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Grand Traverse County was also in the running to become to the launch command center, at the site of the former Pugsley Correctional Facility.
“That’s really what our focus is on, is forward looking industries of the future and we look 7 generations ahead,” said GTED Interim CEO Paul Bussey.
It was that vision that had Grand Traverse Economic Development trying to bring a space command center to the site of the former Pugsley Correctional Facility.
With Chippewa County getting the nod instead, the focus now turns to what’s next for the Pugsley site.
“We have several tenants that are in various processes of executing lease agreements currently. This would have been certainly a larger profile Tennent to the property, but we do have others in the works currently,” said Bussey.
Space command center to be in Chippewa County [The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.]
Jan. 28 TRAVERSE CITY The former Pugsley Correctional Facility near Fife Lake lost its bid to reach for the stars when the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association on Thursday named Chippewa County International Airport, near Sault Ste. Marie, the site of its new command and control center.
The Chippewa airport, which was Kincheloe Air Force Base until 1977, and Pugsley were among four potential locations named as finalists for the center.
Grand Traverse Economic Development, the commercial investment arm of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, bought the Pugsley facility in 2020 with the goal of transforming it into a technology hub.
David A. Lieb and Camille Fassett
Associated Press
Ray Bellia had a good business before the coronavirus pandemic. He topped $4 million in annual sales from his New Hampshire store that specialized in protective gear for police.
Then he got a call from a buyer with the state of Massachusetts asking if he had anything that could protect people from COVID-19. As it happened, he did. He went on to sell the state 300,000 disposable masks for 97 cents each. From that point on, it s been just insanity, Bellia said.
Masks. Gowns. Gloves. Goggles. Sanitizer. Coveralls. Thermometers.
Bellia has sold it all, and not just to Massachusetts. From Maine to Hawaii, numerous other states, counties, cities, colleges and schools have lined up to buy from him.
AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File
Ray Bellia had a good business before the coronavirus pandemic. He topped $4 million in annual sales from his New Hampshire store that specialized in protective gear for police.
Then he got a call from a buyer with the state of Massachusetts asking if he had anything that could protect people from COVID-19. As it happened, he did. He went on to sell the state 300,000 disposable masks for 97 cents each.
“From that point on, it’s been just insanity,” Bellia said.
Masks. Gowns. Gloves. Goggles. Sanitizer. Coveralls. Thermometers. Bellia has sold it all, and not just to Massachusetts. From Maine to Hawaii, numerous other states, counties, cities, colleges and schools have lined up to buy from him.