K398-2011 Actions

• Apr 13, 2011: adopted

K398-2011 Text

 ATIVE  RESOLUTION  commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Kraft
 Plant in Lowville, New York

 S, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize the mile-
  of those businesses within the State of New York which contribute
  economic health and vitality of the communities they serve; and
 EAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its  long-
 ng  traditions,  this  Legislative Body is justly proud to commem-
 the 40th Anniversary of the Kraft Foods  Plant  in  Lowville,  New
 and
 EAS, The Kraft Foods plant located on Utica Boulevard in Lowville,
 ork, has been a source of community pride since production started
 ch 22, 1971; and
 EAS, For four decades, it has been producing one of the most popu-
 oducts known  worldwide,  Philadelphia  Brand  Cream  Cheese;  the
 le facility produces more Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese than any
 place, in the world; and
 EAS,  With  a horse named Paddy, one wagon, and sixty-five dollars
 ital, James Lewis Kraft started his cheese business in Chicago; by
 his business grew, becoming the number one cheese business in  the
  and
 EAS,  In  1928, Kraft purchased the Phenix Cheese Corporation, its
 t rival in the cheese industry; at that time, the  Phenix  company
 nown  for its production of Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese, which
 rst produced in Edmeston, New York in 1880;  even  before  negoti-
   were  completed  for  the  Phenix,  plans were in progress for a
 ic merger of cheese interest extending from the Mohawk  Valley  to
 nadian border in northern New York; and
 EAS,  These  cheese  interests  included  the  purchase  of cheese
 , creameries, milk receiving stations and cold storage facilities;
 il 1, 1928, Kraft purchased the Lowville Cold Storage, known to be
 rgest cold storage facility for cheese in the world; and
 EAS, By the 1960s, the cheese industry was changing, giving way to
 chnologies; soon after, Kraft Foods  began  upgrading  across  the
   States building state-of-the-art production facilities employing
 ew technology; and
 EAS, Lowville was selected as the site of one of  these  ultra-mo-
 cheese  facilities  due to its location as one of the largest milk
 in the northeastern United States as  well  as  its  proximity  to
  long  term  dairy farms, and its laborers who were well-known for
 unparalleled work ethic; and
 EAS, In July of  1969,  Kraft  Foods  began  construction  on  the
 0  square  foot Lowville plant which sat on 22.6 acres of land and
 ted of three 55-foot silos with a capacity of 40,000 gallons; and
 EAS, On March 22, 1971, the state-of-the-art  facility  began  its
 l  cheese  production;  since  the  first day of operation, it has
 uously upgraded its facility,  thereby  nearly  doubling  in  size
 its inception 40 years ago; and
 EAS, It is with great pleasure that this Legislative Body acknowl-
  this  exceptional business and its contributions to the local and
 economies, fully confident that it  will  continue  to  enjoy  the
 ing successes it has experienced thus far; now, therefore, be it
 LVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to
 orate the 40th Anniversary of the Kraft Foods Plant  in  Lowville,
 rk; and be it further
 LVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
 d to Kraft Foods, Lowville, New York.