Griffiss was named a winner in the 2021 National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards.
The award is given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and highlights the significant accomplishments of federal agencies, state, Tribes, local partners and developers in restoring and reusing contaminated land at federal facilities.
The Griffiss Park was named the winner in the Superfund National Priority List BRAC Award category.
The former Griffiss Air Force Base closed in 1995 to the BRAC Act of 1993.
The EPA added Griffiss to the National Priorities Listing (Superfund Site) in mid-1980’s while Griffiss was an active air force installation (and before BRAC) because of ground water contamination and a variety of other environmental issues.
Many positions will be eligible for telecommuting for residents of Oneida, Herkimer, Lewis, Oswego, Onondaga and Madison counties, officials said.
The first step in the process is to attend one of two webinars. While not required to apply, the webinars will help prepare applicants for the online application before moving on to the interview stage, officials said.
The webinars will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, and 10 a.m. Thursday, April 15.
To sign up for the April 13 webinar, applicants must register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN pSEdaTuvSfWGKARhjpAUyg;
Orgill expects to have its distribution center up and running at Griffiss Business and Technology Park in Rome this summer.
Orgill serves more than 6,000 retail hardware stores, home centers, professional lumber dealers and farm stores in more than 50 countries, according to statistics provided by the company.
The company announced it was coming to the city in May 2019, with plans to build a 780,000-square-foot facility.
Orgill expects to employ about 200 people at the facility and held a drive-thru job fair last month to jumpstart the hiring process.
The company originally expected to be fully operational by early 2022, but has recently said it now plans to open in June. Work on the facility was deemed essential, and construction has continued unabated throughout the pandemic.
Will Cats And Dogs Need COVID Vaccines?
Will your pet cat or dog here in the Utica, Rome, and Syracuse areas need a COVID vaccine?
According to researchers at the University of East Anglia, University of Minnesota and the Earlham Institute, cats and dogs may also need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to help stunt the spread of the infectious disease
“It is not unthinkable that vaccination of some domesticated animal species might … be necessary to curb the spread of the infection,” the experts wrote in the peer-reviewed medical journal, the UK’s Independent reported.
According to the
New York Post, there are currently no known cases in which a human contracted COVID-19 from a furry friend. Professor Cock van Oosterhou of UEA in Norwich says that it makes sense to give the vaccine to pets as a precaution: