, Iowa — When Kentucky-based Steel Technologies (Steel Tech) was looking to expand its offerings, a Farley company stood out as one it could acquire.
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In 1974, Mississippi County residents voted for a tax increase to pay for construction of Mississippi County Community College. The county still had a population of more than 60,000, and the U.S. Air Force s base near Blytheville was going strong. Harry Smith was selected as the college s first president, and the school was accredited the next year by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
In Jersey City, N.J., a 3.3-acre redevelopment project called Steel Tech will turn a brownfield site into a mixed-use residential high-rise building, a community center, two public plazas, and a business incubator facility. Steel Tech received site plan approval in recent weeks.