Dollar Tree competition is one some residents don't want to win

SCHODACK--The land near the intersection of Columbia Turnpike and Route 50 (WNYT meant Route 150) doesn't look like much now but it could soon be home to Dollar Tree's 80 acre Northeast distribution center.

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Stop the Dollar Tree?

Petition to stop the Dollar Tree in Schodack
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Conclusion: As our elected officials it is our hope that you will act in our best interest to protect our community where we live and pay taxes, and that your decisions will be independent of other influences or pressure from Rensselaer County and/or the State of NY. 

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Dollar Tree - we want you, but....

By Catherine Sager
SCHODACK
December 20, 2011

More than 100 people packed the meeting room at the Town Hall for the Schodack Planning Board meeting about the 718,000 square foot Dollar Tree Distribution Center that is proposed for Schodack off of Exit 11. The plan includes an additional 294,000 square feet to be constructed at a later date with a completed warehouse of approximately 1,000,000 square feet.

Plans include breaking ground as early as March 2012. At a previous meeting it was considered that the role of lead agency may be taken over by the County. At the meeting on Monday, the Town Planning Board declared Schodack the lead agency for the proposed project. In attendance were: Denise Mayrer, Chairman , Wayne Johnson, G. Jeffrey Haber, Paul Puccio, John LaVoie, Andrew Timmis, Jim Church, Attorney: Robert Linville, Esq.

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Boys & Girls troubles...sounds familiar

December 19, 2001

Times Union

RENSSELAER — The Rensselaer Boys and Girls Club must raise $100,000 in the next several weeks or close by the end of January, club officials said Friday.

"We're in dire straits. We'd be putting 120 kids out on the street every day," said Rick Van Vorst, the club's executive director.

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Not so very  long ago....

February 18, 2009

The Independent

CASTLETON- In order to reopen its doors, the Castleton Unit of the Southern Rensselaer County Boys and Girls Club needs to raise $56,000 by January 8

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My question is this, since the building had been donated by Fleet Bank in 2002, who purchased it and for how much...where did that money go?

Dollar Tree Inc., a chain of discount merchandise stores, is weighing whether to build a distribution center in Rensselaer County that would create 200 jobs.

On Monday, officials in Schodack confirmed that the town is one of two finalists for the facility, competing against Connecticut.