Quoted from benny salami

4 Months ahead of the Gazetto! Read it here today-read it in the Gazetto {maybe} 4 months later.
      Tell us again about "renaissance" Downtown?

Another empty parking lot? They paved Mohawk Honda and put up a parking lot?
     Forgetaboutit-did ya hear about Wicked? And there's new non-profit on Jay St!

Dont worry with the push for public transportation and 'smart cars' there will be too much pavement soon......

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GLENVILLE
Mohawk Honda debuts its new, larger facility
BY DAVID LOMBARDO Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter David Lombardo at 395-3134 or dlombardo@dailygazette.net.

    With a glistening, albeit sparsely stocked showroom, Mohawk Honda held the full debut of its new and expansive facility in Glenville on Friday.
    “We wanted to provide a better buying experience,” said James Goyette, the general manager of Mohawk Honda, describing the rationale for the new location.
    Mohawk Honda had previously been located on State Street in Schenectady, and is now located on Freeman’s Bridge Road in the renovated and expanded building that was the longtime home of Salisbury Chevrolet, which closed last year after GM revoked its franchise.
    Goyette characterized the transition as an expansion rather than a move, as the location on State Street will now be the base of operations for Mohawk’s used car operations and will continue to service cars of every make and model.
    With the larger space, Mohawk Honda plans to expand its stock of new cars and hire additional employees. The old location had been home to about 70 employees and 200 cars, while the new location will be hosting 300 cars and an estimated 100 employees by the end of 2011.
    At the Schenectady location, Mohawk Honda constantly had to deal with spillover inventory because of its limited capacity. Everything — the showroom, the service garage, the waiting area, the new car lot — was cramped for space.
    Goyette said the new facility has the amenities customers have come to expect and deserve, including a pastry shop that is stocked by Villa Italia in Schenectady, a kid zone with computers, and a customer lounge that can accommodate 50 people, which is twice the capacity of the previous lounge. .....................>>>>......................>>>>................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00603&AppName=1

And in the 'this isn't news' category...what a waste of print.

What news? Another private sector company fleeing Downtown. This happens every week. "Renaissance" working together stylin.

Apparently the Mohawk owner isn't a personal friend of Gillen or the County Leg. If he was, he'd probably have a new $3 million dollar building in Downtown Schenectady (built with tax payer money), tax breaks for 10 years and a free car wash to clean the slime oozing from the open wounds of the taxpayers.

Sorry, I tend to get a little dark after a tax-paying, family business is tossed out of Schenectady like an unwanted diaper.

Apparently the Mohawk owner isn't a personal friend of Gillen or the County Leg. If he was, he'd probably have a new $3 million dollar building in Downtown Schenectady (built with tax payer money), tax breaks for 10 years and a free car wash to clean the slime oozing from the open wounds of the taxpayers.

Sorry, I tend to get a little dark after a tax-paying, family business is tossed out of Schenectady like an unwanted diaper.

I dunno guys - this one is a no brainer.

The old location sucked for a number of reasons - heck even 20 years ago it wasn't the best area, and yes it has only gone downhill.

But just as big of an issue was the lack of space - both for inventory and easy ingress, egress, and parking for customers.  (Granted they had control over that but at the expense of inventory)

Not mentioned is the vandalism and the simple fact that no one wants to go to Hamilton Hill to buy a car. It's a great move for Mohawk Honda, who should move everything to Glenville.

     What's funny is how the People's Gazetto sat on this story for months. It did not fit in their absurd template of 'all is well" Downtown. At a recent Metrograft meeting Death Ray was also in full spin mode about this. "It is good?" After 10 years and $100 MILLION of taxpayer spending Downtown/Hamilton Hill are much worse. Jobs lost, less retail, lower tax revenues. Hamilton Hill's retail area is gone, like Mt Pleasant, Northside, Eastern Ave, lower State/Stockade.

Looks like Death Ray used his death ray again and ZAPPED another business D E A D!

Not surprised at all

SOOOOO    DV, well well, is this what you define as "Schenectady is much improved"    A business that is NOT taxpayer funded leaves the city.  

SOOOO   DV, who is the next well heeled business that savage will rob the taxpayers with, what crony will she and the dems bring in there to be funded by the taxpyaers and given a 100% tax exemption?

Oh, no answer.  

Salami - since when is a car dealership moving news? WHO CARES! IT'S A CAR DEALERSHIP!! Beats the hell out of me why there's a car dealership in the middle of metropolitan area anyway...All the Gazette did was give hundreds of dollars of free advertisement to Mohawk with this BS "story." Sheesh...next they'll be writing about the BS McDonald's makeover at five corners...(which by the way, looks like dog@#%$).

And on Schenectady...the city blows. What more do you want? It's not like that's news either.

Quoted from Hack

And on Schenectady...the city blows. What more do you want? It's not like that's news either.

It is when $100 million in tax money has been pumped Downtown and it still blows.  And politicians from both parties are telling us how great things are in Schenectady and how it is turning around.  Despite the fact that the only businesses remaining downtown are either property tax exempt(or greatly reduced) or non-profits.  

Mohawk Honda will do much better in Glenville! Glenville appears to be the only municipality that is doing well in schenectady county!

The Mohawk Hinda moving its new car sales operation to Glenville is actually an old story ... but it is
another example of a SUCCESSFUL business in Downtown which has OUTGROWN its Downtown location.   There
was no room to grow at its current location -- and it will be retaining part of its operations there.  And since it
is remaining in Schenectady County -- the relocation of PART of its operation to a VACANT commercial property
is actually a WIN for everybody in Schenectady County.

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