Front Street Shipyard poised to expand again
New facility would generate 40 new jobs
Belfast — Front Street Shipyard on the Belfast, Maine, waterfront is seeking to expand with more land, facilities and equipment. The owners of Front Street Shipyard are proposing to lease or purchase city property on which they'll build an additional boat shop. The new facility would generate enough work for at least 40 new jobs to be added to the workforce, which is already approaching 100 employees. Front Street Shipyard will make a public presentation of their proposal at the Belfast City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 4.
The new expansion is part of Front Street Shipyard's second phase of growth. Since launching the company in January 2011, Front Street Shipyard has erected an expansive waterfront facility and also purchased neighboring Belfast Boat Yard. Front Street Shipyard is also considering investing in a 300-metric-ton marine hoist that will haul super-yachts.
"We're proud of how quickly and efficiently we've been able to grow here in Belfast so far," said JB Turner, president of Front Street Shipyard. "The town and its residents have been amazingly supportive, and we'd like to continue attracting bigger yachts and more work to this region. We hope to see Belfast become a major yachting center on the east coast."
In only two years, Front Street Shipyard has grown into the Northeast's largest shipyard north of Newport, R.I. With the addition of expanded facilities and a 300-ton Travelift, Front Street Shipyard will be equipped to service some of the larger super-yachts in the world.
The yard now has 72,555 square feet of space for yacht storage and 10,320 square feet of shop space on a six-acre property with 1,500 feet of waterfront. There is an additional seven acres of off-site storage space. Front Street Shipyard currently employs 96 people.
From slum to stunning- let them stun the rest of Front Street at
their expense and add to the Downtown TIF. Let the Northport Ave TIF
save Seaview Terrace from the City slaughter of using this flood zone,
flood plain as a free City Storm Water Sewer from every Planning
development for 37+ years and still sending with full denial, corruption
and intimidation tactics. See video from
www.belfastbullies.blogspot.co.... Doesn't matter where we are from, at
one time we were all "From Away" and pledge liberty and justice for all.
Sincerely, Laurie Allen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... You Tube Video Erosion of my stream taken 8/2011
11/1/11 First Meeting After 7 months of Lies/Withholding Public
Documents/Tossing Me Around like a Pack of Cigarettes...sucking the life
out of me
http://vimeo.com/31506248
11/1/11 City Hall Meeting- fast forward 20minutes, 44 seconds, hard to
hit that though, seems to jump from 20minutes to after my speech is
done. May have to begin listening at 19 minutes, but don't ff- it will
skip to end again. You can back it up too. I give almost 15 minutes of
choking testimony. After my wrenching public plea to stop
flooding us 52 minutes into meeting City Manager Joe Slocum tries to
deflect from missing map and discredit me, that was only the beginning
of the missing documents that Wayne must have hid when you hear him give
the history of the development56 minutes into meeting. When questioned
by Council, Mike Hurley as to what is Belfast's Storm Water Ordinance,
Wayne Marshall, City Planner and torturer of my life, states it directs
to send storm water to nearest PUBLIC waterway- streams. I have
requested this ordinance since and he fails to produce it... he must be
lying and Seaview Terrace is NOT a public waterway, the City has no
right aways or easements...THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!Then Mike Hurley says
this storm water flooding is Council's problem but then they vote to
take no action in the 1/3/12 Meeting where they brought in the City
Attorney who had more public documents with held from me specific to my
property. When I tried to question him he ran away and Council closed
the discussion.
See side bar- video links for more meetings where I stand tall and speak
true, deaf to City ego's.... See Mike Hurley's public slander rant
against this honest mom, police guard at 2 meetings for me, Mayor Ash
gripping that gavel trying to shut me up, hypocrites and liars