Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 3, 1993 TAG: 9306030281
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Short
Council voted Tuesday to allow the hosiery manufacturer a 10-foot encroachment on the town's Lagrange Street right of way to install a cooling tower and fence.
Jefferson Mills will meet town conditions, including a drain pipe under the tower's concrete slab and fence warning signs for any traffic. The street carries little through traffic.
Six employees bought the plant in 1991, about a year after it had secured a loan package from the town, Pulaski County and Signet Bank to get through a sales slump. Under the new management, loan payments have been made on schedule and business has improved.
"We're attempting to restructure Jefferson Mills and modernize the company," said Denny Pace, one of the six owners and vice president of manufacturing, technical sales and quality control.
The new tower will give Jefferson Mills the capacity to add air compressors at the plant, "which will service our additional and future needs," Pace said.
The town also held its Pulaski Middle School Government Day, with students taking on the roles of various town officials for a day and then attending the council meeting.
Tara Hancock was student government mayor; Beth Alley, town manager; Jin Yeng Chen, treasurer; Chris Yonce, engineer; Michael Smith, fire chief; Larry Martin, police chief; Anne Schrader, recreation director; Kristen Beeler, public works director; and Kerry Rupe, Erika White, Jade Bevil, Christie Nester and Crystal Eversole, council members.
by CNB