More evidence of the favorable business environment in Batavia
So you hear there are no jobs in Batavia, and companies don't want to do business here, etcetera. The carping sometimes seems ceaseless.
Me, I'm a glass-is-half-full kind of guy.
And I think most of the entrepreneurs who have invested in Batavia and Genesee County are the same sort of people, which is why this job ad posted today caught my eye:
Career Opportunities - Growing Company in Batavia is searching for hard working, reliable employees for all aspects of manufacturing.
We are conducting open interviews Friday 10/2/09 from 9:00am-12:00pm.
Imagine, a local company doing so well in Batavia that they have to conduct their own job fair. The ad makes it sound like there are at least six openings, and from the job titles, I'm betting a few if not all of them pay "a living wage" (to use the oft-cited term for what makes a good job).
The company is Prime Materials Corporation, 6 Treadeasy Ave., in the City of Batavia.
The last time somebody left a comment asserting that nobody wants to do business here and all the businesses are leaving, I pointed out some counter examples, which I'll note again: Kravings Kafe and Great Kutz both just opened in Valu Plaza; Ken Mistler is readying two new businesses and planning a third; There's one newish business on Ellicott Street and another store coming; A Canadian company is opening a new location downtown; Mancuso Corp. is investing a substantial amount of its own money (not just the RestoreNY funds) into the Masse Gateway Project; Clor's Meat Market greatly expanded its operations by moving to a new location; people complain about the open store fronts on Main Street, but all of them have ongoing interest from potential businesses for those locations. And I'm sure I'm leaving out other new businesses and expansions.
Not to mention that there are several hundred businesses thriving in the city and several hundred more throughout the county.
For me and Billie, we consider Batavia a great place to base our own business. If we didn't, we wouldn't be here. That's a lot of things I could do or places I could be if I didn't see Batavia and Genesee County as a great opportunity.
The bottom line: the pessimism about Batavia and Genesee County as a place to do business is unwarranted and it's contradicted by the actual business activity in town.
